Episode 149—Shooting Guns in Space

On this War Weave Friday, we dive deeper into the question: can you shoot bullets in space? Also, the Starlink outages, 1 million Indians to Russia, Cambodia-Thailand, Chinese drones in Ukraine, Ramzan Kadyrov almost drowns, drones killing Russians, and more!

Watch on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/ILzxaryTR0s

Articles and Videos:

Can you fire a gun in space? - BBC Science Focus Magazine - https://www.sciencefocus.com/space/can-you-fire-a-gun-in-space

The Meanderings Of A Weapon Oriented Mind When Applied In A Vacuum Such As On The Moon : US Army Weapons Command : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive - https://archive.org/details/the-meanderings-of-a-weapon-oriented-mind-when/page/n1/mode/2up?view=theater

Soviet space weaponry history - https://chatgpt.com/c/68825eb1-5c10-8010-834f-38736f74a45b

The Space Cannon that was Actually Fired in Orbit - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFsWyTRpgP0

Elon Musk's Starlink network suffers rare global outage | Reuters - https://www.reuters.com/technology/elon-musks-starlink-network-suffers-rare-global-outage-2025-07-25/

Musk ordered shutdown of Starlink satellite service as Ukraine retook territory from Russia | Reuters - https://www.reuters.com/investigations/musk-ordered-shutdown-starlink-satellite-service-ukraine-retook-territory-russia-2025-07-25/

WATCH | Ukrainian Soldiers Panic and Flee Under Fire in Pokrovsk | APT - YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddbc8jd6z14

"Five in one trench, while enemy storming from three sides": Ukrainian machine gunner survives deadly battle near Pokrovsk - Euromaidan Press - https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/07/25/five-in-one-trench-while-enemy-storming-from-three-sides-ukrainian-machine-gunner-survives-deadly-battle-near-pokrovsk/

Frontline report: Russia plans to import one million Indian workers as war drains domestic labor pool - Euromaidan Press - https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/07/23/frontline-report-russia-plans-to-import-one-million-indian-workers-as-war-drains-domestic-labor-pool/

Fully Chinese-made drone found in Ukraine for first time - https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fully-chinese-made-drone-found-135425827.html

Thousands Flee Deadly Fighting Between Cambodia and Thailand - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/world/asia/thailand-cambodia-border-death-toll.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZE8.66o0.jkcSy_5McOsE&smid=url-share

Trent Telenko on X: "So, the Thai Army is now ahead of the US Army in using heavy multi-copter drones? This underscores the vulnerability of the West to drones due to its bureaucratically bloated and infinitely slow military procurement systems. 1/" / X - https://x.com/trenttelenko/status/1948471917528125870?s=46

Ukraine's ex-top general Zaluzhnyi warns war with Russia could last until 2034 - https://kyivindependent.com/ukraines-ex-top-general-zaluzhnyi-warns-war-with-russia-could-last-until-2034/

Ramzan Kadyrov reportedly hospitalized after nearly drowning on vacation in Turkey — Meduza - https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/25/chechnya-head-ramzan-kadyrov-reportedly-hospitalized-after-nearly-drowning-on-vacation-in-turkey

Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 on X: "Have you ever seen a drone drop a grenade? On a Russian pontoon crossing. https://t.co/J2i5MMXl1j" / X - https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1947928623119536171

Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 on X: "💥118th Brigade destroys Russian AFV column on the Zaporizhzhia front. 23.07.2025 https://t.co/Yad7QesFSV" / X - https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1948470335197561324

Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 on X: "Compilation of the SBU strikes on the Russian infantry. https://t.co/jMfTl2TPHa" / X - https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1948346651640320218