Artificial Intelligence draws a moonshine still 🙂

Paul says everything correctly 🙂
but hot water can be only 22 degrees Celsius 🙂
(i.e. "ambient air temperature")
Vacuum allows you not to have heaters at all, but to use the air temperature for heating (or a solar collector) and the water temperature (a well or a river nearby) for cooling.

You do not understand...

I'll try to explain it very simply.

1) if you do not have enough electrical power, then you need a solution that will allow you to attract power for heating without increasing the “consumption from the electric pole nearby.” I know how to do it. (Physics only, no Magic).
2) You get a unique opportunity to become the most advanced alcohol producer in your State and even in the USA. Media correspondents will come to you to interview you. You will have excursions from people to whom you will sell tickets (additional income).

But you want to put in "just another shiny tank"...
And abandon everything that I wrote above.
You choose to be "just another distilling company with a nice tank."
It's your choice.
🙂

There is a solution to spend more instead of a 36 kW heater.
Its name is "vacuum distillation".

if you need details, I can tell you.

Welcome to the forum!
For the production of alcohol and spirits, it is more important to first set a goal 🙂
The column gives some degree of purification of the alcohol, and the so-called “raw alcohol”.
And if you want to have aromatic and other drinks, then the matter is not limited to one column and just alcohol. For example, I was involved in vacuum distillation at low temperatures. In this case, it is possible to obtain the first few fractions with the odors of the plants from which fermentation occurs. But this is not a simple process.

On February 24, Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Russian troops are shelling and destroying key infrastructure facilities,

conducting massive shelling of residential areas of Ukrainian cities and villages.

Since February 24, Russia has attacked Ukraine, many cities of Ukraine have been destroyed.

I am in the capital of Ukraine, the city of Kyiv.
I do not leave the city, I follow what is happening here, reassure my family and friends, explain the situation and follow the press reports.

A lot of panic messages, a lot of fake news from Russian propaganda.
I select only the information that has confirmation.
As a former military man (in the distant past), I have a good understanding of how hostilities are conducted and what weapons are used.

I will answer all your questions.

I could do some remote work for you, for example, consultations on distillation issues, selection and operation of equipment, etc.

Because of the war, I lost my business in Ukraine, if you want to help me and my family, my Paypal is: Alex.Sor.2022@gmail.com

Thank you for being in touch with me all this time.
And many thanks to the Administrator of this wonderful forum for allowing me to write about the war here.

This is my last message in this thread.

I didn't die 🙂 I just don't see the point in continuing the topic any further.
If any of you have questions, I will answer.

I stay in touch (I will visit this forum if I can).

Thanks to everyone who read my messages, you supported me during this difficult time.

Peaceful sky to you!
And may the Force be with you! 🙂

How Ukraine Can Win Through Defense

A New Strategy Can Protect Kyiv and Stop Moscow From Winning

THEORIES OF VICTORY

The current predicament facing Western policymakers is the result of maximalist thinking. On one side of the debate are those who argue that Ukraine cannot be victorious until it retakes every square ­­­­­­­­­­inch of its territory, including the seven percent of its land that Russia has held since 2014. This could be called the “victory through rollback” argument. As Ben Hodges, the former commander of U.S. Army Europe, put it: “Victory for Ukraine means total restoration of all their sovereign territory,” including Crimea. On the other side are those who argue that the United States has spent too much already and that Ukraine should sue for peace now, in a traditional “peace, not victory” approach. “There are appropriate ways in which the U.S. can support the Ukrainian people, but unlimited arms supplies in support of an endless war is not one of them,” 19 Senate and House Republicans wrote in a letter to the White House last year, adding, “Our national interests, and those of the Ukrainian people, are best served by incentivizing the negotiations that are urgently needed to bring this conflict to a resolution.”

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/how-ukraine-can-win-through-defense

Lying in his hospital bed with the left side of his face burnt and blackened, 22-year-old Nazar is one of the latest soldiers to have had a limb removed at the hospital.

Medical teams at the Mechnikov have amputated the limbs of around 3,000 soldiers since Russia's full-scale war began, said Ryzhenko.

Nazar lost his left arm to an exploding Russian drone, which is now one of the deadliest threats for front-line troops, according to Ukrainian soldiers.

The Ukrainian government has not released official figures for the total number of soldiers who have been killed or wounded since Russia launched its full-scale invasion nearly two years ago.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/hospital-sees-30-rise-wounded-ukrainian-soldiers-doctor/story?id=106197525

The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 09.01.24 were approximately:

Chinese shipments to Russia of an important class of advanced machine tools have grown tenfold since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and the country's manufacturers now dominate trade in high-precision computer numerical control devices vital to Russia's military industry, the Financial Times reports.

https://www.ft.com/content/d16c688d-9579-4f1d-a84f-ca29ca2f0bc0

It is noted that the rapid growth in supplies of machines that allow extremely precise milling of metal is causing great concern among Ukraine’s allies.

Journalists cite Russian customs reports that show Chinese manufacturers shipped $68 million worth of such tools in July, up from $6.5 million in February 2022.

"China and Russia have the same political interest, which is to challenge and oppose the United States. The fact is that Russia has been cut off from importing European equipment and has no choice but to rely on China," he said Associate Professor at the Singapore School of International Studies Michael Raska.

It is indicated that Russian imports of machine tools from the EU have decreased sharply due to tightening sanctions. Customs declarations show that devices of Chinese origin accounted for 57% of Russian imports by value in July, up from 12% before the war. Moscow also continues to import significant volumes of such instruments made in Taiwan and South Korea.

According to the author of the article, Chinese companies that continue to trade with Russian importers risk US actions that could jeopardize their ability to trade in other markets.

At the same time, Beijing insists it does not supply lethal weapons to Moscow and denies supporting its neighbor's military efforts, but also rejects the use of sanctions. However, annual trade turnover between the two countries has reached a “historic high” of almost $200 billion.

“Analysis by the Bank of Finland’s Institute for Emerging Economies shows that the average price for Russia for a basket of Chinese goods that could support its war effort rose by 78% from 2021 to 2023. The price of Chinese exports of the same goods to other countries increased by only 12 %,” the publication writes.

According to Allen Maggard, an analyst at the Washington-based conflict analysis organization C4ADS, CNC machines can "quickly produce complex components from metal and other rigid materials with a consistent degree of precision and accuracy. These qualities make them especially valuable for defense manufacturing."

"It is unclear how Russia is using the Chinese CNC machines it has imported." Maggard said he believes Russian defense plants are just "beginning to use Chinese CNC machines. The machines pictured are still from European, Taiwanese, Korean or Japanese suppliers," the publication said.

Thus, Elena Yurchenko, an analyst at the research and human rights organization Economic Security Council of Ukraine, pointed out that it would be “almost impossible” to use a Chinese CNC machine in a factory that built its production processes on tools from another manufacturer with different characteristics.

President Biden will not run for re-election during a tumultuous year that will see parts of the country suffer rolling blackouts, the release of an inhaled COVID vaccine and a boycott over driverless cars, a top JPMorgan Chase strategist predicted.

Michael Cembalest, who heads the market and investment strategy unit in the Wall Street bank’s asset management division, made the shocking forecasts in his list of ‘Ten Surprises’ for 2024 over the weekend.

Tops among the budding Nostradamus’ prophesies was that 81-year-old Biden will drop out of the race “sometime between Super Tuesday and the November election, citing health concerns.”

https://nypost.com/2024/01/08/business/joe-biden-will-drop-out-of-2024-presidential-race-top-jpmorgan-strategist-predicts/

On the night of January 8, 2024, the enemy launched a massive attack on Ukraine, using cruise, aviation, ballistic, anti-aircraft guided missiles and attack UAVs.
A total of 59 means of enemy air attack were recorded:
- 8 shock UAVs of the "Shahed-136/131" type from the Primorsko-Akhtarsk region - Russian Federation;
- 7 S-300/S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles from the Belgorod Region;
- 4 Kh-47M2 "Kinjal" aeroballistic missiles from four MiG-31K aircraft (launch area - Ryazan, Tambov);
- 24 Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 cruise missiles from 11 Tu-95MS strategic bombers (launch area – Engels – Russian Federation);
- 8 Kh-22 cruise missiles from Tu-22M3 bombers from the Belgorod region. - Russian Federation;
- 6 "Iskander-M" ballistic missiles from the Dzhankoy, Chauda districts - Crimea;
- 2 Kh-31P guided air missiles from tactical aircraft (launch area – Belgorod region).
Critical, civil infrastructure, industrial and military facilities were attacked.
This time the enemy attacked different regions of Ukraine. In particular, he directed ballistic missiles at Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia and Khmelnytskyi regions.
As a result, the defenders of the sky destroyed:
- 8 "Shahed-136/131" attack UAVs;
- 18 Kh-101/Kh-555/Kh-55 cruise missiles.

The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 08.01.24 were approximately:

Missile stockpiles are rapidly depleting: US advantage is at risk - Bloomberg

The most obvious weakness of the United States is political polarization. Continued support for Ukraine in the war turned into party confrontation. However, the United States faces more than just political problems. Military dominance is also in question, Bloomberg writes.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-01-05/us-preeminence-is-threatened-by-a-real-missile-gap

It notes that the invasion of Iraq and the overly long mission in Afghanistan were debilitating defeats that allowed rivals, particularly China, to strengthen their position. And with the beginning of the large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the nature of armed conflicts changed. Drones and missiles have become powerful tools, and here the US and its allies are quickly exhausted.

Russia has launched hundreds of missiles and drones into Ukraine over the past two weeks, aiming both to destroy weapons production capacity and to deplete its limited stockpile of air defense missiles.

“Once they are over, Vladimir Putin will have good reason to believe that he will be able to break out of the current stalemate on the battlefield and achieve his original goal - to conquer Ukraine,” the publication writes.

At the same time, it is emphasized that Russia has more than doubled the production of cruise and ballistic missiles - to approximately 100 per month. It also began producing its own version of cheap Iranian shaheds. Shooting down all those missiles requires much more complex and expensive systems that could take years rather than weeks to produce. The USA and Europe do not have a sufficient number of such systems.

The need for American missile and air defense capabilities is growing in other theaters of war. Hamas attacks on Israel continue. Even the Israeli Iron Dome system will not be able to shoot down all these missiles. The US has said it is resupplying Israel with precision-guided missiles, artillery shells and spare parts, but supplies are limited.

US needs may increase even more if the situation in the Middle East worsens.

"The United States cannot control the actions of others. But key decisions about whether to give Ukraine what it really needs to stop Russia's autocratic expansion, or to increase production of the missiles and air defense systems needed to counter new military threats, must be made by Washington,” states the author of the article.

He adds that the war in Ukraine will last at least another year. To support Kyiv, not only funds will be needed, but also a significant increase in the number and range of missiles.

The US in the Middle East also needs a more proactive plan towards Israel and Iran, journalists say.

“The United States is still a great power. If it fails in Ukraine or the Middle East, if it allows alliances in Europe and the Far East to fall apart, it will be purely a matter of choice,” Bloomberg concluded.

The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.22 to 05.01.24 were approximately:

Russia is expected to step up its purchases of ballistic missiles from abroad. The occupiers regularly use short-range ballistic missiles to strike Ukrainian cities because these munitions better bypass air defenses.

According to a report from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), the effectiveness of Russian ballistic missiles depends in part on the configuration of Ukrainian air defenses in the target area and the strike complex of which the missiles are part.

Analysts acknowledged that the occupiers have achieved "relative success" by attacking Ukraine with ballistic missiles combined with cruise missiles and UAVs. In their opinion, this may prompt the Russian Federation to increase purchases of foreign missiles.

ISW is convinced that the Russian defense industrial base is not capable of producing ballistic missiles on the scale required for regular massive strikes on Ukraine. This is another reason for increased procurement.

“Russia may intensify efforts to purchase ballistic missiles from abroad, since under certain circumstances these missiles turn out to be more effective at hitting targets in Ukraine,” the experts concluded.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-january-4-2024

The American publication Newsweek stated that the United States plans to dispose of hundreds of expired ATACMS instead of transferring them to Ukraine. The Pentagon denies this information.

"Yes, I have seen these reports in the press. They are not true. These reports are erroneous," Pentagon spokesman Gen. Patrick Ryder said at a briefing.

Let us note that earlier White House National Security Council Coordinator John Kirby also did not confirm the information that the United States intends to dispose of expired ATACMS missiles.

ATACMS disposal: what is known

Recently, information appeared in the media that the United States plans to dispose of hundreds of ATACMS systems and missiles for them produced by Lockheed Martin, which have expired. A number of experts criticized this decision, since the end of their service life does not mean that the missiles are unsuitable for use. It was noted that they could be used on the battlefield in Ukraine.

Former commander of US Army Europe, senior NATO logistics adviser, Lieutenant General Ben Hodges also spoke in favor of transferring expired ATACMS to Ukraine. According to him, the only thing that prevents the United States from providing these weapons to Kyiv is “our political will.” He called the question about the shelf life of missiles an “excuse.”

In the United States, about 1,100 ATACMS missiles of older types M39 and M39A are stored in warehouses, the shelf life of which is already expiring. Theoretically, they should be disposed of, but they could be useful to Ukraine. Military expert, development director of the information and consulting company Defense Express Valery Ryabykh spoke about this on Espresso.

“They should be gradually disposed of, but their disposal also requires money. And it is easier to transfer these missiles to Ukraine and carry out disposal on the battlefield, solving the problems that currently exist. These missiles could be used in a variety of tasks. This argument is already being put forward in information space. Discussion in the political environment will be in our favor," Ryabykh believes.

According to him, Ukraine previously received some of these missiles. This happened as part of the first ATACMS transmission, they were already in use. As Ryabykh says, these missiles are equipped with a powerful warhead (almost 900 kg) and can strike at a distance of up to 165 km.

“There is no doubt that most of them are suitable. Of course, different degrees of wear of the missiles are possible - it all depends on the engine charges and storage conditions. The Americans remove these missiles as planned in order to avoid reaching the edge when the missile may pose a threat to those who use them,” the expert said.

He added that the suitability of each missile should be determined by specialized specialists.

The US Department of Defense formally has $4.2 billion to provide assistance to Ukraine. However, without Congressional action, the department will not be able to replenish these reserves.

"We have the authority to spend approximately $4.2 billion of existing funds, but we do not have the ability to replenish the stockpile," Pentagon Speaker Patrick Ryder said at a briefing.

According to him, without the consent of American legislators, the Pentagon cannot transfer funds to a warring country. As Ryder said, all funds allocated for assistance to Ukraine under the Presidential Development Program (PDA) have already been spent. The Department of Defense is now working with Congress on this issue and urges it not to delay.

Ukraine is facing a new Russian offensive near Kharkov, probable dates are known - The Telegraph

Ukraine is preparing for a renewed Russian offensive near Kharkov as Russia intensifies its bombing of the region. The Telegraph writes about this with reference to a source in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/01/04/ukraine-braces-for-russia-offensive-kharkiv-war/

The publication recalls that the day before the invaders attacked the city and 15 surrounding settlements using rockets, artillery and mortars. The targets included both civilian buildings and military positions in what is seen as preparation for a large-scale offensive in the coming weeks.

     "Local military intelligence units believe that Russian forces may be planning increased air attacks this weekend to coincide with the Russian Christmas holiday, which is celebrated on January 7. ... A ground offensive could begin shortly thereafter, with a possible start date of January 15." , says the article.

As is known, both Russian and Ukrainian troops are fighting for the best positions along the front line, which covers Kupyansk, Svatovo and Kremennaya, near the border of the Kharkov region. Moscow has concentrated its resources in this area, trying to advance on Ukrainian-controlled Kremennaya and Liman.

     Meanwhile, Moscow is increasingly targeting the center of Kharkov, a city it failed to occupy at the start of its invasion in February 2022. Ukraine's second-largest city has come under almost daily missile attacks, with targets including residential buildings and a five-star hotel being visited by journalists and humanitarian workers,” the publication writes.

Russia used North Korean KN-23 missiles to attack Ukraine: what are they capable of?

The ballistic missiles that Russia received from North Korea are, at a minimum, KN-23. This was reported by Defense Express with reference to its own sources. The publication received confirmation that an analysis of the debris of one of the missiles, which was used against Kharkov on January 2, indicates this particular missile.

According to analysts, due to the absolute secrecy of the DPRK, all that is known about the KN-23 is statements by Pyongyang and radar monitoring data from South Korea during tests of any North Korean missile weapons. Thus, even such parameters as length, diameter and total weight are the result only of analysis based on available photographs.

     “The maximum recorded launch range of this solid-propellant missile is up to 690 km. This range was recorded on July 25, 2019 during the fourth known test launch, which began on May 4 of the same year. At the same time, a range of 690 km was achieved due to a smaller combat parts than 500 kg, which is most likely used in the 450 km version of this missile, which was demonstrated twice on June 6, 2019 in tests,” the material says.

At the same time, the dimensions of the KN-23 are estimated at 7.5 meters in length, 0.95 meters in diameter, and a total weight of 3415 kg.

     “At the same time, there is a reasonable opinion that the appearance of the KN-23 is associated with the receipt of technologies from the Russian Federation, because a number of KN-23 solutions are similar to the 9M723 Iskander OTRK missile. In particular, the quasi-ballistic flight trajectory with an apogee of up to 60 km coincides at a range of 240 km (tests on May 4, 2019) and at a stable 50 km at ranges of 420, 430 and 690 km (during other test launches).In addition, it is believed that the KN-23, like the 9M723, can maneuver at mid-flight and terminal sections due to rudders in the engine nozzle,” the publication writes.

According to military analysts, a number of successful launches during testing directly show North Korea’s use of already proven, ready-made technologies and solutions.

     “To launch a missile, a launcher on a wheeled chassis 8x8 is used, if in the first demonstrated version, like the Iskander launcher, it carried two missiles, then the number was reduced to one. It is believed that this chassis has much in common with the Belarusian MZKT-7930 , or even produced in Minsk. There is also a railway version of the KN-23 launcher," experts suggest.

In their opinion, the low accuracy "and possibly low invalidity of the KN-23" would presumably lead to its use by Russia solely for the purpose of striking cities.

“As for intercepting this missile, this is possible with air defense systems with missile defense capabilities, such as Patriot PAC 3 and SAMP/T,” the publication summarizes.

ANNA MALYAR
Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine in 2021–2023

Russian culture is not Pushkin or Dostoevsky. They have this for export. We are fighting a hopelessly degraded medieval society

And their culture is the current case of “Ivleeva’s naked party.” A very symptomatic and revealing story about how the Russian regime is driving its flock into a stall.

Russian authorities have long and completely controlled representatives of Russian pop culture. This is an instrument for the formation and control of the moral and psychological state of society. The FSB makes idols, and then the stadiums cry and sing along with them songs about the “heroism” of Russians in Donbass. This works much more powerfully than convincing society of something. This works especially well if the society is uncivilized. In a word, it is necessary for the flock to be as close as possible in its level of culture to the Middle Ages.

In Russia, an entire army and a cult of various kinds of “stars” have been artificially created, shaping moods. And this entire army is controlled. For the intelligentsia - theater actors, for the general public - pop singers and various Volochkovs. But everyone has a common task. Immerse Russians in an artificial world and not allow them to mentally and emotionally leave it.

For example, they can film hundreds of episodes of talk shows about lovers, some illegitimate children of these stars, about their divorces, about who sleeps with whom. And the whole country is discussing it and watching. In our country, by the way, this is a non-rated topic - they have measured it many times, Ukrainians are not interested in this foreign underwear. Doesn't take off, as they say.

So, just like now, they have been plunged by the entire state into this nonsense with Ivleeva. This is a controlled process. They will now all be divided into pros and cons and will worry not about the war and their hopelessness, but about Ivleeva and the morality of their immoral singers. It's interesting to see how this is done technologically.

FSB-controlled “stars” are adding heat to the fire. Which are “for morality”. The Russian dictatorship wins. Some of the “stars” of Mordor, who were made immoral, will now work even more and harder for the FSB. They will now write and sing “to the glory” not only about Donbass. And the flock has once again massively degraded. The FSB tested its techniques for immersing itself in mass idiotic psychosis.

What do we get out of this? Probably not for us, but for our Western partners. The degeneration and degradation of a huge medieval society is very indicative. Because it is the West that is under illusions about the ability to speak and predict the actions of Russians.

When there is a war between such different cultures, rules and agreements will not work. Only weapons.

Artificial intelligence painted a festive night in Ukraine.

monitorwarr

All in 2023 year:

Sniper from Ukrainian FPV drone
https://www.facebook.com/100002188662791/videos/786732629894725

As a result of the massive rocket attack on Kharkiv, three fires occurred, numerous destructions of civil infrastructure were recorded, and people were injured.