• by skrebbel on 7/16/2019, 6:50:09 AM

    Anyone with more insight into all of this than me who can explain why they went to fight on the Russian side? I mean, there surely were neo-nazis around on both sides of that conflict, right? Just different flavours? I wonder how you pick who to support if your core ideology is that "people different from us are bad".

  • by Firerouge on 7/16/2019, 6:42:53 AM

    What's the yellow weapon that they showed in the haul?

    https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Scree...

  • by toomanybeersies on 7/16/2019, 7:28:38 AM

    How dangerous is one of these things without the surrounding targeting system? And how useful would this be to a foreign government that somehow doesn't have access to other air-to-air missiles?

    It seems to me like a bit of a sensationalist headline, and the more dangerous weapons are actually the small arms.

  • by keith_talent on 7/16/2019, 8:44:18 AM

    This is being reported elsewhere with other details. Reports that there were multiple raids across the region on a number of groups who were connected, although details are scarce. I’ve seen it reported that the weapons belong to a member of a Juventus Ultras group.

    Links:

    https://www.football-italia.net/140792/juve-ultras-neo-nazi-...

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/01/nside-talys-ul...

  • by anigbrowl on 7/16/2019, 7:17:08 AM

    They were only a few steps away from development of a milkshake capability.

  • by benj111 on 7/16/2019, 7:14:39 AM

    How useful is this in actuality?

    Could I launch it from the ground, or does it need to be launched from the air? Could i just strap it to a Cessna, or does it need other systems (radar?) to work? Does it need the original war head, or can you attach any old explosive device.

    In short, if I as a potential terrorist wanted to shoot down a plane, would this be a reasonable starting point?