Real-time target intel most likely provided by a SHARK UAV.
Posted on 12/24/2023 12:20:02 PM PST by SpeedyInTexas
On the very same day Russia’s MoD announced the deployment of their newest counter-battery radar, Ukraine released video of one being destroyed. IMHO, the first round looks like precision artillery, maybe Excalibur. The second round’s blast is larger, and has the signature blast pattern of M30A1 GMLRS.
https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1742220771936674001
Russia’s MoD announced the deployment of their newest counter-battery radar, 1K148 Yastreb-AV radar complex - in action! YT, 41 sec:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xfirg-LIDU4
This system is amazing. Not only did it detect and track the incoming artillery, it intercepted it!
Yes, the UA HIMARS do not stand a chance - awesome system - who’d a thought the Orcs had it in them?
“Not only did it detect and track the incoming artillery, it intercepted it!”
You guys always bring a smile to my face.
Real-time target intel most likely provided by a SHARK UAV.
My guess is that Ukraine detected the 1K148 Yastreb-AV radar complex through ELINT and decided to forward deploy a HIMARs launcher to take it out.
Self-propelled mortar 2C4 "Tulip",
https://twitter.com/region776/status/1742233142700966259
https://twitter.com/Jeff21461/status/1742208791523840245
Optically aimed AAA.
Highly effective against low flying targets.
"I not only do not condemn Hamas, I applaud Hamas. I endorse Hamas. I am 100% behind Hamas. I believe Hamas's mission of destroying Israel is a justifiable mission. Israel no longer deserves the right to exist".
-Scott Ritter (hero to pedophiles, russians and terrorists), 26 Dec 2023
I would put a holographic sight on that thing! We had a red dot on our Mk 38 Chain Gun, but a nice reticle would be needed for AA.
Yes. I have red dot sights on all of my unscoped rifles, save for one with a holographic sight. It's an EOTech XPS2-0. It eliminates parallax just like a red dot, but provides a nice reticle. The red dot sight on the chain gun was larger than a typical Aimpoint style sight, almost the size of an empty toilet paper roll. I would think there must be larger holo-sights too.
I have scopes on all of my rifles except my Garand. I tried some inexpensive red dots but eventually went with scopes. I don’t know much about holo-sights, but will do some research. Thanks.
“Seven ways the exodus of Western companies has cratered the Russian economy.”
The Yale School of Management published an article in Foreign Policy on Friday (22 Dec 2023, https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/12/22/putin-russia-economy-winner-war/ ), where they pointed out 7 factors that have been huge losses for the Russian economy, due to the invasion of Ukraine:
- Talent flight (a million people, 33% of millionaires, 10% of technology workforce),
- Capital flight ($253 billion),
- Loss of Western technology and expertise (Rosneft reports $10/barrel higher costs),
- Near-complete halt in foreign direct investment (previously $100 Billion/year),
- Loss of the ruble as a freely convertible and exchangeable currency (ruble trading volumes are down 90 percent),
- Loss of access to capital markets (16% or more to borrow money),
- Massive destruction of wealth and plummeting asset valuations (value of some state-owned enterprise down 75%, 50% for many private sector assets).
More detail from the Article:
“Consider the following economic statistics we have verified.
Talent flight. In the first months after the invasion, an estimated 500,000 individuals fled Russia, many of whom were exactly the highly educated, technically skilled workers Russia cannot afford to lose. In the year-plus since, that number has ballooned to at least 1 million individuals. By some counts, Russia lost 10 percent of its entire technology workforce from this unprecedented talent flight.
Capital flight. Per the Russian Central Bank’s own reports, a record $253 billion in private capital was pulled out of Russia between February 2022 and June 2023, which was more than four times the amount of prior capital outflows. By some measures, Russia lost 33 percent of the total number of millionaires living in Russia when those individuals fled.
Loss of Western technology and knowhow. This occurred across key industries such as technology and energy exploration. For example, Rosneft alone has had to spend nearly $10 billion more on capital expenditure over the last year by its own disclosure, which amounts to roughly $10 of additional expenses for every barrel of oil exported, on top of difficulties continuing its Arctic oil drilling projects, which were almost solely dependent on Western tech and expertise.
Near-complete halt in foreign direct investment into Russia. Foreign direct investment (FDI) into Russia has come to a near-complete stop by several measures. There has been only one month of positive inflows in the 22 months since the invasion, compared with approximately $100 billion in FDI annually before the war.
Loss of the ruble as a freely convertible and exchangeable currency. With global multinationals fleeing in such droves, there was little to stop Putin from implementing unprecedented, strict capital controls on the ruble post-invasion, such as banning citizens from sending money to bank accounts abroad; suspending cash withdrawals from dollar banking accounts beyond $10,000; forcing exporters to exchange 80 percent of their earnings for rubles; suspending direct dollar conversions for individuals with ruble banking accounts; suspending lending in dollars; and suspending dollar sales across Russian banks. No wonder ruble trading volumes are down 90 percent, making Russian assets valued in rubles virtually worthless and unexchangeable in global markets.
Loss of access to capital markets. Western capital markets remain the deepest, most liquid, and cheapest source of capital to fund business and risk-taking. Since the start of the invasion, no Russian company has been able to issue any new stock or any new bonds in any Western financial market—meaning they can only tap the coffers of domestic funding sources such as Putin’s state-owned banks for loans at usurious rates (and still increasing, with the benchmark interest rate at 16 percent). And with multinational companies having fled, Russian business ventures have no alternative sources of funding and no global investors to tap.
Massive destruction of wealth and plummeting asset valuations. Thanks in part to the mass exodus of global multinational businesses, asset valuations have plummeted across the board in Russia, with even the total enterprise value of some state-owned enterprise down 75 percent compared with prewar levels, according to our research, on top of 50 percent haircuts in the valuation of many private sector assets, as cited in the Times.”
Thanks Vlad (you dummy).
U.S. Now World’s Largest LNG Exporter
OilPrice.com reports:
“The United States is now the world’s LNG exporter, after overtaking Australia and Qatar, according to new data compiled and shared by Bloomberg on Tuesday.
The United States exported 91.2 million metric tons of LNG last year, after the country’s primary export facility, Freeport LNG, resumed operations after an eight-month hiatus following a fire in June 2022...
...This year is shaping up to be another banner year for U.S. LNG. Venture Global LNG Inc. is set to start up a new Plaquemines LNG facility in Louisiana, and ExxonMobil and QatarEnergy are set to start up Golden Pass, an LNG facility in Texas...
...U.S. LNG exports are set to increase to 12.36 billion cubic feet per day, up from an estimated 11.81 billion cubic feet per day in 2023, and 10.59 billion cubic feet per day in 2022.”
Thanks again Vlad (you sucker).
OilPrice.com reports:
2023 May Have Been the U.S. Oil Industry’s Best Year Yet
“U.S. drillers increased oil output significantly, reaching over 13.2 million barrels daily in September 2023, with fewer rigs and minimal government support.”
Maybe Russia won’t have to deal with a glut of Indian rupees in 2024 after all.
“India’s Imports of Russian Crude Oil Fall amid Tighter U.S. Sanctions”
OilPrice.com reports:
“The tougher enforcement of the G7 sanctions and related payment issues have been holding up Indian purchases of some cargoes of Russian crude oil, with tankers previously headed to India now turning back eastwards, tanker-tracking data monitored by Bloomberg showed on Tuesday.
At the end of last year, the United States took a tougher stance on the sanctions against Russia and sanctioned several vessels for violating the G7 price cap of $60 per barrel, above which cargoes cannot use Western insurance and financing. Some of those tankers were already en route to India loaded with Russia’s Sokol grade and departed from the Far Eastern ports in Russia.
According to the ship-tracking data Bloomberg has compiled, five tankers carrying Sokol were headed to India last month. But now all five – the NS Commander, Sakhalin Island, Krymsk, Nellis, and Liteyny Prospect – are headed away from India and on to the Malacca Strait, suggesting that India wouldn’t be taking those purchases after all...
...Due to the sanctions and payment issues, India’s imports of Russian crude oil are estimated to have dropped in December to an 11-month low, per tanker-tracking data cited by Reuters.”
among other things
Patriot
ATACMS
9 generals, including Zaluzhny's deputy
mercenaries from 🇸🇪🇩🇰🇱🇹🇪🇪
1000 Iris-T and NASAMS missiles
https://twitter.com/PStyle0ne1/status/1742271726359040293
What...no F-16s or GLSDBs?
Here is the interview, the part you mentioned starts at about 12 minutes in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpmGHzaZFXc
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