Ukraine War Thread Part 2
A Russian bmp dragging what looks like a body is hit by a Bradley Tow missile, then is opened up on by the Bradley’s gun.
https://twitter.com/front_ukrainian/...16527089790991
https://twitter.com/front_ukrainian/...16527089790991
As for war porn I only see the bad guys getting a real beasting. I hope one [only one] gets back to Russia and tells the story.
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Nutloose, @#7538, so-called 'Canadian Prepper' gives off anti-US, pro-Russian vibes, stirring the pot with panic-raising capital letters and obtusely calling Kyiv 'Kiev'.
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The advantage of providing Patriots to Ukraine.
Jan Kallberg, Ph.D.
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Every Ukrainian downing of Russian hypersonic Kh-47M2 Kinzhal with the Patriot missiles will improve the Patriot missile intercept algorithm - and increase accuracy for all Patriot systems, a benefit for the US, the rest of NATO, and other Patriot AD users. The same goes for any RUS aircraft that is shot down. Data quality is high because it is live tested; it is not a desk job or theoretical calculation; this is data from a successful intercept. The value of the data is really high as it can kick the success rate in the long run from, let's say, 85 % to 99 % against a type of target, so if RUS in a continued war launches 20 low-yield tactical nukes using 47M2 Kinzhal against NATO targets, with improved data likely no missile makes it to target. If the data had been unimproved - 3 would have made it through AD and detonated. Therefore, providing UKR with Patriot missiles is an investment in any provider's defense and gives high defense ROI as the improved algorithm upgrades its existing systems.
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Every Ukrainian downing of Russian hypersonic Kh-47M2 Kinzhal with the Patriot missiles will improve the Patriot missile intercept algorithm - and increase accuracy for all Patriot systems, a benefit for the US, the rest of NATO, and other Patriot AD users. The same goes for any RUS aircraft that is shot down. Data quality is high because it is live tested; it is not a desk job or theoretical calculation; this is data from a successful intercept. The value of the data is really high as it can kick the success rate in the long run from, let's say, 85 % to 99 % against a type of target, so if RUS in a continued war launches 20 low-yield tactical nukes using 47M2 Kinzhal against NATO targets, with improved data likely no missile makes it to target. If the data had been unimproved - 3 would have made it through AD and detonated. Therefore, providing UKR with Patriot missiles is an investment in any provider's defense and gives high defense ROI as the improved algorithm upgrades its existing systems.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Lots of reports of her statement in the Ukrainian and Russian press. Quote is taken from an interview the Ukrainian online newspaper Strana.news.
Unfortunately the paper is just in Russian and Ukrainian and I can’t pinpoint the article referenced.
Russian media generally dismissive saying she said the same thing last year and her statement doesn’t reflect WH policy.
https://ctrana.news/
Unfortunately the paper is just in Russian and Ukrainian and I can’t pinpoint the article referenced.
Russian media generally dismissive saying she said the same thing last year and her statement doesn’t reflect WH policy.
https://ctrana.news/
Indeed, I'm surprised they even tried to go that route.
I'm surprised, given their relative small size, they didn't try and route them via the Rhine and Danube rivers to the Black Sea, but I suppose that would have meant Hungary saying yes as well, and given Orban's stance on Ukraine, that wasn't likely an option either.
I'm surprised, given their relative small size, they didn't try and route them via the Rhine and Danube rivers to the Black Sea, but I suppose that would have meant Hungary saying yes as well, and given Orban's stance on Ukraine, that wasn't likely an option either.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
but I suppose that would have meant Hungary saying yes as well,
Ukraine is a Danubian state so the second paragraph applies.
The current member states of the Danube Commission are Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine and Croatia.
Russia’s was stripped of it’s membership after the invasion of Ukraine.
https://www.danubecommission.org/dc/...on-the-danube/
Article 30
Navigation of the Danube by the naval vessels of any non-Danubian country shall be prohibited.
The naval vessels of Danubian States may not navigate the Danube beyond the frontiers of the respective countries whose flags they fly save by arrangement between the Danubian States concerned.
Russian army destroy HIMARS………or Russian military kill a field, it might be me but I cannot see squat in either fields.
https://twitter.com/warintel4u/statu...53893431308375
https://twitter.com/warintel4u/statu...53893431308375
Seems unlikely that a HIMARS was destroyed.
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Russias aim is getting better, some reports have them downing another of their own fighters.
Do they have IFF? Or is it Identification Foe or Foe?
Do they have IFF? Or is it Identification Foe or Foe?
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This is my worry for Ukraine, if Russia has stockpiled enough Missiles and with the west cutting off supplies.
Indeed, I'm surprised they even tried to go that route.
I'm surprised, given their relative small size, they didn't try and route them via the Rhine and Danube rivers to the Black Sea, but I suppose that would have meant Hungary saying yes as well, and given Orban's stance on Ukraine, that wasn't likely an option either.
I'm surprised, given their relative small size, they didn't try and route them via the Rhine and Danube rivers to the Black Sea, but I suppose that would have meant Hungary saying yes as well, and given Orban's stance on Ukraine, that wasn't likely an option either.
bridge clearance on the Danube is down to 5.8mtrs, they would need some work to fit the whole way.
Indeed, I'm surprised they even tried to go that route.
I'm surprised, given their relative small size, they didn't try and route them via the Rhine and Danube rivers to the Black Sea, but I suppose that would have meant Hungary saying yes as well, and given Orban's stance on Ukraine, that wasn't likely an option either.
I'm surprised, given their relative small size, they didn't try and route them via the Rhine and Danube rivers to the Black Sea, but I suppose that would have meant Hungary saying yes as well, and given Orban's stance on Ukraine, that wasn't likely an option either.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
That does not prevent the transfer of ownership from being completed as planned and the start of a training programme to prepare the Ukrainian Navy for a vital post-war role.
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/n...ith-sea-breeze
https://en.topwar.ru/228685-peredann...obritanii.html
Next batch of sailors now training on Dutch donated minehunters.
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/n...ch-minehunters
Turkey has blocked the pair of Ukrainian minesweepers entering the Black Sea that were sold by the U.K.
https://twitter.com/paros4/status/1742254366999093315
https://twitter.com/paros4/status/1742254366999093315
But, I guess, they are classified as warships.
If they want to pass through the Strait, warships must provide advance notification to the Turkish authorities, which, in turn, must inform the parties to the convention.
In wartime, if Turkey is not involved in the conflict, warships of the nations at war may not pass through the Straits, except when returning to their base
When Turkey is at war, or feels threatened by a war, it may take any decision about the passage of warships as it sees fit.
In wartime, if Turkey is not involved in the conflict, warships of the nations at war may not pass through the Straits, except when returning to their base
When Turkey is at war, or feels threatened by a war, it may take any decision about the passage of warships as it sees fit.
In wartime, if Turkey is not involved in the conflict, warships of the nations at war may not pass through the Straits, except when returning to their base.[8]
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We were joined as we sailed about the Black Sea right at the 12 mile limit by a Hungarian Griesha (IIRC) corvette, and then by a Slava Class cruiser and a Krivak FF from the Soviet Navy. Got over flown by Backfires a few times. Good times.
Russias aim is getting better, some reports have them downing another of their own fighters.
Do they have IFF? Or is it Identification Foe or Foe?
https://twitter.com/igorsushko/statu...50712098672742
Do they have IFF? Or is it Identification Foe or Foe?
https://twitter.com/igorsushko/statu...50712098672742
