Invading the neighbors is all good fun, until someone gets their eye poked out...
Posted on 01/21/2023 7:49:01 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
How nice...the mobiks get to die in a nice warm bed instead of a cold damp ditch.
RuZZia has been keeping tanks behind the front line in an indirect fire role. To save them from destruction.
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But quickly wears out their barrels, making them increasingly inaccurate and eventually useless. To be re-barreled they have to be shipped back to the factory - replacing the barrels is not a field maintenance procedure.
If you look it up, the very early days of the Korean war US planes used missiles but once they were expended, they became easy picking for the Russian pilots.
After learning the lesson the hard way, US planes switched back to guns.
“Russian Ministry of Defense continues to blame poor operational security practices for the Ukrainian strikes that kill hundreds of troops every day.”
Ukraine says they are killing 500-600 RuZZians per day.
I’m guessing that the early missiles were actually rockets.
Here’s some info from an unreliable source:
The Hughes AIM-4 Falcon was the first operational guided air-to-air missile of the United States Air Force.
Development began in 1946; the weapon was first tested in 1949.
The missile entered service with the USAF in 1956 (after the Korean war ended).
Some AiM-4s could have been fired in the Korean war on a test basis.
The Aim-4 did not have a proximity fuse. It was hit-to-kill.
“Ukrainian intelligence: ‘Invasion from Belarus’ part of Russia’s psy-ops.
Andriy Yusov, a representative of Ukraine’s military intelligence, said there was currently “no threat from Belarus of a full-scale ground operation, its participation on the side of Russia.””
https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1616840268497420289
More on the RuZZian babe.
Get the F off Ukrainian land.
“Unfortunately, she survived.
Let’s hope not for long.”
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1616827143601659905
Operational security starts at the top. It is the most important leadership issue at every level of command.
Blame shifting at the top is a sure sign that RU military at all levels is in chaos.
Putin needs to fire some generals...no wait, he has already tried that, to no avail.
Russia harassing USAF Global Hawk Forte11 spy drone currently watching Crimea and Zaporizhzhia over the Black Sea today. Zaporizhzhia being watched by US spy drones closely over the past week.
You know I think you were right - it was Nam I was thinking about - so many wars, WWII- Ukraine, in my life they sometimes get details mixed up
Invading the neighbors is all good fun, until someone gets their eye poked out...
One way to harass a Global Hawk (high flying) drone, in international airspace, would be to lock on using an S-400 radar.
Another way to harass the Global Hawk is to launch some Air-to-Air Migs and vector them toward the drone at supersonic speed.
marcusmaximus...any additional information would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for the ping.
@bradyafr 17h
Russian forces in Ukraine have built hundreds of kilometers of field fortifications over the past few months.
This interactive map shows where many of these sites are located and links each to satellite imagery. (1/4)
https://google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1rRKs40IEbGRsV0Fhky25l5OkPJ_vUvQ&usp=sharing
Looks like the most Russian digging was to defend Melitopol, and prepare a line to East, in case it falls.
@bayraktar_1love 23h
Poland is able to train 🇺🇦 brigade and equip it with T-72 tanks and IFVs.
“We will be able to both equip and train 🇺🇦 soldiers by the end of March at the brigade level” - Deputy Prime Minister of Poland, Minister of Defense Mariusz Błaszczak
https://polskieradio24.pl/5/1222/artykul/3106454,czolgi-t72-i-bojowe-wozy-piechoty-dla-ukrainy-jasna-deklaracja-ministra-blaszczaka
The latest US package is about two more Mechanized Brigades, so about another Division coming between the USA and Poland. A reasonable counterattack force.
“Russian forces in Ukraine have built hundreds of kilometers of field fortifications over the past few months.”
Ben Hodges @general_ben 4h
Maginot Line? UKR Gen Stf too smart for linear thinking. Long-range precision weapons (ATACMs, GLSDB, Gray Eagle, F16) key to liberating Crimea, the decisive terrain. Attack the two land LOC’s linking Crimea to the mainland, then make Crimea untenable by striking RF bases there.
Steve Ritchie, USAF Ace in Vietnam shot down his Migs using Aim-7s.
Randy (Duke) Cunningham, US Navy Ace shot down all his Migs using Aim-9s.
Did you see the movie 1917?
Kind of reminds of those German trenches and bunkers those two Brit Tommie’s encountered.
@visegrad24 10h
“BREAKING: The President of Moldova, @sandumaiamd, has told Politico that the country is considering joining NATO.”
Part of Moldova (Transnistria) has been occupied by Russian troops for several years. Russia still has about 1,500 troops their, and props up a supposed breakaway Government.
@KyivIndependent 4h
Moldovan foreign minister: Ukraine’s victory could lead to Russia’s exit from Transnistria.
Moldova wants and expects Russia’s defeat in Ukraine for Russian troops to withdraw “through peaceful means” from occupied Transnistria, said Nicu Popescu, Moldova’s foreign minister.
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