Re: Militär teknik och Ukrainakriget
Postat: onsdag 06 mars 2024 10:39
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För mer än ett år sedan försökte Enceladus-kollektivet göra gälla att de ryska missilerna håller på att "ta slut".Enceladus skrev: ↑lördag 28 januari 2023 21:01Estonia’s Intelligence: Russia may be capable of up to 9 months of massive missile strikes against UkraineEnceladus skrev: ↑lördag 07 januari 2023 13:23 Samtidigt har Ryssland problem att finansiera kriget. Häromdagen uppdaterade Ukraina sin uppskattning av Rysslands sinande missilarsenal. Denna kan jämföras med en tidigare uppskattning från november. Bortsett från S-300 har arsenalen minskat från 1 496 till 1 174 missiler, trots ökad produktion. Som synes är förbrukningen större än produktionen. Hur många missiler behöver paranoida Ryssland spara för en eventuell konfrontation med Nato?
Enligt Estland är det nio månader kvar av ryska terrorbombningar. Är detta goda eller dåliga nyheter, om det nu stämmer?The Kyiv Independent skrev:Russia may be capable of launching repeated massive missile strikes against Ukraine for up to nine months ahead, Estonia’s Intelligence Chief Margo Grosberg said on Jan. 27, as quoted by Estonian public broadcaster ERR.
According to Grosberg, Russia still has 830-1,250 high-precision missiles left from its stock of 2,500 before the full-scale invasion. In addition to that, Russia continued to produce missiles throughout the invasion, despite the international sanctions banning the exports of tech components needed for production.
At the Pentagon, push to send F-16s to Ukraine picks up steam
Hinner Ukraina ens få västerländska stridsflygplan innan de ryska missilerna tar slut?POLITICO skrev:A contingent of military officials is quietly pushing the Pentagon to approve sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine to help the country defend itself from Russian missile and drone attacks, according to three people with knowledge of the discussions.
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Ukraine is pushing the U.S. to start training its fighter pilots on the F-16s now, before President Joe Biden approves supplying the jets, according to the Ukrainian official and one of the people familiar. But there is no appetite in the Pentagon for this proposal, U.S. officials said. One alternative under discussion at lower levels is to start training Ukrainian pilots on introductory fighter tactics in trainer jets.
Tyvärr återigen ett av Enceladus-kollektivets fulknep, genom att citatförfalska och rycka loss text från ett av mina inlägg och stoppa in det i ett helt annat sammanhang. Det är också ungefär så som den ryska propagandan arberar. Lögner, halvsanningar, lösryckta citat, svepande formuleringar och direkta personagrepp.Enceladus skrev: ↑onsdag 06 mars 2024 20:55Ukrainian drones strike Russian iron ore plantdr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑onsdag 06 mars 2024 11:51 Ryssarna satsar som synes stenhårt på detta vapen, vilket understryker Ukrainas behov av (automatkanon)system för att bekämpa dem på ett (kostnads)effektivt sätt.
Denna attack mot en av Rysslands största järnmalmsanläggningar är den senaste i raden av ukrainska attacker mot rysk infrastruktur de senaste veckorna. Ryssland behöver också (automatkanon)system för att bekämpa dem på ett (kostnads)effektivt sätt. Till skillnad från Ukraina får Ryssland ingen hjälp utifrån!Reuters skrev:"Today, as a result of a drone attack in the Zheleznogorsky district, a fuel tank at the fuel and lubricants warehouse of the Mikhailovsky Mining and Processing Plant caught fire," Metalloinvest said in a statement after the first attack.
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The Baza Telegram channel, which is close to Russian law enforcement, reported that the drones downed over Voronezh had been trying to attack a military airbase and an oil depot.
Ovanstående beskriver f.ö. en enskild krigshändelse utan direkt militärteknisk koppling. Inlägget var från början placerat i rätt tråd, men jag var tvungen att flytta det hit för att visa hur citatförfalskningen gått till.Tonvikten måste hela tiden ligga på Ukrainas möjlighet att försvara sig och sin frihet mot de ryska angriparna.
Mitt syfte är inte att starta någon allmän "krigsblogg" utan att försöka utröna vilka militärtekniska förutsättningar det finns för Ukraina att besegra de ryska angriparna.
Återigen ett från början felplacerat inlägg, som dessutom rör ihop två helt olika praktikfall. Sakligt tillför det ingenting utöver vad jag redan skrivit här: viewtopic.php?p=417845#p417845 och här viewtopic.php?p=417851#p417851Enceladus skrev: ↑onsdag 06 mars 2024 20:55 Denna attack mot en av Rysslands största järnmalmsanläggningar är den senaste i raden av ukrainska attacker mot rysk infrastruktur de senaste veckorna. Ryssland behöver också (automatkanon)system för att bekämpa dem på ett (kostnads)effektivt sätt. Till skillnad från Ukraina får Ryssland ingen hjälp utifrån!
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Betrakta exempelvis hur den ryska marinen försöker försvara fartyget Tsezar Kunikov. Det gick inget vidare! The War Zone har en dedikerad artikel om videon.
Det är påfallande hur pass klent beväpnat Tsezar Kunikov var. Endast två gamla AK-750 AKAN, en gammal sovjetisk konstruktion med låg eldhastighet.Naval News skrev:Once the target is identified and classified as an “enemy,” the engagement phase of surface warfare begins. Tactical maneuvers, including previously exercised template maneuvers adapted to the situation and target type, are applied during the attack. Kamikaze USVs pose an asymmetric threat to target ships due to their size, boat forms, and advantages in radar and optical systems even in normal sea, air, and visibility conditions. Ukraine’s successful utilization of this asymmetry is evident from the results.
The situation in the attack on the Ivanovets corvette is different from the non-combatant Caesar Kunikov, which might not have exhibited observable defense efforts. Ivanovets, being a combatant with both defensive weapon systems and high speed and maneuverability, attempted various defensive actions. Observations indicate that Ivanovets tried to increase speed, performed evasive maneuvers, and engaged the kamikaze USVs with the AK-630 rapid-fire batteries. Despite these efforts, Ivanovets could not prevent the USVs from reaching her, leading to a loss of firepower and, ultimately, sinking. As a naval officer, it is disheartening to see Ivanovets making every effort to defend herself but failing to avert a tragic end. The ship’s company seemed to fight until the last moment, but they couldn’t overcome the technological asymmetry.
Ukraina bekämpar olika former av ryska attackvektorer, men inte tillräckligt effektivt. Det är därför presidend Zelensky vädjar om mer stöd beträffande luftförsvaret: We Need More Air Defenses,' Zelenskiy Says, As Russian Shelling, Drone Strikes Kill At Least 11
Jag noterar att skribentens ensidiga rapportering fortsätter. I verkligheten har Ryssland samma problem:dr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑onsdag 06 mars 2024 12:22 För mer än ett år sedan försökte Enceladus-kollektivet göra gälla att de ryska missilerna håller på att "ta slut".
Den här artikeln visar att Ukraina får slåss med betydande underhållsproblem för de minst sagt disparata vapensystem de disponerar. I synnerhet gäller det de amerikanska Patriot-systemen, som är de enda vapensystem som kan bekämpa attacker med ballistiska missiler (bortsett från det hittills enda fransk-italienska SAMP/T-systemet, vars prestationer vi inte vet något om).
US lacks long-term sustainment plan for key Ukraine weapons, Pentagon watchdog says (Defense One)
Inom några veckor får Ukraina de 800 000 artillerigranater som Tjeckien har hittat på världsmarknaden. Dessa granater räcker ganska långt på defensiven:Reuters skrev:Artillery shells are in short supply, with experts and soldiers on the frontline estimating that Russia's artillery was now firing at five times the rate of Ukraine's.
However, the Western officials said Russia too was suffering problems as sanctions hit military production hard, causing delays and putting up costs, meaning it could not keep up with the war's demands.
A consequence was Moscow was requisitioning military equipment which had been intended for foreign allies, they said. Last March, the Indian Air Force said Russia had failed to deliver vital supplies it had committed to the Indian military because of the Ukraine war.
Ammunition till granatkastare ordnar Sudan:Reuters skrev:Ammunition supplies to Kyiv must be ramped up if it is to have a chance of turning the tide of the war, analysts Franz-Stefan Gady and Michael Kofman wrote in a February research paper for the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
"For supporting countries, the challenge is to significantly increase production of artillery ammunition and air-defence interceptors," it said.
"Kyiv needs around 75,000–90,000 artillery shells per month to sustain the war defensively, and more than double that – 200,000–250,000 – for a major offensive."
Det fallna imperiet lever på lånad tid - förr eller senare tar efterfrågan på olja slut!Colby Badhwar skrev:WSJ Exclusive: Ukraine went to fight Wagner in Sudan at the request of military ruler al-Burhan, who had been quietly supplying Ukraine with ammunition.
Sudanese made 120mm mortar ammunition has previously been seen in Ukrainian service.
Jaså, det är dags nu igen. Ja, det är mycket som det ensidiga propagandakollektivet Enceladus borde "notera", men minnet är lika selektivt som vanligt. I verkligheten tillhandahåller jag fakta och bekämpar spekulationer, som ex.vis i det där Reuters-meddelandet, som hänvisar till "western officials .... speaking on condition of anonymity".Enceladus skrev: ↑torsdag 07 mars 2024 14:05Jag noterar att skribentens ensidiga rapportering fortsätter. I verkligheten har Ryssland samma problem:dr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑onsdag 06 mars 2024 12:22 För mer än ett år sedan försökte Enceladus-kollektivet göra gälla att de ryska missilerna håller på att "ta slut".
Den här artikeln visar att Ukraina får slåss med betydande underhållsproblem för de minst sagt disparata vapensystem de disponerar. I synnerhet gäller det de amerikanska Patriot-systemen, som är de enda vapensystem som kan bekämpa attacker med ballistiska missiler (bortsett från det hittills enda fransk-italienska SAMP/T-systemet, vars prestationer vi inte vet något om).
US lacks long-term sustainment plan for key Ukraine weapons, Pentagon watchdog says (Defense One)
Russia lacks ammunition production needed for Ukraine war, Western officials say
Inom några veckor får Ukraina de 800 000 artillerigranater som Tjeckien har hittat på världsmarknaden. Dessa granater räcker ganska långt på defensiven:Reuters skrev:Artillery shells are in short supply, with experts and soldiers on the frontline estimating that Russia's artillery was now firing at five times the rate of Ukraine's.
However, the Western officials said Russia too was suffering problems as sanctions hit military production hard, causing delays and putting up costs, meaning it could not keep up with the war's demands.
A consequence was Moscow was requisitioning military equipment which had been intended for foreign allies, they said. Last March, the Indian Air Force said Russia had failed to deliver vital supplies it had committed to the Indian military because of the Ukraine war.
Reuters skrev:Ammunition supplies to Kyiv must be ramped up if it is to have a chance of turning the tide of the war, analysts Franz-Stefan Gady and Michael Kofman wrote in a February research paper for the International Institute for Strategic Studies.
"For supporting countries, the challenge is to significantly increase production of artillery ammunition and air-defence interceptors," it said.
"Kyiv needs around 75,000–90,000 artillery shells per month to sustain the war defensively, and more than double that – 200,000–250,000 – for a major offensive."
Men det funkar inte längre, i den mån det någonsin har gjort det. Att kalla en av USA:s ledande försvarstidskrifter för "ensidig" visar vilken "verklighet" Enceladus-kollektivet lever i. Som ex.vis 2022-08-17 då det påstods att "Segern är inom räckhåll". Det är betydligt viktigare att försöka stödja Ukrainas förmåga än att spekulera över Rysslands eventuella tillkortakommanden. Då måste man också kunna se bristerna, annars blir de omöjliga att åtgärda. Observera dessutom att Defense One-artikeln handlar om underhållsproblem beträffande Ukrainas miltärmateriel, inte tillgången på granater.dr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑onsdag 06 mars 2024 21:41 Det är också ungefär så som den ryska propagandan arbetar. Lögner, halvsanningar, lösryckta citat, svepande formuleringar och direkta personagrepp.
ISW beskriver i sin dagsrapport för 6/3 översiktligt de utmaningar Ukraina har att hantera fn.dr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑lördag 24 februari 2024 11:46 Fraz-Stefan Gady och Michael Kofman har skrivit en lång artikel för IISS, som dels rekapitulerar landkrigets förlopp från krigsutbrottet, dels (kan man säga) kompletterar RUSI:s analys om vad som krävs: Making Attrition Work: A Viable Theory of Victory for Ukraine
Författarna tror inte att vare sig teknologinivån på vapensystemen eller tillförseln av F-16 kommer att ha någon avgörande effekt.
ISW skrev:Continued delays in Western security assistance will likely postpone Ukrainian efforts to regain the theater-wide initiative, however. Materiel shortages are forcing Ukrainian forces to husband materiel and uncertainty about future assistance is likely constraining Ukrainian operational planning.[8] Delays in crucial assistance will force Ukraine to make difficult decisions about how to allocate resources between future operationally significant counteroffensive operations and ongoing Ukrainian defensive operations against Russian attackers who currently hold the initiative.[9]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky recently stated that Ukrainian forces are planning to conduct counteroffensive operations in 2024 but stressed that Ukraine’s primary objective remains the defense of Ukrainian territory.[10] Zelensky has also stated that Russia is preparing a new offensive effort that will start in late May or summer 2024, which would likely further postpone opportunities for Ukraine to prepare and launch counteroffensive operations.[11] Well-provisioned Ukrainian forces have proven capable of preventing even marginal Russian gains during large-scale Russian offensive efforts and are capable of heavily degrading attacking Russian forces.[12]
Western security assistance is crucial for both Ukraine’s ability to concentrate material and manpower for future counteroffensive operations as well as its ability to degrade Russian offensive efforts sufficiently enough so that Ukraine can seize the theater wide initiative.
Men det är klart, Kyiv Post är kanske också ett "ensidigt" nyhetsmedium, vad vet jag? Och har ryssarna verkligen lyckats få in ett skott med "pappersprodukten" Tornado-S: viewtopic.php?p=410062#p410062 ?Kyiv Post skrev:The video shows the HIMARS launcher parked on the edge of a field from several different angles. The area has been geolocated near the village of Nykanorivka, in the Donetsk region around 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the front line. After several seconds the launcher is struck by a missile that has been variously identified as an Iskander-M ballistic missile or a 300mm Tornado-S rocket.
Concern has been expressed by Ukrainian commentators who are surprised about the location of the launcher and the time it must have been there to have been detected and attacked. It is normal that, unless carrying out a fire mission, the HIMARS are kept undercover in areas beyond the range of most of Russia’s frontline weapons and moving under cover of darkness.
The reason why HIMARS is considered a prime target for Russia has been amply demonstrated in the last month when in the space of just one week Russian troops congregating in the open in the Donetsk and Kherson regions were hit, killing and wounding dozens, if not hundreds of unprotected officers and soldiers.
Strategically the loss of a single HIMARS isn’t that significant, Ukraine has received 39 HIMARS and 25 M270s, but the effect on morale could be as the war is in a difficult phase.
Even more worrying is the impression that Ukraine has to be more selective in its use of the weapons system as the replenishment of the missiles, which are largely US-supplied, has dried up along with other critical munitions because of the impasse within the US Congress. Unless that changes Ukraine will run out of missiles long before it runs out of launchers.
I referenserna ovan nämns också Lockheed Martins och Rheinmetalls utvecklingsarbete med att ta fram en tysk Himars - GMars:dr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑tisdag 30 januari 2024 19:32 Just nu finns inget riktigt bra tillgängligt alternativ till amerikanska GMLRS/HIMARS, även om utveckling pågår, som Europuls och JFS-M.
Ja, britterna har vaknat till och insett att de måste jobba hårdare inom UAV-området: New UK strategy to deliver drones to armed forcesEnceladus skrev: ↑torsdag 07 mars 2024 23:14 Britain increases drone funding for Ukraine by over $150 mln
I utbyte får Ukraina drönare.Reuters skrev:Britain will increase its spending on drones for Ukraine by 125 million pounds ($160 million), raising the total number of drones supplied to more than 10,000, the government said on Thursday as Defence Secretary Grant Shapps visited Kyiv.
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"I am ramping up our commitment to arm Ukraine with cutting-edge new drones coming directly from the UK's world-leading defence industries - straight from the factory floor to the frontline. I encourage international partners to join the UK in this effort," Shapps said, as he met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
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The package includes thousands of first-person view drones, 1,000 one-way attack drones researched and developed in Britain as well as surveillance and maritime drones.
Ja, USA:s m.fl. vapeninsatser verkar inte ha försvagat Houthis förmågor i någon direkt märkbar omfattningEnceladus skrev: ↑onsdag 06 mars 2024 23:19 Houthi missile attack kills three crew members in Yemen rebels’ first fatal assault on shipping
Efter otaliga försök har Huthi-rebellerna skördat sina första offer.AP News skrev:A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday killed three of its crew members and forced survivors to abandon the vessel, the U.S. military said. It was the first fatal strike in a campaign of assaults by the Iranian-backed group over Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
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Iran separately announced the seizure of the crude oil aboard the Advantage Sweet through an announcement carried by the judiciary’s state-run Mizan news agency. At the time, Iran alleged that the Advantage Sweet collided with another ship, without offering any evidence.
The court order for the seizure offered an entirely different reason for the confiscation. Mizan said it was part of a court order over U.S. sanctions it alleged barred the importation of a Swedish medicine used to treat patients suffering from epidermolysis bullosa, a rare genetic condition that causes blisters all over the body and eyes. It didn’t reconcile the different reasons for the seizure.
Breaking Defense skrev:But the threat of the Houthi anti-ship ballistic missile attacks extend beyond threatening the choke-points.
According to Parry, “The value of the Houthi’s using ballistic missiles is that the Iranians, Houthis, and other US adversaries can see US air defenses operate in real time and calibrate a strike package that is more likely to get through. They are essentially getting the opportunity to test and refine their approach to using different combinations of munitions to evade and overwhelm US defense systems.”
The growing relations in all fields, especially defense, between Iran, Russia, and China have raised concerns of an axis being developed that will challenge the U.S. and its Western allies globally. The navies of the three states hold annual naval exercises, with one coming up in a few weeks.
It stands to reason that the Russians and Chinese are watching closely to see how US and Israeli-made systems intercept the weapons the Houthis are firing. In essence, these strikes are doing R&D testing for Moscow and Beijing — an indirect threat, but a threat nonetheless, from the proliferation of these ballistic weapons in the region.
Så är det kanske, men slagfälts-UAV-erna är i huvudsak ryska, som ZALA Lancet.Enceladus skrev: ↑torsdag 07 mars 2024 23:14 Antalet bekräftade ryska förluster utgör 14 737 enheter, varav 2 803 stridsvagnar. Drönare står för många förluster. Har Ukraina numera bättre drönare än Iran?
The WarZone skrev:Large-scale Russian production of the Iranian-designed Shahed drones could present a range of new problems for Ukrainian air defenses.
Hittills verkar det som om endast inköp av 300.000 granater är finansierat: Fiala: enough money raised for 300,000 shells for UkraineEnceladus skrev: ↑torsdag 07 mars 2024 14:05 Inom några veckor får Ukraina de 800 000 artillerigranater som Tjeckien har hittat på världsmarknaden. Dessa granater räcker ganska långt på defensiven:
Radio Prague International skrev:The prime minister's words contradict President Petr Pavel's statement, who had said on Thursday that enough had been raised for 800,000 shells. The government’s national security advisor, Tomáš Pojar, who is coordinating the initiative, said later on Thursday that it seemed the president had meant the purchase of the first shipment.
SAom jag har framhållit flera gånger så är användningen av UAV-er dubbelsidig. Det gäller att kunna bekämpa fienden, men samtidigt kunna försvara sig mot fiendens UAV-attacker. Teknologiskt ligger UAV-tekniken före och utvecklas oerhört snabbt, jämfört med tekniken för att bekämpa dem. Den senare kan dessutom dras med kostnadseffektiva nackdelar (bekämpa billiga UAV-er med dyra missiler). Ryssarna letar ex.vis efter en UAV som kan angripa ukrainskt artilleri och luftvärn på längre avstånd är ZALA Lancet-UAV-er och tror sig ha hittat ett sådant vapen i den iranska Shahed 107C (mer om denna vid ett annat tillfälle, kanske).dr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑onsdag 06 mars 2024 22:26Ukraina bekämpar olika former av ryska attackvektorer, men inte tillräckligt effektivt. Det är därför presidend Zelensky vädjar om mer stöd beträffande luftförsvaret: We Need More Air Defenses,' Zelenskiy Says, As Russian Shelling, Drone Strikes Kill At Least 11
Men det där var ju uppe och steppade för nästan två månader sedan:Enceladus skrev: ↑lördag 09 mars 2024 19:56 UK wants to receive German Taurus missiles so it can increase Storm Shadow provision to Ukraine
Detta påminner om krigets inledningsskede då Scholz gjorde sig av med utrustning för att inte ha något att ge till Ukraina. Problemet är att just Taurus behövs!Ukrainska Pravda skrev:UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron has suggested that Germany should exchange Taurus missiles for British Storm Shadows so that Ukraine can be provided with long-range weapons.
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Spiegel reported, citing sources, that Germany is considering getting involved in supplying cruise missiles to Ukraine if an exchange of missiles with NATO allies takes place.
Beklagar ovanstående plakatblaffa, men det var nödvändigt att göra ett så stort citat för att resonemanget ska bli förståeligt.Gerhartz says the Taurus cruise missile is closely comparable, but not identical, to the French SCALP cruise missile and the British Storm Shadow missile, and that processes developed by the French and British armies to support those weapons’ use by the Ukrainian military are mostly similar to what would be required for deployment of Taurus.
A key piece of that Franco-British support, he said, is the preparation of targeting data to include final target selection by French or British technicians, the conversion of that data to a form suitable for transfer to the missile, and uploading the data into the missile.
The preparation of the data takes place outside Ukraine and the aircraft-ready data is delivered to Poland, after which a British or French courier team, as needed, uses a vehicle to drive from Poland to Ukraine so that the data can be placed onto the missile.
All conversation participants describe the process as ongoing and seem very familiar with it. There is no question as to whether it is taking place. The clandestine presence of French and British technicians preparing cruise missiles to be delivered by Ukrainian bombers against Russian targets and have done so in past Ukrainian strikes against Russian targets, is treated by the Luftwaffe officers as a basic fact.
Based on the conversation, the most likely means by which Germany would accomplish the same thing would be by turning over missiles to the manufacturer MBDA, whose technicians would program the weapons and organize their turnover to Kyiv, giving Berlin total insulation from the risk of German service personnel on Ukrainian territory, Gertz said.
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At the end of the conversation Gerhartz notes he sees no need for his presence at the briefing to Pistorius, and observes that if the Taurus deal goes through, it will be up to Ukraine, not the Luftwaffe, to figure out how to hang the German missiles on the Ukrainian bombers.
Gerhartz says his main priority is maintaining funding to the Luftwaffe to build a big new airbase for a wing of F-35 fighters soon to be delivered by the US.
“Right now, we wouldn’t want to encounter problems with the budget committee. It could make it impossible to start construction work at the airbase in Büchel in 2024. Right now, every day counts when it comes to the program,” Gerhartz says.
Riktigt så enkelt är det inte. Här är kärva ord om vad som kan komma att krävas:
Beträffande just KEPD-350 Taurus så har den ryska propagandan full koll på det vapnet:CEPA skrev:deep-strike weapons.
Besides the ability to defend itself from continuous missile and drone attacks and attrit Russian frontline forces with artillery, Ukraine urgently needs the capability to interdict and destroy targets at depth, including within Russia’s borders.
For a force with a heavy logistic footprint like the Russian military, a diminished threat from Ukraine’s long-range strikes allows it to move personnel and equipment without fear of attack, rotate units, establish training and storage facilities, and free up valuable air-defense assets for more important areas.
While Ukrainian long-range attack drones have scored important successes against energy infrastructure, industrial facilities, and airfields within Russia, they cannot replace the capability offered by missiles, which fly much faster, are more difficult to intercept, and carry larger and more destructive warheads.
For these reasons, Western countries should urgently (re)invest in missile production capacity and provide Kyiv with more long-range land-attack cruise missiles (like the Anglo-French Storm Shadow/Scalp and the German Taurus.) However, after two years of brutal Russian aggression and clear battlefield lessons, it seems many European governments have not yet fully realized the urgency of this necessity and failed to act with urgency.
Liutyi UAV is Responsible For Attacks on Taganrog, russians Assume: Drone with 1,000 km Range Finally in Actiondr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑söndag 10 mars 2024 12:30 Artikelförfattarna anser att Ukraina måste få använda USA/Nato-missiler för att angripa Ryssland:
I förrgår lyckades ukrainska drönare ta sig förbi det ryska luftförsvaret och träffa en flygplanshangar. Igår lyckades de färdas till utkanten av Sankt Petersburg:Defense Express skrev:The russians assume that the Ukrainian drone used for a strike on this enterprise was the Liutyi (Fierce in Ukr.) unmanned aerial vehicle from the Ukrainian Defense Industry JSC, a state-owned concern encompassing over a hundred of manufacturers. Based on previous statements of UDI officials, the drone is believed to have a warhead of 75 kg and an operational range of over 1,000 kilometers.
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Earlier Defense Express also quoted Herman Smetanin, Head of UDI, as saying that Ukraine's main state arms conglomerate was focusing on "more complex and expensive projects with high performance" drone projects rather than making cheap and expendable loitering munitions when talking about the 1,000+ km UAV specifically.
Kommer billiga långräckviddiga drönare att ersätta dyra taktiska missiler? Ukraina behöver Taurus för att likvidera Kertjbron, men drönare kan förstöra fabriker.Ukrinform skrev:In the northwest part of the Russian city of St. Petersburg, an industrial building is on fire next to Pulkovo Airport.
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In addition, flights were temporarily canceled at Pulkovo Airport. The governor of the Leningrad region, Aleksandr Drozdenko, said the airspace over the city was closed due to a drone being shot down near the village of Fornosovo in the Tosno district.