Pierre Davide Borrelli
@PierreDavideB
Eastern Italy, Eastern Europe, Balkans and Caucasus Enthusiast. AvGeek. Casual Flight Tracker. Irredentism Scholar. Geopolitics doesn't exist.
Up until this point, Azerbaijan Airlines used Armenian airspace only for Nakhchivan flights. Now, they are using it for international flights as well.
Russian economic collapse could happen at the end of the war. The war economy cannot last forever.
According to The Hill, the real long-term threat to China isn’t the US, but Russia—regardless of whether Moscow wins or loses the war. A victorious Russia could break free from Chinese influence; a defeated one could become an unstable, volatile neighbor. Beijing’s ideal…
RG03 - 162157 - AE0451 RG03 - 162166 - AE0454 USN C-2A Greyhound x2 out of Sigonella heading towards the Adriatic Sea (USS Gerald R. Ford).
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97652RA - 97493 - 1AFFFF Russian Mil Mi-8 probably headed to Arkhangelsk from Minsk (?).
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6/ The Signal facility includes 7 production workshops, a testing center, and 2 design bureaus: the Microelectronics Workshop, the Mechanical Workshop, the Electroplating and PCB Workshop, the Power Electronics Workshop, and the Assembly and Mounting Workshop.
4/ The facility makes various types of radio-electronics. It is known to be involved in the design and production of EW systems such as the SAP-518 and SAP-518SM, as well as the “Khibiny” jamming stations, which are deployed on aircrafts such as the Su-34, Su-35S, and Su-27SM3
3/ The facility serves both military and civilian sectors. In recent decades, Signal has been involved in a range of defense and industrial projects. Notably, it supplied cathodic protection equipment for the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in Iran.
2/ The factory is located roughly 500 km from the area under Ukrainian control. The strike targeted one of its production facilities, around the 2nd and 3rd floor. The building appears to have avoided critical structural damage, though localized fires were reported
In the early morning of July 26th, multiple videos surfaced showing a UAV strike on the Russian "Signal" radio plant in Stavropol. Our team has conducted a preliminary BDA assessment and gathered key context on the facility’s role in Russia’s military production. 🧵Thread:
SPARTA11 - ZK357 - 43C780 RAF EFA out of Malbork AB, Poland.
N488CR - A60693 BRIO68 reappears after several days.
It seems the Colt M5 5.56mm Carbines are gaining popularity outside of Ukraine and Georgia as well. Here is an example used by an Italian Paratrooper around 2024. Cyprus has also started using this rifle.
More sightings of New Colt M5 5.56 Carbines in use with units of the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs. M5s are becoming quite popular in Georgia and Ukraine.
RCH1842 - 86-0021 - AE0572 USAF C-5M Super Galaxy flying over the Mediterranean Sea while heading somewhere in the Middle East from Rota.
AE67EF The US P-8A Poseidon now appears to be heading towards the Gulf of Finland.
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