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Ukraine Conducts First US-Supplied Javelin Rocket Launchers.
https://www.liveleak.com ^ | 7-22-18 | Unknown

Posted on 07/23/2018 2:22:09 AM PDT by Enterprise

Ukrainian president Poroshenko thanks Donald Trump ..... wonder that Putin has to say about this ?

"Finally this day has come! Today, for the first time in Ukraine, the launch of Javelin missile complexes took place. This is a very effective defensive weaponry, which is used in the event of Russian offensive on the positions of Ukrainian troops," Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko wrote on Twitter.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: defense; liveleak; missile
Successful launch of a Javelin. To be used for defensive purposes against Russian armor in the event of Russian military aggression. Occurs in the first few seconds of the clip. The rest is Ukrainian President Poroshenko thanking President Trump, Vice President Pence, Secretary of State Pompeo, The whole Senate and Congress.
1 posted on 07/23/2018 2:22:09 AM PDT by Enterprise
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To: Enterprise

We might get some field intelligence on how the fielded Russian tank protection systems perform against the top-attack Javelin.

The Russian army may want the same data. Everyone wins except the Russian tank crews.


2 posted on 07/23/2018 3:37:13 AM PDT by JustaTech (A mind is a terrible thing)
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To: JustaTech

The javelin is a serious weapon. It or a descendant could mark the rethinking of the tank...maybe even its obsolescence.


3 posted on 07/23/2018 3:49:57 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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To: Enterprise

Maybe we should be focusing on Iran not Ukraine.


4 posted on 07/23/2018 4:06:15 AM PDT by McGruff (We want very much to have a strong Russia - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton)
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To: Enterprise

We visited the daughter and son-in-law for Molly Pitcher Day at Fort Bragg a few years back. They fired a few of these babies off, and they are fast. The missile would launch and bee halfway across the sky before the sound of the launch would actually reach the crowded bleachers.


5 posted on 07/23/2018 6:08:40 AM PDT by moovova
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To: xzins
In time, there will certainly be another weapon system to counter it.

Maybe a giant net that pops out and messes it up before it reaches the tank...

Or maybe a big airbag made of kevlar or something that inflates when it sees the missile coming...

Or maybe a horde of drones that hover over the tanks and shoots the missiles down...

Or maybe each tank has a blimp attached to it that holds up a screen or something...

Or maybe the tank formations include drone tanks, that are just empty shells that look like tanks, with some kind of enticement about them that says "SHOOT ME"...

Or maybe some kind of DE beam or laser hooked up to a really fast phased-array radar system to shoot the missiles down... no one has asked me though...

Or, like you suggested, maybe at a point the Generals will just throw up their hands and say "This just ain't gonna work any more."

6 posted on 07/23/2018 6:26:38 AM PDT by OKSooner (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE): The 1200 pound gorilla...)
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To: McGruff

One of the reasons I come in here to hear the latest Russian propaganda and talking points.
Thanks for letting us all know the next Russian troll mantra.


7 posted on 07/23/2018 6:32:01 AM PDT by KOZ.
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To: Enterprise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3iA5KCa16s


8 posted on 07/23/2018 6:42:41 AM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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To: OKSooner

Excellent post.

Really good future countermeasures thinking. Brainstorming yields good ideas. Not all, but you never know what might actually work.


9 posted on 07/23/2018 6:45:04 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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To: xzins

Thank you.


10 posted on 07/23/2018 6:52:20 AM PDT by OKSooner (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE): The 1200 pound gorilla...)
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To: Enterprise

Excellent.


11 posted on 07/23/2018 7:59:15 AM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket)
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To: KOZ.

LOL..you got that right. Putin pecker puffers are in meltdown..


12 posted on 07/23/2018 8:01:00 AM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket)
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To: McGruff
Maybe we should be focusing on Iran not Ukraine.

Are you assuming that PDJT can't focus on more than one thing at a time?
13 posted on 07/23/2018 8:07:11 AM PDT by glaseatr (Father of a Marine, Uncle of SGT Adam Estep. A Co. 2/5 Cav. KIA Thurs April 29, 2004 Baghdad Iraq)
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To: Enterprise

How does the left spin this in light of their argument that Trump is a Russian asset?


14 posted on 07/23/2018 8:28:11 AM PDT by Ronald_Magnus
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To: Ronald_Magnus
How does the left spin this in light of their argument that Trump is a Russian asset?

Easy.

"Trump is just doing this to make it look like that he isn't a Russian asset. Probably told Putin beforehand he would do it."

15 posted on 07/23/2018 8:29:50 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Ronald_Magnus
Left: Trump is Putin's puppet.

Right: Trump just delivered hundreds of Javelins to destroy Russian armor. (Drops the mic)

16 posted on 07/23/2018 8:32:18 AM PDT by Enterprise
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To: rrrod

Putin pecker puffers!!! That’s hilarious!


17 posted on 07/23/2018 1:40:11 PM PDT by KOZ.
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To: KOZ.

I stole that line from a fellow FReeper...fair and square lol


18 posted on 07/23/2018 1:57:48 PM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket)
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