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Originally Posted by NutLoose
(Post 11222866)
Another Russian PR campaign fail? filming and releasing it of your own troops getting shot.?
https://twitter.com/BMUSTINILDH/stat...80721108045824 |
Originally Posted by Beamr
(Post 11222573)
Warning: Aviation content.
TASS has listed the aircrafts participating in the Victory day parade in Moscow. The usual suspects are there, mostly everything is Soviet era except for the Su57. What is highlighted in the article is the patriotic act of MiG29's: "For the first time, eight MiG-29SMT fighters will fly over Red Square in flight order in the form of the letter "Z" in support of Russian servicemen - participants in a special military operation in Ukraine," the Russian Defense Ministry said. The Armata tank is supposed to present itself too. In 2015 it stalled and had to be towed away, although even that didn't seem to work out. So, despite the rumours of Putin having the V-Day parade in Mariupol he lags the courage and sticks to the Red Square. https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/14512145 https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....0c08106f6f.gif |
Looks like another normal day south and west of Ukraine on Flightradar 24 right now. One Global Hawk (FORTE 10) out of Sicily stooging around in the middle of the Black Sea, an RAF RC-135 Rivet Joint cruising the Romanian/Ukraine border (on way home probs), and an E3A Sentry AWACS doing circuits less than 100kms from the Polish/Ukraine border, not to mention the US C-130 that just took off in Romania heading northwest. They are all there in plain sight, out and proud with transponders on.
And this is just what you can see by randomly floating your cursor over plane symbols. Nothing unusual, I suppose, but it is real time. |
Brimstone Capabilities
Anti-ship Brimstone can certainly sink a fast inshore attack craft, even without using a warhead. (Trials were done a few years ago.) In the development programmes, ground launch comes before air launch, though using unprepared launch sites has probably required some further work. |
Originally Posted by Imagegear
(Post 11222869)
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Originally Posted by Richard W
(Post 11222944)
Brimstone Capabilities
Anti-ship Brimstone can certainly sink a fast inshore attack craft, even without using a warhead. (Trials were done a few years ago.) In the development programmes, ground launch comes before air launch, though using unprepared launch sites has probably required some further work. The Drive has an article on them and the heading picture looks like they are mounted on a simple frame bolted to a deck, something that should be easy to knock up and fit to a vehicle. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...e-within-weeks https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....951551a24.jpeg |
Ukrainian forces have liberated village of Ruska Lovoda close to Kharkiv. This is one of the biggest suburbs of Kharkiv and also means that Ukraine once again holds the Kharkiv - Belgorod highway.
This gives hope that the tide is turning. |
Originally Posted by NutLoose
(Post 11222949)
This reminds me of Hitler moving decimated divisions around as if they were still fully functional on his maps, as the Third Reich crumbled around him and Berlin… one can only hope he follows suite and ends up the same.
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The Ukrainians have taken out the Lyman-Raigorodok railway bridge across the Seversky Donets. This severs the railway connection with Lyman, which is at the centre of the fighting for Donbas.
https://t.me/Tsaplienko/7332 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyman,_Ukraine |
Originally Posted by WillFlyForCheese
(Post 11222938)
Me waiting to see if someone got a MANPAD near Moscow . . . .
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Originally Posted by fitliker
(Post 11222486)
Will they fire what they have left and go home or use the big bangs ?
That chip shortage is affecting other weapons systems as well . Some people are not going to get new cars or trucks this year if the chip shortage doesn’t get sorted . Re-starting a production line that has been shut for six years will present unusual issues with Covid to make new missiles might be a challenge . Toshiba has a few fully automated factories that could do the work . I wonder if they would be allowed to bid on the contracts . |
And the Lord did grin, In Russia in Tver, 110 miles northwest of Moscow, the local administration put up "Z" propaganda stickers to support the Russian army, and they quickly faded in the sun to show the colours of Ukraine. https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....f7722366f.jpeg https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....d3f9e504e.jpeg |
Originally Posted by peter we
(Post 11223009)
they don't use commercial grade electronics you know.
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Originally Posted by Wokkafans
(Post 11222688)
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Originally Posted by Rory57
(Post 11222991)
Or fiddled with the smoke-dye…
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....a53ebc7ed.jpeg |
Originally Posted by ORAC
(Post 11222661)
They’ve already been offering it on a BMP chassis, which would be useful for UKR. I suppose it depends how long it would take to modify a few…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHAHVkPj_eE |
I doubt the “minibus full of nuns” dilemma would worry the Uranian’s much at the moment…
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Originally Posted by NutLoose
(Post 11222952)
The Drive has an article on them and the heading picture looks like they are mounted on a simple frame bolted to a deck, something that should be easy to knock up and fit to a vehicle.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...e-within-weeks https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....951551a24.jpeg |
Originally Posted by Wokkafans
(Post 11222988)
The Ukrainians have taken out the Lyman-Raigorodok railway bridge across the Seversky Donets. This severs the railway connection with Lyman, which is at the centre of the fighting for Donbas.
https://t.me/Tsaplienko/7332 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyman,_Ukraine |
Originally Posted by Ninthace
(Post 11222629)
A distinct shortage of ships in the UKR navy.
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