David Axe
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David Axe
@davidaxe.bsky.social
· Jun 15
"Once in a while, when folks with brains, talent and big hearts make a micro-budget film, you get something special." bandsaboutmovies.com/2025/04/06/l...
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Russia's Kinzhal Missiles Are Too Fast, So Ukraine Jams Them—With Music
Russia's Kinzhal Missiles Are Too Fast, So Ukraine Jams Them—With Music - NewsBreak
The Kinzhal is one of Russia’s most fearsome missiles. Streaking at Mach 5.7 as high as 15.5 miles in the air, the 4.7-ton missile—launched by a modified M
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November 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Russia's Kinzhal Missiles Are Too Fast, So Ukraine Jams Them—With Music
To Jam Russia's Mach-5.7 Kinzhal Missiles, Ukrainian Troops Force-Fed Them An Encoded Patriotic Anthem
To Jam Russia's Mach-5.7 Kinzhal Missiles, Ukrainian Troops Force-Fed Them An Encoded Patriotic Anthem
Spoofing a Kinzhal's navigation receiver sends it off course
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November 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
To Jam Russia's Mach-5.7 Kinzhal Missiles, Ukrainian Troops Force-Fed Them An Encoded Patriotic Anthem
Ukraine's New Italian Tank Destroyers Have One Serious Flaw
Ukraine's New Italian Tank Destroyers Have One Serious Flaw
Very thin armor
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November 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Ukraine's New Italian Tank Destroyers Have One Serious Flaw
How To Make A Drone-Proof Porcupine Tank
How To Make A Drone-Proof Porcupine Tank
Unravel 3 tons of aluminum cable and weld it on
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November 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
How To Make A Drone-Proof Porcupine Tank
The Russian Salient North Of Pokrovsk May Have Been An Elaborate Diversion
The Russian Salient North Of Pokrovsk May Have Been An Elaborate Diversion
Marching through porous Ukrainian defenses toward Dobropillia, the Russians drew away Ukraine's reserves
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November 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The Russian Salient North Of Pokrovsk May Have Been An Elaborate Diversion
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'The Element Of Surprise': How Elite Ukrainian Troops In Precious Blackhawk Helicopters Fought A Desperate Rearguard Action in Pokrovsk
'The Element Of Surprise': How Elite Ukrainian Troops In Precious Blackhawk Helicopters Fought A Desperate Rearguard Action in Pokrovsk
The Oct. 29 operation aimed to hold open an escape route for Pokrovsk's defeated garrison
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November 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
'The Element Of Surprise': How Elite Ukrainian Troops In Precious Blackhawk Helicopters Fought A Desperate Rearguard Action in Pokrovsk
First Russian Truck Enters Pokrovsk As Fog Blinds Ukrainian Drones
First Russian Truck Enters Pokrovsk As Fog Blinds Ukrainian Drones
For an entire year, Ukrainian troops prevented Russian vehicles from reaching Pokrovsk; that changed this week
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November 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
First Russian Truck Enters Pokrovsk As Fog Blinds Ukrainian Drones
The 1960s T-62 Tank Is Now A 'Backbone' Of The Russian Armor Corps
The 1960s T-62 Tank Is Now A 'Backbone' Of The Russian Armor Corps
The 60-year-old tank works just fine in the era of tiny drones
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November 7, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The 1960s T-62 Tank Is Now A 'Backbone' Of The Russian Armor Corps
The Most Heavily Protected Russian Tank In Ukraine Just Met Its Match. A River.
The Most Heavily Protected Russian Tank In Ukraine Just Met Its Match. A River.
Hedgehog, porcupine and turtle tanks tend to get mired in water and mud.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The Most Heavily Protected Russian Tank In Ukraine Just Met Its Match. A River.
Ukrainian Commandos Rush Into Pokrovsk To Hold Escape Corridor Open For Fleeing Garrison
Ukrainian Commandos Rush Into Pokrovsk To Hold Escape Corridor Open For Fleeing Garrison
Pokrovsk is about to fall. A recent attack by the 425th Assault Regiment wasn’t an effort to save the city. No, it supported a wider retreat.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Ukrainian Commandos Rush Into Pokrovsk To Hold Escape Corridor Open For Fleeing Garrison
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November 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Ukraine's Commandos Rush Into Pokrovsk On An Urgent Mission: Hold Open An Escape Route
Ukraine's Commandos Rush Into Pokrovsk On An Urgent Mission: Hold Open An Escape Route
Survivors from two Ukrainian brigades are trapped in Pokrovsk & looking for a way out
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November 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Ukraine's Commandos Rush Into Pokrovsk On An Urgent Mission: Hold Open An Escape Route
Turkey Was America's Most Loyal Fighter Buyer. That Just Ended.
Turkey Was America's Most Loyal Fighter Buyer. That Just Ended.
Ankara is diversifying its fighter fleet.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Turkey Was America's Most Loyal Fighter Buyer. That Just Ended.
It’s Too Late To Stop Russia's Drones From Cutting Off Pokrovsk
It’s Too Late To Stop Russia's Drones From Cutting Off Pokrovsk
Front-line FPV operators still strangling Ukrainian supply routes
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November 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
It’s Too Late To Stop Russia's Drones From Cutting Off Pokrovsk
A Captured Russian Tank Blasted Away As Two Blackhawk Helicopters Landed Ukrainian Commandos On A Secretive Mission
A Captured Russian Tank Blasted Away As Two Blackhawk Helicopters Landed Ukrainian Commandos On A Secretive Mission
The objective of the Oct. 29 operation is still unclear
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November 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
A Captured Russian Tank Blasted Away As Two Blackhawk Helicopters Landed Ukrainian Commandos On A Secretive Mission
The Way Out Of Myrnohrad For Ukrainian Troops Is 3 Kilometers Across. 'It Is Time … To Abandon.'
The Way Out Of Myrnohrad For Ukrainian Troops Is 3 Kilometers Across. 'It Is Time … To Abandon.'
Ukrainian forces have clung to Myrnohrad too long. The town is indefensible … and escape is risky.
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November 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The Way Out Of Myrnohrad For Ukrainian Troops Is 3 Kilometers Across. 'It Is Time … To Abandon.'
The Fighting Vehicle Massacre! In a Few Weeks, Losses of Russian BMPs Tripled.
The Fighting Vehicle Massacre! In a Few Weeks, Losses of Russian BMPs Tripled.
More mechanized assaults means more mechanized losses.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The Fighting Vehicle Massacre! In a Few Weeks, Losses of Russian BMPs Tripled.
Laugh, But This Hideous Russian Hedgehog Tank Probably Works
Laugh, But This Hideous Russian Hedgehog Tank Probably Works
First turtles, then porcupines—now hedgehogs
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November 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Laugh, But This Hideous Russian Hedgehog Tank Probably Works
"I couldn't imagine a lower bar in history to have to ooze over," Letterboxd critic Dustin Baker writes about WOODS WITCH.
LOL. The movie is on Tubi.
LOL. The movie is on Tubi.
November 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"I couldn't imagine a lower bar in history to have to ooze over," Letterboxd critic Dustin Baker writes about WOODS WITCH.
LOL. The movie is on Tubi.
LOL. The movie is on Tubi.
Why Did Ukrainian Commandos In Blackhawk Helicopters Attempt A Practically Suicidal Operation In Pokrovsk?
Why Did Ukrainian Commandos In Blackhawk Helicopters Attempt A Practically Suicidal Operation In Pokrovsk?
The Oct. 29 raid ended in bloody disaster
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November 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Why Did Ukrainian Commandos In Blackhawk Helicopters Attempt A Practically Suicidal Operation In Pokrovsk?
LEFT ONE ALIVE "changes direction a couple of times in ways you don't usually see done in horror," Duskfire writes on the RPGnet forums. L1A is on Tubi.
November 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
LEFT ONE ALIVE "changes direction a couple of times in ways you don't usually see done in horror," Duskfire writes on the RPGnet forums. L1A is on Tubi.
In 2024, Ukrainian Special Operators Blew Up One Of Russia's Powerful Oreshnik Ballistic Missiles—By Hitting The Fabrication Building
In 2024, Ukrainian Special Operators Blew Up One Of Russia's Powerful Oreshnik Ballistic Missiles—By Hitting The Fabrication Building
The raid didn't prevent an Oreshnik attack four months later
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October 31, 2025 at 7:18 PM
In 2024, Ukrainian Special Operators Blew Up One Of Russia's Powerful Oreshnik Ballistic Missiles—By Hitting The Fabrication Building
Ukrainian Troops Nearly Cut Off As Pokrovsk Defense Strategy Fails
Ukrainian Troops Nearly Cut Off As Pokrovsk Defense Strategy Fails
Is Ukraine’s urban defense strategy obsolete?
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October 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Ukrainian Troops Nearly Cut Off As Pokrovsk Defense Strategy Fails
The Ukrainian Air Force Is About To Get A Lot Bigger & Better: 250 New Fighters Coming Soon
The Ukrainian Air Force Is About To Get A Lot Bigger & Better: 250 New Fighters Coming Soon
The Swedish Gripen will further transform an already evolving air arm
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October 30, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The Ukrainian Air Force Is About To Get A Lot Bigger & Better: 250 New Fighters Coming Soon