Posted on 12/05/2022 8:43:56 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
“General characteristics
Crew: none
Length: 14.33 m (47 ft 0.25 in)
Wingspan: 3.88 m (12 ft 8.5 in)
Height: 2.44 m (8 ft 0 in)
Wing area: 10.0 m2 (108 sq ft) [14]
Gross weight: 6,215 kg (13,702 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Tumansky KR-17A , 19.6 kN (4,409 lbf) thrust
Performance
Maximum speed: 1,100 km/h (683 mph, 594 kn)
Cruise speed: 1,000 km/h (620 mph, 540 kn)
Range: 1,000 km (620 mi, 540 nmi)
Service ceiling: 6,000 m (19,700 ft)”
“Tu-141 are 1970s technology. If Russian radar and air defenses could not defeat a Tu-141 that flew hundreds of miles from hitting its main airbase for its strategic bombers in a war setting, that doesn’t bode well for its ability to stop a mass cruise missile strike.”
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1599838595283443712
Edwards? No.
More like Barksdale and Ellsworth AFB’s.
The Buk is a mobile SAM system designed to counter cruise missiles, smart bombs, fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, and unmanned aerial vehicles. Here's a pic:
It is my understanding that the UKR S-300s are not forward deployed and would not be able to cover the "contested" airspace, which is where the RU helicopters would be flying. Also, the S-300 has marginal capability against slow moving targets.
“Bakhmut, Ukraine Dec. 5th. According to the author HIMARS have arrived to help...”
https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/zd1m7g/bakhmut_ukraine_dec_5th_according_to_the_author/
Russian radar and air defenses could not defeat a Tu-141
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Sure it could - if the radar had been turned on.
“Sure it could - if the radar had been turned on.”
You are getting technical now...
Commenters say not HIMARS, but some other weapon - looks wrong in any case.
““There’s a lot of urgency,” Army Secretary Christine Wormuth told reporters. “Congress is sending billions of dollars to the Department of Defense, and we are turning that around and getting that on contract — I would say two to three times faster than we normally do.”
She cited recent deals for tens of thousands of 155mm artillery rounds that the Ukrainians are using up almost as soon as they arrive. By the spring, “we will be able to do 20,000 rounds a month,” she said.
But it will take time to manufacture enough of them, she said, adding that the U.S. will get that rate up to 40,000 rounds a month in the spring of 2025.”
US oil production reached 12,268,000 barrels per day in Sep 2022. That is the highest since March 2020 when covid hit.
https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=pet&s=mcrfpus2&f=m
All time high was 13M in Nov 2019.
I think we go above 13M in 2023.
Texas is booming with oil, gas (and LNG).
Where were the S-400s?
Did the Tu-141s avoid operational S-400s because they "knew" where they were?
I wonder how many Tu-141s UKR has.
I would guess UKR held them in "reserve" until they would have the most impact i.e. cold weather.
RuZZia under 10M.
“In September 2022, crude oil production in Russia was measured at 9.8 million barrels per day, having stayed on the same level as in the previous month. “
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1303551/russia-s-monthly-crude-oil-production/
“Where were the S-400s?”
Trademark and put on some tee shirts.
Not really.
I believe PIF is getting into highly classified guesswork. I believe he is correct!
Lulz.
Using recon drones as cruise missiles. Nothing new.
Btw, try again.
Slight damage to the skin of aircraft is not a damage which affects anything in terms of operations....no damage to the airfield(s).
Desperation and drama queen losers.
Interesting damage on the truck door.
That's $52,000,000 of lost revenue per day.
If Russia has no way to store the oil, then those wells will have to be capped.
Or they could sell the oil at $60 per barrel.
“Ukraine has liberated around 54% of the maximum amount of extra territory Russia seized since the beginning of its invasion on Feb. 24 this year, according to the U.K.’s Ministry of Defence.”
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