Glass is see-through to your eyes, but not to a thermal camera.Thermal cameras detect long-wave infrared (heat). Ordinary glass absorbs those wavelengths instead of letting them pass, so it looks opaque, and often reflects your own heat back at you.That’s why thermal lenses aren’t made of glass.Science and facts💡
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces say Operation PPOpad has reached 300 Russian air-defense, radar and electronic-warfare systems destroyed or hit with video confirmation during 261 days of 2026. The tally comprises 162 air-defense systems, 124 radar systems and 14 EW systems. Another 26 systems were hit between September 10-18 in occupied Ukrainian territory and Russia. The 300th target was a Buk-...
Russia’s Alabuga facility is building underground production space for Shahed-type drones, with about 42,000 m² reportedly completed for future manufacturing capacity. The construction reportedly emerged after the first Ukrainian strikes on Alabuga. Russia is increasingly moving Geran drone production underground while dispersing and adding protection to supporting infrastructure, making the produ...
Ukrainian forces struck Russian UAV command posts across Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions on September 18-19, along with the Vostochny training ground, a logistics depot and an ammunition depot. Ukraine also confirmed that a September 17 strike damaged an 80P6 radar in Russia.
Drone operators from Ukraine’s 41st Separate Mechanized Brigade located a Russian self-propelled artillery system and disabled it with a precision strike.
More footage from operation Vivaldi. Ukraine’s 3rd Army Corps struck Russian logistics on the Lyman axis, destroying trucks carrying ammunition, supplies, fuel and personnel up to 120 km from the front line. The strikes involved the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, KRAKEN’s Paskuda Battalion and the 3rd Assault Brigade.
❗️A Trump-Zelensky meeting at the UN General Assembly has not been confirmed, Suspilne reports. Zelensky was absent from the bilateral schedule outlined by US Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz. Two Ukrainian officials also said no bilateral meeting was confirmed as of September 19.
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Multiple explosions were reported near the port of Kaspiysk in Russia’s Dagestan early this morning. A damage assessment is ongoing.
The US State Department approved a possible $2.68 billion Foreign Military Sale to Ukraine for air-defense upgrades. The package includes S-300 Clone and GAM-67 missiles, extended-range laser-guided rocket systems, mobile launchers and modification kits, RPS 202 counter-drone radars, spare parts, software and technical support. If concluded, the purchase would be financed through a combination of ...
❗️Trump signed the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act into law, expanding US sanctions, tariffs and prohibitions targeting Russia while extending existing sanctions on Iran. The law authorizes tariffs of up to 100% on goods from countries among the five largest buyers of Russian oil and gas and includes a mechanism allowing the president to temporarily waive certain sanctions for up...
Ukraine says air defenses downed or suppressed 141 targets overnight as Russia launched two Zircon missiles and 174 drones, around half of them jet-powered Shaheds. Odesa and Kyiv regions were the main targets. Strikes were recorded at 15 locations, while the missiles missed their targets.
Russian losses per 19/09/26 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff+1520 men+1 tank+5 ACVs+73 artillery+1 MLRS+11 (!!) AD systems+1816 UAVs+16 GRCs
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