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First video has Krasnopol laser guided artillery shell by drone. The second one is an artillery strike by regular artillery. The laser guidance is typically done by ground troops or the Orlan-10 and other laser-equipped drones. What makes the first video interesting is that the tank is moving. The drone follows the tank and guides the shell. The shells of the Krasnopol cost some $23,000. The US excalibur costs a few times more. A T-72 modernized that costs half a million dollars- and far more with serving costs- gets knocked out by a single guided shell. M1 Abrams, Panther tanks, and other Western tanks that cost up to 20 million dollars each are in a bad state now. There are long ranged ATGM mounted on IFVs, infantrymen have high quality ATGMs themselves. Modern artillery destroys them with precision strikes. Airpower destroys them. Ballistic missiles destroys them. In this day and age, the tank is so gimped from a cost effectiveness POV. Their tactical utility has declined to the level of open-topped SPGs of WW2 now, which due to their light armor were only conditionally useful as infantry support and defensive anti-tank weapons. They could not close with the enemy.

The combat trials in the Ukraine have revealed quite a bit about Lockheed Martin's HIMARs' capabilities. The HIMARs is kind of like a poor man's short-range ballistic missile. It is cheaper than short ranged, self propelled ballistic missile launchers but much more expensive than heavy MLRS. Like short ranged ballistic missile launchers and heavy MLRS firing special ammunition, it has very good range and accuracy, and can attack targets into the operational depths (eg. over 100 KM). But the weakness of the weapon is its high cost (each projectile is 150K dollars) and low payload (120 KG explosives) so it has problems taking out hardened targets, like bridges. The high cost means that it cannot be used as regular artillery for area barrages. The Ukrainians are using them as reserve weapons. In comparison the Russian short ranged ballistic missiles have 500KG explosives (Iskander) and cruise missiles have 400 KG explosives. The HIMARs concept might work if Lockheed Martin continues to lower the price. Currently it is a bit of a weird weapon as it combines accuracy/range with lack of firepower. The Russian heavy MLRS has special ammunition that combines both high firepower and high accuracy/range.

Hidetaka Miyazaki, Creator of Dark Souls and Elden Ring to Receive Game Industry Achievement Award at CEDEC Awards (thegamespoof.com) CEDEC Awards - Wikipedia So he joins a select group of awardees. Last year's winner was the creator of the "Super Smash Bros" franchise.

She is amazingly doll-like, and inhumanly pretty.

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Prey is looking like a good Predator movie.

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LOTR Golum game in development

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enrico also posted that he didn't have an air conditioning unit. Is this a french thing? : p I don't have one in my home office, and these past weeks I've been working with fans only and today was so hot that had to work with no shirt on..

what do you guys think of Rings of Power? I am doing the 7th Tolkien book (unfinished tales). IMHO for all of Tolkien's merits and importance to the fantasy drama, his main shortfall is in creating deep characters outside of the excellent Hobbits. He is much better at world building/story structure than a character writer. GRRM and Sapkowski are modern authors and are both a lot better than him at writing great characters. I think there is potential for really talented people to energize the LOTR franchise with additions of their own, in particular in the area of character. Whether or not Amazon has accomplished this remains to be seen.

Thaler is a really underrated character. Hilarious and memorable. He is big in Witcher 1 and has short, but really good content in W3. 'Farewell' also has him send a message.

Wall in Beauclair, portraying the "Dance of Death"