Attack On Europe: Documenting Russian Equipment Losses During The 2022 Russian Invasion Of Ukraine (2 year anniversary)

ORYX ^ | Since February 24, 2022 and daily | ORYX

[blitz128]

The stick was the best option Russians have?😂

[ETCM]

I've said I have doubts about us providing Tomahawk, but if we did, what platform would we send? Typhon is quite large and difficult to hide. Of course, being able to operate anywhere in Ukraine is a plus, making them a bit harder to find. But there are other options. Prototypes of the Typhon were much smaller. Basically a stripped down 2 cell MK41 VLS launcher on a semi-trailer. But more likely, the USMC Long Range Fires (LRF) system. This system just deployed for the first time in 2023, with a battery at Camp Pendleton, then the program was cancelled just a few months ago. These unmanned mobile launchers are much smaller and more agile than the Army's Typhon, as you would expect with a Marine Corps program. They can also be adapted to other missiles that are compatible with the MK41 launcher.

So, currently a small number of these launchers are inactive, though the US Army is interested in adding this mobile launcher to the Typhon in order to increase distribution and survivability. In Ukraine, these would be incredibly difficult to target, not to mention how easy it would be to build dozens of decoys.

[PIF]

how easy it would be to build dozens of decoys

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Drones are everywhere - there is no real place to hide them, and decoys would be spotted easily with FPV Russian drones. They tried that with Patriots and now they are all spotted.

[ETCM]

Size and mobility wise, these are closer to a HIMARS than Typhon. Patriot batteries have a huge footprint and are near impossible to hide. They also located by Russian ELINT.