To add a bit of context, I listened to a talk about a year ago by retired Admiral James Stavridis (sp?) who served for a time as NATO supreme commander. He pointed out that when you get to a rank like his you will not only have sworn an oath to support and defend the Constitution multiple times but you will also have administered it to hundreds of other soldiers & sailors. They take it VERY seriously.
That’s just one way a drone can detonate. It’s simple & effective. The two wires you see in some drone videos are part of the detonator circuit. When the wires touch the circuit is complete and the explosive is detonated. So just crash the drone into pretty much anything and up it goes.
But you can also rig a drone to detonate remotely, which can be helpful in certain situations. Drones that are controlled fiber-optically can be used for precision attacks where you might want to fly them into buildings, etc. and not have them detonate prematurely by bumping into something.
The Ukraine attacks on Russian bombers 4-5 months ago likely used a combination of these. They would want the drones to detonate when they crashed into the aircraft, but wouldn’t want to risk them detonating while they were being transported to where they were eventually launched. When the drones launched near the targets they were likely remotely armed, so that when they crashed they would detonate, but not before then.
It would also be great to know what was damaged/destroyed at each one. Storage tanks are relatively easy to replace, but the distillation columns are the heart of a refinery and much more difficult to repair or replace. A refinery could probably be at least partially working again within a few days if it’s just storage tanks that burned, but destroy the distillation column and the whole thing will likely be offline for months (or years).
I would not mind my EV powering my house during a power failure, but it would take a humongous incentive for me to use my EV battery to power the grid…
Didn’t Toyota spend years railing against EV’s and instead push hydrogen fuel cells while the rest of the industry started adopting EVs’s? They’re still trying to catch up…
Thanks for the TL;DR. As a Tesla owner I’m a bit disappointed that the article didn’t mention charging on solar as well. My car is set up to charge up to 50% off the grid, then only by solar above 50%. True, it requires having solar panels, but as a result I’m likely paying a lot less than this guy. And setting the car up to charge by solar like this is very simple. It’s pretty much just flipping a switch in the Tesla controls and setting the battery percentage where it switches to solar only.
I saw a similar video a couple weeks ago. The bridge was mined but the Russians had apparently strung up anti-drone netting all around it as well. Watching the drone maneuver around to find a clear path to reach & detonate the explosives really made me think it was some sort of modern day 3D video game…
Only difference is Costco has plenty of gas for everybody.
So when are they going to launch a dozen or so of these at the Kerch bridge?
Costco is also planning a pilot program in FL that could eventually roll out to all their warehouses. I’d gladly grab lunch at a Costco food court while charging an EV.
Good point. I’d love to see a study on the health risks of encountering this for 15 seconds or so when plugging in an EV and walking away, or even sitting in the car as it charges, versus the health risks of breathing gasoline vapors as you fill an empty fuel tank. You’re likely exposed to a lot more of that.
The study found that the fans used in the chargers are blowing air directly into the area near the charging point, sweeping up dust, residue from tires, grit, and everything else around.
Most/all Level 1 & 2 chargers do not have fans in them, so this wouldn’t be an issue. And the solution is fairly simple - just don’t stand next to the fast charger for the 15-20 minutes that the vehicle is charging. Take a walk, do some shopping, etc.
It wouldn’t surprise me if, in that case, EA is just renting the spaces from Costco. So EA would be paying for the electricity usage, setting the rate, etc.
If Costco rolls this out across their warehouses I’m sure they’d contract with the EV company in such a way to maximize their advantage. If Costco “owns” the source of the electricity used by the chargers then they could set the rate, and they may very well decide it’s in their interest to just break even or even lose a little money on charging if it brings in more shoppers.
The Costco near me regularly has a handful of Teslas and other EVs parked in its lot. ICEd or not, I’m willing to bet those spots will be occupied virtually all the time.
That coordinated remote attack a couple months ago against parked bombers has got to be a huge wake-up call that’s giving military leaders around the world nightmares. I can’t wait to see what way-outside-the-box tactic they dream up next.
No, but it’s far easier to explain how to configure your home network such that 182.168.1.* is for your regular devices like laptops, etc. and 192.168.2.* is for your IoT devices. Then block all access from 192.168.2.* to the internet so your IoT devices can’t “phone home”, can’t auto-update without your knowledge, can’t end up as part of a botnet, etc.
I’m by no means an expert in the oil refinery process, or in modern warfare techniques, but my understanding is that Ukrainian drones largely target what is called the Fractionating column, which is the heart of a refinery.
In a nutshell, oil is refined by heating crude oil and drawing off liquids at different temperatures. Fuel oil liquifies at one temperature, lubricating oil at another, kerosene at another, etc. The fractionating column is where all of this takes place. You can see a simplified graphic here.
Since that’s the key component of a refinery it’s obviously a prime target for drone attacks etc. And if the refinery is in active operation then it means there’s plenty of volatile fuel around to create a fireball like this.
Russia just cutting out the middleman?
The 3 day special operation is proceeding just as planned.
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