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Old 24th Aug 2023, 11:39
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Ukrainian drone tracking a KA 52!


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S-400 battery kill confirmed

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Film of Ukraines for want of better words.. "Commando Raid" on Occupied Crimea, I do wonder if these guys were training lately with the Royal Marines.


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Showing the popular "pocket" mortar

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Ukrainian Challenger 2 with added slat armour

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Additional information on the raid, it appears it might have been the radars they were after? So taking out Russia's eyes on the Crimea and the likes of the S-400 missile defence batteries, it all sounds interesting...




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Doesn't look terribly current. Weather looks cold, trees not in leaf,
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I'm obviously unsure exactly what a battery consists of, but seem to recall that the S-400 costs something like $ 200 million per unit ( and reports did say that everyting - radar, control-trucks, launchers and spare rockets -was destroyed ). That's a hell of a financial hit for RU in just one place. supposedly hit by a S/Shadow.
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That's a hell of a financial hit for RU in just one place. supposedly hit by a S/Shadow.

Only if they actually go and buy another one, and pay export prices. The one that was destroyed is sunk money.

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Only if they actually go and buy another one, and pay export prices. The one that was destroyed is sunk money.

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Per Wiki the export price is $ 500 - 600 million+. If they don't replace it ( for whatever reason ) it has to weaken their regional defences, and reports speculate that this - and destruction of nearby radar sites - is part of the shaping operations for further planned offensive actions.
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F-16 wearing the colours of the Norwegian-manned No.331 Squadron RAF, which flew Hurricanes and Spitfires during the Second World War.
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Do you think the UK would have kittens seeing this coming through customs?

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Originally Posted by Wokkafans
https://twitter.com/JimmySecUK/statu...009332515?s=20

F-16 wearing the colours of the Norwegian-manned No.331 Squadron RAF, which flew Hurricanes and Spitfires during the Second World War.
They'll be for parts use most likely, as Norway only has about a dozen unairworthy examples left in store after selling the good ones to Romania. The ones left had been deemed by Norway to be not worth fixing and would be scrapped or reclaimed for parts. Could be used for ground training of Ukraine engineers of course.

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There is a swear word in this.

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Says it all really about the state of Russia's senior officers.
They must save a fortune on Pensions.

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Aviation content - and probably the most entertaining anti-air video I have seen in a while (it's safe to watch - no-one was actually hurt during the making of this video). If you read the reddit comments there are some entertaining responses, some of them genuinely (to my jaded eye...) amusing:

Ukrainian anti-drone system in operation
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Possible F-16 numbers.

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The head of the Swedish opposition party wants the country to start preparing to hand over Gripen's to Ukraine.

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Impressive.

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