On June 1, 2025, multiple Tu-95MS strategic bombers were reportedly damaged or destroyed in a large-scale Ukrainian FPV drone attack targeting several Russian air bases—including Olenya, Belaya, Dyagilevo, Ivanovo, and Voskresensk—as part of a long-planned operation by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) known as “Operation Spider’s Web”.[57][58][59]

I wonder when we will find out exactly how many aircraft were damaged?

Yeah, but compared to the capital cost of the aircraft, is it really that expensive?

The amazing thing about this to me is these were aircraft worth hundreds of millions of dollars each, parked out in the elements.

Even without the threat of enemy action, surely that would cause maintenance issues?

I’m imagining the creator of that video randomly checking their YouTube analytics, and wondering what the fuck happened and why has the views on their video spiked massively.

That could also be a wee story, so the Russians will stop looking for someone still in Russia. But I suspect it’s the truth.

I’ll keep an eye out for that. Also, apparently the truck drivers were completely unaware of the nature of their cargo.

We don’t know how many of those were in operational condition though.

So, does anyone have a news article that explains all this?

Op learned something that day.

Buddy, that stuff falls out of the sky. It may be more scarce in the future, but we’re not going to run out.

Lol.

Actually, I don’t think one of the Maori party MPs throwing hands is particularly far fetched.

You seem very uninformed about the history of the Haka.

There are many different ones, but the most common one, Ka Mate, is usually performed by sports teams before a game, and is meant to be intimidating.

They were historically performed by a tribe’s mightiest warriors when other chiefs came to visit, as one example. They’re often a war dance, a show of power.

The audience is supposed to be intimidated

You seem to have a very simplistic view of the world, and don’t seem to be willing to take other points of view on board, so I don’t see much point engaging with you any further.

You’ll have to ask David Seymour that question.

The Maori party favour theatrics over results, and always have. One of the most notable examples, there was a motion in the house to change the dress code, which the speaker asked if anyone wanted to second. Nobody did.

The next day, one of their MPs was ejected from the house for not wearing a tie.

The bill was never going to pass, the other two parties in the coalition had made it very clear they would support the bill to its first reading and no further, and only agreed to support it that far because they couldn’t have formed a government otherwise.

This didn’t really change anything.

They did this right before Parliament was set to vote, and managed to disrupt and delay said vote.

So yes, it was pretty bad.

One fell off when they swerved, one fell off the end when something happened to the arrestor cable, and they shot one down by mistake.

Still not as bad as the New Zealand navy, but bloody hell.

They’re already at three, they managed to shoot one down as well.

The Truman aircraft carrier in particular, though, has been plagued with problems as part of its Red Sea deployment. In December, another F/A-18 fighter jet was operating from the Truman when it was “mistakenly fired” upon by the USS Gettysburg and crashed into the Red Sea. Both aviators ejected safely at the time.