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Russia's electronic warfare tactics are helping it turn the tide against Ukraine, stopping HIMARS, JDAM, and drones (news.yahoo.com)
submitted 1 year ago by zabadoh@lemmy.ml to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
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Bad news. New Russian electronic warfare tactics are blocking HIMARS legendary accuracy, and drones.

Without further aid packages with military grade NATO electronics, the Ukrainian electronic advantage is over.

Republicans and Orban are literally killing Ukrainian soldiers.

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[–] rah@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

You stopped your quotation before the interesting bit:

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