Post B26Jjaypeah0PerC2S by benroyce@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #B26JjVmayevwIG5qls by benroyce@mastodon.social
       2026-01-09T02:31:43Z
       
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       #Russia just hit #Ukraine with an #oreshnikThey've done this only once before (they are extremely expensive)This is in #Lviv. The target is #Europe's largest underground #gas storageObviously the payload was not nuclear (what oreshniks are designed for, see how fast the warheads are?)Perhaps the idea was to disrupt the gas storage? But the storage consists of deep, porous sandstoneI don't understandIt's terrifying but might have been ultimately pointlessDesperation?#UkraineWar
       
 (DIR) Post #B26JjX7Y0FHsRWu64G by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
       2026-01-09T07:06:34Z
       
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       @benroyce Russian techies worked on this shit. What do American techies work on? I'm not feeling particularly generous or tolerant these days.
       
 (DIR) Post #B26Jjaypeah0PerC2S by benroyce@mastodon.social
       2026-01-09T02:55:13Z
       
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       Interesting note on this #oreshnik strike:#Ukraine got a heads up something big was happening from the AmericansIt's not spycraft, #Russia called the #USA and told them it was launching something bigWhy?An oreshnik, being a nuclear capable Mach 10 weapon whose target would be unknown at first, means the Americans would otherwise be on a hair trigger for their own nuclear responseWonderful world we live in, huh?https://ua.usembassy.gov/security-alert-u-s-embassy-kyiv-ukraine-january-8-2026/#UkraineWar
       
 (DIR) Post #B26JjfpRcv9dRzVGbI by benroyce@mastodon.social
       2026-01-09T03:19:44Z
       
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       Another angle of the #Oreshnik strike near #Lviv #Ukraine by #Russia a few hours agoI don't know what the point is, but we should find out soonMight just be "you took our tanker, waah"Certainly a frightening weapon#UkraineWar