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Förväxla inte Europa med Frankrike. V-MAX, som inte är ett vapen utan en sk. technology demonstrator, har varit omskriven i flera år nu, men inte mycket är känt om projektet: France Flies V-MAX Hypersonic Demonstrator.
Om vi utgår från att det här är fråga om Sypaq:s Corvo PPDS (och som vi skrivit om tidigare: viewtopic.php?p=412162#p412162 )Enceladus skrev: ↑onsdag 28 juni 2023 16:10 Pro-Putin military bloggers claim Australian-built cardboard drone was brought down inside Russia
Enligt tidigare uppgifter skickar Australien minst 100 kartongdrönare per månad till Ukraina. Tydligen används dessa på ryskt territorium. Inga röda linjer?ABC News skrev:According to the Russian-language posts, the UAV is made by Australian company SYPAQ Systems, which has been exporting its cardboard drones in flat packs to Ukraine's military for several months.
"The MON-90 mine is built into the fuselage of this UAV. On the wing is a VP-2a radio detonator," one Russian commentator observes in a discussion on a Telegram channel.
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The exact cost of the drones has not been publicly revealed but Ukraine's military is known to use the UAVs to drop bombs, deliver supplies and undertake vital reconnaissance missions.
' Ukraina har som bekant ratificerat Ottawa-konventionen, som förbjuder användning av antipersonella minor. Ovanstående är dock en tillåten användning, eftersom stridsladdningen utlöses på ett kommando.
Politico skrev:The new policy change, excluding the Korean Peninsula, aligns with requirements posed in the Ottawa Treaty, which prohibited the use, stockpiling, and transfer of anti-personnel landmines worldwide in 1997. According to the statement, the United States will not develop, produce, or acquire anti-personnel land mines; export or transfer land mines unless necessary for destroying; encourage or assist anyone outside of the Korean Peninsula to use land mines; and commit to destroying all land mines.
En rysk MON-90 landmina. En biffig sak, ska det smälla så ska det smälla ordentligt vare sig det gäller kärnvapen eller landminordr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑onsdag 28 juni 2023 22:08Ukraina har som bekant ratificerat Ottawa-konventionen, som förbjuder användning av antipersonella minor. Ovanstående är dock en tillåten användning, eftersom stridsladdningen utlöses på ett kommando.
Detsamma gäller Claymore-minan, som numera endast får användas fjärrutlöst (via kabel). USA har visserligen inte ratificerat Ottawa-konventionen, men enligt president Bidens policy för antipersonella minor (till skillnad från företrädaren, ni-vet-vem) ska dessa avvecklas:
Biden administration commits to limiting use of land mines
Politico skrev:The new policy change, excluding the Korean Peninsula, aligns with requirements posed in the Ottawa Treaty, which prohibited the use, stockpiling, and transfer of anti-personnel landmines worldwide in 1997. According to the statement, the United States will not develop, produce, or acquire anti-personnel land mines; export or transfer land mines unless necessary for destroying; encourage or assist anyone outside of the Korean Peninsula to use land mines; and commit to destroying all land mines.
Ryssland besväras som bekant inte av några som helst krigskonventioner, inte heller de som de själva ratificerat.
Utvecklingen går ju åt det hållet. Sydkoreanska Chunmoo, israeliska PULS och brasilianska Astros II har alla två vapenkassetter på hjul. Euro-PULS är ett samarbete mellan israeliska Elbit och tyska KMW, alltså en konkurrent till GMARS. Lockheed Martin är sist på bollen här. Två kassetter är nästan ett måste.dr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑lördag 24 juni 2023 10:49 Här ser man att eldenheten är placerade på Rheinmetalls större HX-chassi, vilket ger möjlighet till två vapenkassetter (2 x 6 missiler) jämfört med HIMARS enda kassett.
Det finns potential för fler batterier till Ukraina om kriget fortsätter i flera år.Bloomberg skrev:Under the terms approved by Wednesday, Poland could purchase Patriot equipment capable of connecting to the “Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System,” including as many as 48 Patriot M903 launch stations; 644 Patriot Advanced Capability 3 Missile Segment Enhanced missiles; 12 of the most advanced Patriot radar, the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS); and related equipment.
Any eventual sale wouldn’t affect US military readiness, as it would involve new equipment from Raytheon and Lockheed, as well as “another original equipment manufacturer to be selected to develop and produce generator sets” for the LTAMDS power supply.
Ukraina behöver ett skiktat luftförsvar, precis som Israel.CSIS skrev:The exhaustion of prewar missile stockpiles has impacted the composition of current Russian strike salvos. Compared with previous phases of Russia’s air war, the composition of Russian missile attacks has trended away from high-end missile systems like cruise missiles toward cheaper, less capable “low-end” systems like Shahed-136 one-way attack munitions (see below). In the first three months of 2023, during the tail end of Russia’s strike campaign against Ukraine’s electric grid, Shahed-136s accounted for around 40 percent of long-range projectiles fired at Ukraine. Since April, 61 percent of long-range munitions Russia has employed have been Shahed-136 one-way attack munitions. Compared to cruise and ballistic missiles, Shahed-136 are generally easier to shoot down and more vulnerable to cheaper defenses like the German-made Flakpanzer Gepard and other gun-based systems. The Shahed-136’s warhead weight is also only between that of a cruise missile like Kh-101, and therefore causes less damage when they do make it through defenses.
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Looking ahead, there is no simple solution to the Russian missile problem. Russia will continue to produce and acquire missiles and one-way attack munitions and use them to target Ukraine. Sanctions and export control can make this harder and costlier for the Russians, but they will not stop them. As long as the war continues, Ukraine must maintain a robust air and missile defense, which will require steady support from the United States and its many other international partners.
To this end, Western defense industrial capacity for everything from air defense interceptors to precision-guided munitions needs to be scaled up and new supply chains built. This process will not only help the United States maintain the steady support that Ukraine needs to win the war as quickly as possible, but it will also leave the United States and its allies in a stronger position to deter and defeat future threats.
Dessutom behöver Ukraina belägra den ockuperade halvön - så länge Putin inte vill förhandla.Militarnyi skrev:Ukraine is negotiating with Poland to purchase onshore missile systems with NSM anti-ship missiles. According to the unofficial information of the Polish media, Defence24, Ukraine is considering the possibility of purchasing a missile battery from Poland, or even a whole battalion.
Ukraine’s use of NSM anti-ship missiles will improve its defense capabilities and allow it to strike Russian military facilities located at a distance of more than 200 km. In addition, it will make it possible to strike the Crimean peninsula.
Australia’s SYPAQ Systems teams up with UK firm to expand international salesdr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑onsdag 28 juni 2023 21:51 Jag skulle gärna vilja köpa en Corvo PPDS och ha som modellflygplan, men jag tror inte jag tillhör rätt kundkrets:
Än en gång fungerar Ukraina som ett visningsrum för en vapentillverkare.Reuters skrev:The announcement came as the company delivered 500 of their systems to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with SYPAQ hoping the new strategic partnership to broaden sales across Europe and the Middle East.
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“We’ve proven this with our Corvo PPDS performance in Ukraine and look to expand this in markets across the globe.”
Det återstår väl att se, liksom vem som är "sist på bollen". När HIMARS konstruerades var det ett krav att Medium Tactical Vehicle användes som plattform, och på dess flak ryms bara en M269 vapenkassett.Enceladus skrev: ↑torsdag 29 juni 2023 1:03Utvecklingen går ju åt det hållet. Sydkoreanska Chunmoo, israeliska PULS och brasilianska Astros II har alla två vapenkassetter på hjul. Euro-PULS är ett samarbete mellan israeliska Elbit och tyska KMW, alltså en konkurrent till GMARS. Lockheed Martin är sist på bollen här. Två kassetter är nästan ett måste.dr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑lördag 24 juni 2023 10:49 Här ser man att eldenheten är placerade på Rheinmetalls större HX-chassi, vilket ger möjlighet till två vapenkassetter (2 x 6 missiler) jämfört med HIMARS enda kassett.
Andra europeiska utvecklingslinjer finns förstås också, t.ex. JFS-M, som jag skrev om här: viewtopic.php?p=411471#p411471Enceladus skrev: ↑fredag 16 juni 2023 11:32 Hungary responds after US senator says he blocked HIMARS purchase
Ungern påstår att landet inte längre är intresserat av Himars.Defense News skrev:The Hungarian government has said it abandoned plans to order High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems after last year’s bilateral talks failed to produce an agreement with the United States.
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Speaking to The Washington Post, Risch explained he halted the potential $735 million deal with Hungary due to its government’s refusal to agree to Sweden’s accession to NATO. The lawmaker is the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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While Budapest’s latest announcement could represent a face-saving attempt, it also demonstrates the growing distance between the Hungarian government and many of its Western partners. Following Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, several NATO members accused Hungary of failing to present an unequivocally negative stance against Russian President Vladimir Putin, with whom Orbán has long maintained excellent relations.
Alongside NATO’s eastern front, the expanding group of members who have ordered the Lockheed Martin-made missile launchers includes Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Romania.
Det ligger väl i Ukrainas intresse att framställa det så, men den norska (alltså inte polska, som man skulle kunna tro av ovan) sjömålsmissilen Kongsberg NSM (Nytt sjømålsmissil , som behändigt angliserades till Naval Strike Missile) är egentligen inte märkvärdigare än ex.vis Boeing RGM-84 Harpoon (eller Ukrainas egen Neptune), som Ukraina redan har (dock oklart i vilken version). Kongberg har, i samarbete med Rayheon, sålt in detta system till US Navy för ombeväpning av flottans korvetter (Littoral combat ship) sedan Lockheed Martin och Boeing dragit sig ur anbudstävlingen.Enceladus skrev: ↑torsdag 29 juni 2023 1:03 NSM: missile shield and sword for Ukraine
Dessutom behöver Ukraina belägra den ockuperade halvön - så länge Putin inte vill förhandla.Militarnyi skrev:Ukraine is negotiating with Poland to purchase onshore missile systems with NSM anti-ship missiles. According to the unofficial information of the Polish media, Defence24, Ukraine is considering the possibility of purchasing a missile battery from Poland, or even a whole battalion.
Ukraine’s use of NSM anti-ship missiles will improve its defense capabilities and allow it to strike Russian military facilities located at a distance of more than 200 km. In addition, it will make it possible to strike the Crimean peninsula.
Ja, jag sade ju det: viewtopic.php?p=409874#p409874Enceladus skrev: ↑torsdag 29 juni 2023 1:03 Russia Isn’t Going to Run Out of Missiles
Ukraina behöver ett skiktat luftförsvar, precis som Israel.CSIS skrev:The exhaustion of prewar missile stockpiles has impacted the composition of current Russian strike salvos. Compared with previous phases of Russia’s air war, the composition of Russian missile attacks has trended away from high-end missile systems like cruise missiles toward cheaper, less capable “low-end” systems like Shahed-136 one-way attack munitions (see below). In the first three months of 2023, during the tail end of Russia’s strike campaign against Ukraine’s electric grid, Shahed-136s accounted for around 40 percent of long-range projectiles fired at Ukraine. Since April, 61 percent of long-range munitions Russia has employed have been Shahed-136 one-way attack munitions. Compared to cruise and ballistic missiles, Shahed-136 are generally easier to shoot down and more vulnerable to cheaper defenses like the German-made Flakpanzer Gepard and other gun-based systems. The Shahed-136’s warhead weight is also only between that of a cruise missile like Kh-101, and therefore causes less damage when they do make it through defenses.
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Looking ahead, there is no simple solution to the Russian missile problem. Russia will continue to produce and acquire missiles and one-way attack munitions and use them to target Ukraine. Sanctions and export control can make this harder and costlier for the Russians, but they will not stop them. As long as the war continues, Ukraine must maintain a robust air and missile defense, which will require steady support from the United States and its many other international partners.
To this end, Western defense industrial capacity for everything from air defense interceptors to precision-guided munitions needs to be scaled up and new supply chains built. This process will not only help the United States maintain the steady support that Ukraine needs to win the war as quickly as possible, but it will also leave the United States and its allies in a stronger position to deter and defeat future threats.
Luftförsvaret har ju varit ett försummat kapitel inom Nato, vilket jag också framhållit åtskilliga gånger. Jag tror inte det här ökar mina möjligheter att få köpa en Corvo PPDS.Enceladus skrev: ↑torsdag 29 juni 2023 1:03Australia’s SYPAQ Systems teams up with UK firm to expand international salesdr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑onsdag 28 juni 2023 21:51 Jag skulle gärna vilja köpa en Corvo PPDS och ha som modellflygplan, men jag tror inte jag tillhör rätt kundkrets:
Än en gång fungerar Ukraina som ett visningsrum för en vapentillverkare.Reuters skrev:The announcement came as the company delivered 500 of their systems to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with SYPAQ hoping the new strategic partnership to broaden sales across Europe and the Middle East.
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“We’ve proven this with our Corvo PPDS performance in Ukraine and look to expand this in markets across the globe.”
Enceladus skrev: ↑torsdag 29 juni 2023 7:14 Possibility of providing ATACMS missiles to Ukraine is high, US Senator says
Som sagt, den som lever får se.Euromaidan Press skrev:The possibility of sending long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine is high, US Senator from Idaho, a member of the Republican Party, James E. Risch, said in his interview with the Voice of America.
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A bipartisan resolution calling on the Biden administration to immediately transfer ATACMS to Ukraine has already passed the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs. ATACMS for Ukraine is also mentioned in the House of Representatives version (H. RES. 488) of the US Defense Budget bill.
On 29 May, commenting on Russia’s increasing attacks on Kyiv, US President Joe Biden said that providing ATACMS missiles to Ukraine was “still in play.”
U.S. Considers ATACMS Long-Range Missiles to Bolster Ukraine’s FightEnceladus skrev: ↑onsdag 28 juni 2023 16:10 Failed Russian Mutiny Boosts Prospects for More US Arms to Ukraine
Det amerikanska folket och dess ledare är överens - Prigozjin har blottat Putins sårbarhet. Det gäller att smida medan järnet är varmt!Bloomberg skrev:President Joe Biden says the turmoil in Moscow has weakened Vladimir Putin. Now, the 24-hour mutiny by mercenaries is likely to bolster those in Washington seeking to boost support for Ukraine’s war effort.
The failed rebellion by Yevgeny Prigozhin’s soldiers-for-hire against Russian government forces may spur bolder commitments from other NATO countries when their leaders gather next month in Vilnius, Lithuania, according to a person familiar with the Biden administration’s thinking who asked not to be identified discussing private discussions.
Allies that have pushed for more aggressive backing will find their position strengthened on the basis that the turmoil highlights President Putin’s vulnerability.
Prigozjin fortsätter att leverera. Det är bara att tacka och ta emot!WSJ skrev:The U.S. has been considering approving a long-range missile system for Ukraine, American and European officials said, a move that would come as Russia grapples with unrest in its military leadership and uncertainty on the battlefield.
The Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS, has a range of about 190 miles, enough for Ukrainian forces to strike Russian targets far behind the front lines. President Biden hasn’t signed off on the transfer, in part out of concern among U.S. officials that Ukraine could use it to strike Russian territory and escalate the conflict into a wider war.
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Amid the domestic turmoil in Russia, where over the weekend the founder of the Wagner mercenary force staged an abortive mutiny, U.S. and European officials indicated that now might be the time to provide the more advanced weaponry.
Ska Iran sluta skicka drönare till Ryssland!? Förhoppningsvis ingår också ammunition i avtalet, inklusive av kinesisk härkomst.USA Today skrev:The agreement, which would not amount to a resumption of the 2015 deal, would limit Iran's uranium enrichment activities to below a level needed to make a nuclear weapon. It would also free Americans imprisoned in Iran who the U.S. describes as wrongfully detained, according to the officials. Iran would agree to halt attacks by militant groups it backs in Iraq and Syria. These attacks have killed American contractors and wounded U.S. military personnel on military bases that house U.S. troops. Tehran would also agree to stop supplying Russia with missiles and drones it has used to wage war in Ukraine.
Biden administration could soon approve sending controversial cluster munitions to Ukrainedr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑tisdag 13 juni 2023 19:35 Ja, principlösheten regerar. Dessvärre kommer detta inte att tillföra Ukraina särskilt mycket, jämfört med vad de nu disponerar i form, av M30A1-missilen och BONUS- och SMART-granaterna.
Först uranvapen, nu klusterammunition. Tänk om Ukraina får det som behövs för att vinna!CNN skrev:The Biden administration is strongly considering approving the transfer of controversial cluster munition warheads to Ukraine, multiple people familiar with the matter told CNN, as the Ukrainians struggle to make major gains in their weeks’ old counteroffensive.
Officials told CNN that a final decision is expected soon from the White House, and that if approved, the weapons could be included in a new military aid package to Ukraine as soon as next month.
“These would undoubtedly have a significant battlefield impact,” a US official told CNN.
Vatten kan också användas som vapen! Denna gång har ryssarna avsiktligt översvämmat den strategiskt viktiga staden Tokmak.Bellingcat skrev:Satellite imagery obtained by Bellingcat suggests that Russia created a dam on the outskirts of the occupied Ukrainian city of Tokmak in Zaporizhzhia oblast ahead of Ukraine’s counteroffensive. This was previously reported by the Center for Journalistic Investigations, which noted that the move was part of a greater trend of creating water obstacles for the Ukrainian counteroffensive. However, Planet satellite imagery seen by Bellingcat now offers a more detailed view of the scene. The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection group also noted a trend of deliberate flooding across Zaporizhzhia oblast by Russian forces.
Water has been used as a tool on several occasions since the onset of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
In these instances, dams were broken to flood downstream areas, likely in order to complicate offensive efforts of the enemy. This would lead to higher water levels and muddy ground downstream along with the longer-term outcome of dried up reservoirs.
Budanov uppskattar att Ryssland får cirka 100 iranska drönare per månad. Precis som Ian Williams noterar han att missilerna tryter. Kärnkraftverket oroar.The War Zone skrev:TWZ: Do you still believe the Russians are going to create a disaster at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant?
KB: Russia on the technical side has set everything ready for orchestration of a technological disaster on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. They’ve prepared everything necessary to create an artificial technological, man-made disaster. The part of the station - which if the decision is taken - they are most likely to blow up, is the artificial pond on the territory of the station that ensures cooling. So what they're about to do is to damage a link in the system, which will subsequently cause this technological disaster situation which no one will be able to stop or mitigate. Because search and rescue operations in a combat zone are impossible.
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TWZ: Do you anticipate Russia getting more drones from Iran?
KB: New batches of drones from Iran are coming constantly to the Russian Federation.
TWZ: How many?
KB: Usually one batch is 50 to 70 drone per time. And it happens quite regularly, once every two weeks, sometimes every three weeks.
Visst. Både britterna, Stalin och Hitler sprängde dammar under WW2. Det var det man ville komma ifrån i 1949 år Geneve-konventioner.Enceladus skrev: ↑fredag 30 juni 2023 1:44 Satellite Imagery Reveals Russia Caused Flooding in Occupied Ukrainian Town Before Counteroffensive
Vatten kan också användas som vapen! Denna gång har ryssarna avsiktligt översvämmat den strategiskt viktiga staden Tokmak.Bellingcat skrev:Satellite imagery obtained by Bellingcat suggests that Russia created a dam on the outskirts of the occupied Ukrainian city of Tokmak in Zaporizhzhia oblast ahead of Ukraine’s counteroffensive. This was previously reported by the Center for Journalistic Investigations, which noted that the move was part of a greater trend of creating water obstacles for the Ukrainian counteroffensive. However, Planet satellite imagery seen by Bellingcat now offers a more detailed view of the scene. The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection group also noted a trend of deliberate flooding across Zaporizhzhia oblast by Russian forces.
Water has been used as a tool on several occasions since the onset of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
In these instances, dams were broken to flood downstream areas, likely in order to complicate offensive efforts of the enemy. This would lead to higher water levels and muddy ground downstream along with the longer-term outcome of dried up reservoirs.
dr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑lördag 10 september 2022 12:04 Oskilreservoarens damm sprängdes tyvärr i april i ett försök att hejda dem ryska framryckningen, men flodvågen som följde orsakade en omfattande ekologisk katastrof. Här är den tömda sjön
Det här videoklippet visar förödelsen vid dammen. Gubbarna i uniform är väl ryska ocxkupanter:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1527994812976218113
Ukrainas naturskyddsförening anser f.ö. att Oskilreservoaren inte ska återställas: Should the Oskil Reservoir be rebuilt after the war?
Man kan ju föreställa sig vad som kommer att hända om Kakhovkadammen förstörs.
Ja, principlösheten regerar, även om det inte finns några officiella uttalanden utan mest mediaspekulationer. Det är väl som det skrivs här och där:Enceladus skrev: ↑fredag 30 juni 2023 1:44Biden administration could soon approve sending controversial cluster munitions to Ukrainedr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑tisdag 13 juni 2023 19:35 Ja, principlösheten regerar. Dessvärre kommer detta inte att tillföra Ukraina särskilt mycket, jämfört med vad de nu disponerar i form, av M30A1-missilen och BONUS- och SMART-granaterna.
Först uranvapen, nu klusterammunition. Tänk om Ukraina får det som behövs för att vinna!CNN skrev:The Biden administration is strongly considering approving the transfer of controversial cluster munition warheads to Ukraine, multiple people familiar with the matter told CNN, as the Ukrainians struggle to make major gains in their weeks’ old counteroffensive.
Officials told CNN that a final decision is expected soon from the White House, and that if approved, the weapons could be included in a new military aid package to Ukraine as soon as next month.
“These would undoubtedly have a significant battlefield impact,” a US official told CNN.
CNN skrev:The Ukrainian counteroffensive launched earlier this month, however, has not made as much progress as US officials hoped it would by this point, with Russian lines of defense proving more well-fortified than anticipated.
And it is not clear whether the heavy amount of artillery ammunition the Ukrainians have been expending day-to-day is sustainable if the counteroffensive drags on, officials and military analysts said.
Då börjar man leta efter en "silver bullet". Att USA:s militär är motståndare till försöken att avveckla klusterammunition, och kämpar emot C-DAEM-programmet (ersättningen för klusterammunition) är väl känt. Och nu har man ju ett nytt upplägg: Vi skjuter bort ammuntionen i Ukraina!Politico skrev:The discussion to send dual-purpose improved conventional munitions has intensified in recent days as Ukraine’s effort to break through Russia’s frontline has stalled. The belief among some senior U.S. officials is that the munitions could be one of many tools that makes Ukraine’s campaign more successful.
Hur får man ihop ovanstående påstående med rubriken på Ian Williams CSIS-artikel: "Russia Isn’t Going to Run Out of Missiles"?Enceladus skrev: ↑fredag 30 juni 2023 1:44
Budanov uppskattar att Ryssland får cirka 100 iranska drönare per månad. Precis som Ian Williams noterar han att missilerna tryter. Kärnkraftverket oroar.
Ett tips är att läsa mer än rubriken! Både Budanov och Williams konkludera att Ryssland använder allt färre missiler och allt större andel iranska drönare.dr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑fredag 30 juni 2023 9:36Hur får man ihop ovanstående påstående med rubriken på Ian Williams CSIS-artikel: "Russia Isn’t Going to Run Out of Missiles"?
Ukraine’s top general, Valery Zaluzhny, wants shells, planes and patiencedr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑fredag 30 juni 2023 9:33 Ja, principlösheten regerar, även om det inte finns några officiella uttalanden utan mest mediaspekulationer. Det är väl som det skrivs här och där:
Hur många ukrainska liv är skribenten villig att offra för att envist hålla sig till sina principer?Washington Post skrev:The questions that weigh on him daily: When will Ukraine’s Western partners provide the arms he needs, particularly more ammunition and the F-16s? And how can he be expected to get the job done without them?
Zaluzhny said he relays his concerns to Milley, whom he has grown to deeply admire and considers a friend, several times per week in conversations that can last hours. “He shares them absolutely. And I think he can help me get rid of those worries,” Zaluzhny said, adding that he told Milley on Wednesday how many more artillery shells he needs per month.
In these conversations, Zaluzhny is frank about the consequences: “We have an agreement: 24/7, we’re in touch. So, sometimes I can call up and say, ‘If I don’t get 100,000 shells in a week, 1,000 people will die. Step into my shoes,’” he said.
Här visas hur Ukraina räddar skadade Bradley-fordon i närheten av Robotyne. Tydligen är västerländska fordon inte lika enkla att förstöra helt.ABC News skrev:Two Ukrainian soldiers from the 47th brigade, Serhiy and Andriy, told ABC News that they and their crew wouldn't be alive today if Bradley didn't protect them from a battle early on in the counteroffensive where they were struck by mines, high caliber guns and attack drones.
"We were hit multiple times," Andriy, who drove one Bradley, said. "Thanks to it, I am standing here now. If we were using some Soviet armored personnel carrier we would all probably be dead after the first hit. It's a perfect vehicle."
Har Ukraina hittat en lösning på helikopterproblemet? Enligt sociala medier träffades åtskilliga piloter, om än inte nödvändigtvis helikoptrar.Ukrainska Pravda skrev:"There have been 11 explosions in Berdiansk. The airport area is on fire and detonating. Ambulances are heading in that direction."
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Collaborator Rogov claimed that the Ukrainian forces had carried out an attack with Storm Shadow missiles in the morning but that Russia's missile defence systems had repelled it "on the outskirts of the city" and that a series of explosions heard in Berdiansk were the result of air defence work.
Så är det, och det är någonting som Enceladus-kollektivet inte har bekvämat sig att göra. Ingenting av det Ian Williams skriver är konsistent med begrepppet "tryter" i någon rimlig mening.Enceladus skrev: ↑fredag 30 juni 2023 12:15Ett tips är att läsa mer än rubriken! Både Budanov och Williams konkludera att Ryssland använder allt färre missiler och allt större andel iranska drönare.dr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑fredag 30 juni 2023 9:36Hur får man ihop ovanstående påstående med rubriken på Ian Williams CSIS-artikel: "Russia Isn’t Going to Run Out of Missiles"?
Enceladus-kollektivet har däremot grundlöst påstått detta flera gånger, t.ex. här (blandat med lite personpåhopp i vanlig ordning, men jag fäster mig inte så mycket vid vad ett gäng småpojkar hittar på):CSIS/Ian Williams skrev: However, the decline in the quality of Russian long-range strike salvos is unlikely to continue. Rather, the overall composition of Russian strike packages will likely level off as Russian missile use becomes fully tethered to how many missiles it can produce. But it is improbable that Russian production of higher-end cruise and ballistic missiles will ever fall to zero. Despite Western sanctions and export controls of key microelectronic components, Russia has been able to find workarounds to continue producing missiles. In May, Ukrainian intelligence estimated that Russia currently manufactures around 60 cruise missiles, five Iskander ballistic missiles, and two Kinzhals monthly. In June, President Zelensky noted that Ukraine continues to find Western-made microelectronic components amongst the wrecks of Russian missiles. These components are likely finding their way into Russia via friendly third parties such as China.
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Looking ahead, there is no simple solution to the Russian missile problem. Russia will continue to produce and acquire missiles and one-way attack munitions and use them to target Ukraine. Sanctions and export control can make this harder and costlier for the Russians, but they will not stop them. As long as the war continues, Ukraine must maintain a robust air and missile defense, which will require steady support from the United States and its many other international partners.
Enceladus skrev: ↑onsdag 23 november 2022 5:50Russian army begins using ammunition produced in 2022dr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑söndag 20 november 2022 16:42 En ganska bra översikt från CNN:
US is running low on some weapons and ammunition to transfer to Ukraine
Till skillnad från USA håller Ryssland faktiskt på att få slut på ammunition, och Israel verkar ha lyckats stoppa leveransen av iranska missiler. Samtidigt visar det sig att Turkiet har levererat missiler till Ukraina, möjligen med längre räckvidd än GMLRS. Men skribenten startade väl en egen tråd för att slippa höra detta.Ukranews skrev:The publication emphasizes that usually the oldest ammunition is used first. If freshly manufactured shells reach the front, then this can indicate two things - either there are no more old shells in the warehouse where they are stored, or the supply logistics are so broken that everything that was available was supplied.
Ja, så var det dags för halmdockor igen. Enceladus-kollektivet har visst inte lärt sig att de är lika enkla att plocka isär som att fläta ihop, även om de binds ihop med floskulösa uttryck som "envist" eller envisas". Den citerade artikeln nämner f.ö. ingenting explicit om vare sig uranladdad ammunition eller klusterammunition.Enceladus skrev: ↑fredag 30 juni 2023 12:15dr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑fredag 30 juni 2023 9:36Ukraine’s top general, Valery Zaluzhny, wants shells, planes and patiencedr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑fredag 30 juni 2023 9:33 Ja, principlösheten regerar, även om det inte finns några officiella uttalanden utan mest mediaspekulationer. Det är väl som det skrivs här och där:
Hur många ukrainska liv är skribenten villig att offra för att envist hålla sig till sina principer?="Washington Post" skrev:The questions that weigh on him daily: When will Ukraine’s Western partners provide the arms he needs, particularly more ammunition and the F-16s? And how can he be expected to get the job done without them?
Zaluzhny said he relays his concerns to Milley, whom he has grown to deeply admire and considers a friend, several times per week in conversations that can last hours. “He shares them absolutely. And I think he can help me get rid of those worries,” Zaluzhny said, adding that he told Milley on Wednesday how many more artillery shells he needs per month.
In these conversations, Zaluzhny is frank about the consequences: “We have an agreement: 24/7, we’re in touch. So, sometimes I can call up and say, ‘If I don’t get 100,000 shells in a week, 1,000 people will die. Step into my shoes,’” he said.
Norton antivirus reagerar på ovanstående länk. Var vänlig använd inte sådana referenser.Enceladus skrev: ↑fredag 30 juni 2023 12:15 Har Ukraina hittat en lösning på helikopterproblemet? Enligt sociala medier träffades åtskilliga piloter, om än inte nödvändigtvis helikoptrar.
Det beror väl på vad man jämför med: T.ex. denna: The BMP-1 belongs in a museum. Why is it still being used in Ukraine?Enceladus skrev: ↑fredag 30 juni 2023 12:15 Ukrainian soldiers say they owe lives to US-supplied Bradley vehicles
Här visas hur Ukraina räddar skadade Bradley-fordon i närheten av Robotyne. Tydligen är västerländska fordon inte lika enkla att förstöra helt.ABC News skrev:Two Ukrainian soldiers from the 47th brigade, Serhiy and Andriy, told ABC News that they and their crew wouldn't be alive today if Bradley didn't protect them from a battle early on in the counteroffensive where they were struck by mines, high caliber guns and attack drones.
"We were hit multiple times," Andriy, who drove one Bradley, said. "Thanks to it, I am standing here now. If we were using some Soviet armored personnel carrier we would all probably be dead after the first hit. It's a perfect vehicle."
