Ukraine struck Russia’s largest oil refinery, located in the city of Omsk, on Monday, marking what its forces say was its furthest-ever drone attack in the war.

The Omsk facility, which processes about 21 million tons of oil a year, is in Western Siberia and about 1,700 miles from Ukrainian territory — roughly the distance between Los Angeles and Houston.

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      Look at the v1. Then look at the flamingo. It’s almost like they pulled an 80 year old drawing out of a drawer for their design! And the Russian tactic of causing panic and terror is exactly what Nazi’s did with bombing London! I do it because it makes sense. This special military operation got so out of hand the world wars are almost the only historic wars worth comparing it too. Just hope he gets hanged by a mob like Mussolini or shoots himself in his bunker soon…

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        Maybe just try mixing it up a bit, most jet powered cruse missiles end up looking like a V1 (that itself was not a new layout) for one example. You can vary your references by pointing to non nazi examples, not all the time but throw in an alternative at least some time. It is not like the nazi’s even invented much, like the terror strikes to London where tried in ww1 for another example. They where kinda shit after all and its just weird to use them like a measuring stick to everything.

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          Where I’m from, they are the measuring stick for “authoritarian state goes total war over ideology and fucks up” in a modern/mechanised way.

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            And that’s a fine use, but to also use them in measuring Ukrainian technical development is still odd.

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              I just really found the flamingo resembles it. I’m no current rocketry expert, so in my brain seeing pictures of a Flamingo referenced to something historical I do know and which I think is very widely known. There’s nothing more to it than that.

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                Its not the rocket part that makes it take that shape, its the long range turbofan jet engine that causes it to look like that. The V1 used a pulse engine but really the same issue in design. You have an engine that requires an intake (unlike most rockets) and ether you slap it on top (like the Flamingo or V1 or Tu-141) or build the body around it, causing cost increases and issues with warhead placement (like the Tomahawk)

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      Comparing fascist Russia with fascist Germany seems pretty par for the course.

      “If the boot fits” ~ Woody the Cowboy

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        I mean sure? But why also talk about Ukraine in the nazi context? Its not even really wrong, just weird.