dr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑tisdag 02 juli 2024 23:11
"Sitting ducks", som de "neutrala indierna" säger. Som jag skrev tidigare är det tur för Ukraina att Ryssland har inte tillräckligt många Iskander-M/9M723-missiler att sätta in på slagfältet i Ukraina, eftersom de då skulle äventyra sin kärnvapenberedskap. Annars skulle vi ha sett helt andra vapeninsatser med detta system.
Ryssland har
inte samma tur:
OSINTtechnical skrev:Images from Russia's Marinovka Air Base in Volgograd Oblast reveal that some of the Ukrainian drones that hit the airfield’s hangars last night were equipped with shrapnel enhancers.
Seen here, an unarmored Russian aircraft shelter sports hundreds of small holes.
Appears to have been a number of ball bearings.
The aircraft shelters today, those still standing occupied by Russian aircraft.
Russian Air Force adjacent milblogger Fighterbomber addressed the ineffectiveness of the shelters earlier today.
Rybar
klagade tidigare på att "hangars and shelters are much cheaper than repairing or building a new aircraft", men det
biter inte på Ukrainas nyaste drönare:
Special Kherson Cat skrev:/9. Judging by the fact that in each hangar in a row there was a jet, there is quite a big chance that in those fully destroyed hangars there also was one in each.
En
massa förstörelse runt hangarerna. Signaturen "The Military Watch", en auktoritet på flygfarkoster,
bekräftar iakttagelserna av signaturen "MT Anderson":
The Military Watch skrev:Between November and December 2023, the Russians erected 12 light aircraft shelters on the apron in the eastern part of the base. Thanks to Airbus DS sat imagery from 22 August 2024 published by @MT_Anderson we can see the aftermath of the attack.
Shelters 1 and 2 were completely destroyed. Almost certainly there were no aircraft inside as 19 August imagery show lots of crates blocking the entrances and taxiway. These are most likely UMPK kits and bombs, the explosions of which destroyed both hangars.
[...]
Shelter 3 was destroyed by the detonation of bombs that were stored nearby. There is obviously a Su-34 underneath all the rubble. Judging by the shape of the shelter the aircraft inside will never fly again.
Shelter 4 was also destroyed by the explosion of bombs stored nearby. The back wall fell of and whole structure collapsed to half of its original height. It's hard to be sure but I think there is nose of a Su-34 or Su-24 visible inside. If true the aircraft was surely damaged.
Shelter 5 was severely damaged by the explosion of bombs stored nearby. Here too, the back wall fell off and whole structure collapsed significantly decreasing its height. There is a Su-34 parked inside, certainly damaged (hard to say to what extent).
Shelter 6 was also seriously damaged. The back wall fell off and something pierced the roof, presumably an OWA UAV. A Su-34 is parked inside, certainly damaged (hard to say to what extent).
Jag citerar den ovan nämnda "Fighterbomber", en känd Telegram-kanal som står nära Rysslands flygvapen, ur The War Zones senaste artikel:
The War Zone skrev:“I wonder from the photo from Marinovka – was it just a moron taking the picture?” Fighterbomber queried. “A traitor for money? Or a poor guy who was ordered to urgently provide a photo report of the damage and he habitually sent it via WhatsApp to his superior?”
[...]
“Well, a miracle did not happen,” Fighterbomber complained. “Let’s say so. We need reinforced concrete structures. But this does not mean that light shelters are not needed. They are needed everywhere where it is not possible to build reinforced concrete structures. And as I said, they should be reinforced with gabions or concrete blocks along the perimeter.”
[...]
Metal shelters may not provide miracles, but given the extent of the damage, the attack would have been more devastating to Russian aviation without them.
Artikeln "Russian Jets Damaged In Ukrainian Long-Range Drone Attack On Air Base" är tillgänglig på nätet - liksom bilden från Marinovka.
