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Re:YC: Requests for Startups by lukan on Thursday February 15, 2024 @10:44AM (#39384073)
They have so little ammunition, that they have to think 2 or 3 times about every artillery and even more so every anti air shot they have to take. With resserves are shrinking and less and less on the way. It is hard, waging war this way. Russia on the other hand is now in war economy mode. They produce ammunition and tanks way, way faster, than the west.

So if there would be a startup saying, we can build a automated factory, spitting out cheap javelin alike warheads using off the shelf components, would surely get money, if they have some expertise.

Re:YC: Requests for Startups by khokhol on Thursday February 15, 2024 @12:20PM (#39385383)
Right, but making statements that are plainly and objectively false (simply for alarmist effect) doesn't help make that happen.
Re:YC: Requests for Startups by lukan on Thursday February 15, 2024 @01:03PM (#39386013)
Natural language is not mathematically precise. Effectivly Ukraine is out of critical ammunition, when they have to evaulate every shot.
Re:YC: Requests for Startups by khokhol on Thursday February 15, 2024 @04:06PM (#39388851)
There is imprecise language, and then there is spin.
Re:YC: Requests for Startups by lukan on Thursday February 15, 2024 @04:40PM (#39389353)
I might have done a bit of hyperbole to get the point across, true. But by my understanding, when you are in a war and see the enemy, but cannot shoot at them, then you are effectivly out of ammunition by my definition. Even though sure, more precise would have been, very low on ammo.
Re:YC: Requests for Startups by khokhol on Thursday February 15, 2024 @09:07PM (#39392229)
I see what you're driving at. Thanks for clarifying.
Re:YC: Requests for Startups by oneshtein on Friday February 16, 2024 @02:24AM (#39394190)
I was in trench few km from Avdiїvka for 2 weeks few days ago, and I can confirm that our artillery is out of ammunition. The silence of our artillery was horrible to listen. When we cannot use our drones because of fog, heavy snow, or strong wind, Russians are advancing because we have no shells enough to fire at them.