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Mike Yeo 杨启铭
@TheBaseLeg
Defence reporter. Military plane spotter. Scale model builder. Writer of books. Sometimes my worlds collide. Personal account. May be unserious.
The “Priority Theater”
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Joined December 2010
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    Mike Yeo 杨启铭
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    Mar 21, 2024
    Visit to Da Nang for the Sukhoi Su-22 Fitters of the Không Quân Việt Nam, because these Cold Warriors won't be around forever. Everything from the inlet and shock cone design to the periscope for the Su-22UM3K backseater, just screams "1970s Soviet aircraft design"
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    Mike Yeo 杨启铭
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    Oct 23, 2024
    It’s almost as if we collectively forgot this existed, and we still don’t know exactly what it looks like beyond the bits photographed in Abbottabad
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    Mike Yeo 杨启铭
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    Sep 21, 2022
    Russia: We've lost 6,000 troops out of 200,000 and destroyed half of Ukraine's army Also Russia: We need 300,000 more troops in addition to drafting convicts because the remaining half of Ukraine's army kicked us in the backside. Hard.
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    Mike Yeo 杨启铭
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    Mar 31, 2023
    Russia’s borders with NATO (red) on 23 Feb 2022 (L) vs today (R). The invasion to prevent NATO expansion reaching its borders is going swimmingly
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    Mike Yeo 杨启铭
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    May 10, 2022
    Another verified Russian helicopter loss from Ukraine is Mi-28N Havoc RF-13654/70 Red
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    Mike Yeo 杨启铭
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    May 10, 2023
    First clear photo of a Ukrainian Air Force Su-25 carrying US-supplied Zuni 5-in unguided rockets in 4-shot LAU-10 pods (Photo: AP/Libkos)
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    Mike Yeo 杨启铭
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    Mar 26, 2022
    So. Much. Copium
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    Mike Yeo 杨启铭
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    Apr 18, 2022
    In an unarmoured Mi-8. You can hear bullets striking the chopper in the video. Balls of steel and ice in their veins
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    BlueSauron👁️
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    Apr 17, 2022
    Unseen footage of Ukrainian helicopter launching rockets toward the Russian army near Kyiv. February 28, 2022 #Russia #Ukraine
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    Mike Yeo 杨启铭
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    Sep 12, 2022
    How it started vs how it’s going Another verified Russian VKS jet loss is Su-30SM multirole fighter RF-81773/62 Red
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    Mike Yeo 杨启铭
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    Mar 3, 2023
    Screengrabs from a video of a Flanker-family jet shot down 20km behind Russian lines in occupied Eastern Ukraine. Reportedly 2 crew ejected, so this should be an Su-30SM or Su-34. Possibly friendly fire
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    Mike Yeo 杨启铭
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    Jun 26, 2022
    Another Russian Su-34 loss over Ukraine has been verified with a serial number. RF-81864 (26 Red) from the Morozovsk-based 559th Bomber Regiment shot down 7th Mar. At least one of two crew killed
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    Mike Yeo 杨启铭
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    Aug 2, 2022
    The fact that China’s “military buildup” is plastered all over Chinese social media is a sign that there’s nothing to be concerned about. If there is dead silence on Weibo but satellite imagery is detecting a massive buildup then it’s time to worry
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    Mike Yeo 杨启铭
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    Mar 6, 2022
    Another verified Russian AF loss over Ukraine. Mi-24P RF-94966. With a 2020 photo showing it carrying Bort No.24 Blue taken at Rostov-on-Don by Roman Galkov
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    Mike Yeo 杨启铭
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    Jun 2, 2022
    US-supplied Mi-17 helicopter in Afghan AF camo and Ukrainian markings #Ukraine️
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