How confident are we that’s really her?

Knowing how well the typical Lemmite picks up on satire, I’m sure there are perfectly sober people on this platform who are baffled by this.

this article is more than 13 years old.

Really, guys?

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?

Someone drove a land rover part way up the steps, it wasn’t anything dramatic. I remember a similar stunt with a tractor as well.

Also, they didn’t miss the budget vote, their suspension wasn’t passed until after the budget was passed. They didn’t say anything in the debate, and couldn’t have stopped the budget from passing anyway.

The NZ Maori party favour theatrics over results, and have been like that for a long time.

Oh, they’re mad as hell their echo chamber has lost its echo.

Also, our parliament has rules for a reason, and deliberately disrupting proceedings is a big deal for a very good reason. You break the rules, you get suspended.

Shit, that’s some skill all right.

And presumably demoralising for whoever put the netting up.

Elon’s response of “good luck getting to the ISS” was a pretty solid comeback to this.

Ah, of course. Although, they did mention coatings to protect the material, but it does sound like it will be more fragile than existing plastic.

This sounds borderline miraculous, and I have a feeling there’s bound to be a catch. I hope not, but I’m just too cynical.

That I don’t have an answer to.

I really don’t think it occurred to the Russians that Ukraine would pull something like this off.

It sure hadn’t occurred to anyone else.

You can see the wingtip of one plane, looks like a tu-95, drop to the ground following the explosion.

That airframe is toast.

You do to sail into some ports, for example, but there are a lot of sailing vessels that are pure sail.

We, as a society, use too damn many acronyms.

We’re talking about safety equipment, not her fashion choices.

Yes, you probably should be wearing a life jacket on deck. Although the boat may be at anchor, in which case it would be pretty easy for her to climb back on.

Don’t forget soggy, vinegar drenched chips.

Pretty much every native NZ bird is named after the sound it makes.

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