https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1806382832958263671
Eight more Patriot batteries and the Kinzahl & Iskander shoot down rate will climb dramatically.
One or two of these batteries need to be colocated with the F-16s.
The AASM 250s are rocket assisted. JDAM-ERs and SDBs are not.
I wonder how far these bombs are released from the target...same for JDAM-ERs and SDBs.
I wonder what steering cues the Mig-29 pilots get.
On NATO jets, including F-16s, the pilot would get pitch and bank steering cues on the HUD and the PFD.
On the MiG-29s, the target coordinates are input on the ground.
On NATO jets, the pilot can input target coordinates while airborne.
Thanks for the ping!
https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1806382832958263671
Eight more Patriot batteries and the Kinzahl & Iskander shoot down rate will climb dramatically.
One or two of these batteries need to be colocated with the F-16s.
Kremlin snuff box, 06/28/24
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets
There will be enough money until the fall. What’s next?
It’s no secret that in many regions payments for contract workers have increased significantly. The reason is obvious, although they try not to talk about it publicly - the number of people willing to participate in the SVO is declining. Even for a lot of money.
Moreover, the regions have been given the task from Moscow to ensure the availability of personnel. And here is the most interesting thing - competition has begun between the regions. Richer regions and governors allocate more funds for recruiting fighters, and residents of neighboring regions come to them to sign contracts.
A striking example is St. Petersburg. In St. Petersburg they promise to pay 1.3 million rubles just for signing a contract. In the neighboring Pskov region, regional payments are not provided for when concluding a contract. So the future participants of the SVO are going to St. Petersburg.
Politically, the heads of rich regions are trying to demonstrate loyalty to the plans of the central government. Plus, many people have elections coming up. We talked with two governors to understand what the real situation is with financing and provision of contract workers.
One of our interlocutors voiced the usual words - about the need for Victory at any cost, about civic duty and the need to protect our Motherland. At the same time, he himself had never been to the front and, according to our data, he repeatedly refused offers to go to the military, citing being busy.
The governor refused to talk about financial affairs in his region, which is not the richest. “We help as much as we can,” he said, adding that “Victory will be ours.” More recently, payments in this region have been increased.
We have known the second governor for a long time. He was more open and confirmed that the regions are indeed forced to pay a lot extra to contract workers due to the lack of a large number of willing workers.
“We are given a plan for volunteers, which is difficult to fulfill. We come up with benefits, add money, but there are not as many people as needed. At the same time, funding needs to be obtained somewhere. According to our calculations, there will be enough money to provide for contract workers and their families until the end autumn.
“Where to get the money next is not entirely clear. We are negotiating with large businesses and small entrepreneurs, but this is a drop in the bucket,” the governor said.
According to him, there are rumors among governors about the Kremlin’s plans to increase “death payments” ( for those killed in the Northern Military District zone ) at the expense of regional budgets.