Posted on 02/09/2023 8:06:05 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
damn, how many Vuhledar’s till it starts to hurt?
““To learn the first stage of takeoff and landing and flying from point A to point B, it will take a few weeks, but to learn how to fight on it, to learn how to use missiles, we will take around six months,” Ignat said.”
I think your post lines up pretty good with FtrPilot’s recent comments. 3-6 months for Ukrainian pilots to be competent with the F16.
ISW says RuZZia has begun their next major offensive.
I’m expecting many ‘Vuhledars’ to come.
Crunchies...
The F-16 is a multi-mission aircraft.
Training an experienced MiG pilot to intercept & shoot down cruise missile would only take 2 months max.
Add SEAD (with HARMs), add 1 month.
Add basic air-to-ground gunnery, add 2 weeks.
Add JDAMs, 1 week.
Add night low level gunnery with LANTIRN, add 1 month.
Add naval targets (with HARPOONs), add 2 weeks.
Note: a lot of the training will be done in simulators.
Today.
“SpaceX’s Starship program is set to attempt a major milestone ahead of its historic launch with a full-set 33-engine test of Booster 7.
The test will validate numerous systems, not least the Ground Support Equipment (GSE), which has never previously had to cater to the power of all 33 Raptor 2 engines firing simultaneously.”
RuZZians are dying by the thousands every month.
Celebrate. Sing and Dance.
Live Video of Starship.
I don’t think its been loaded with fuel yet, so test start time could still be a while. Maybe a long while.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kG4AbAcia0
RuZZian Boy!
Your infatuation with Speedy is just a little creepy.
“Vuhledar - 18:00 update
1/5 It became known to us that word “Vuhledar” became infamous among occupiers, and when soldiers or officers figure out that their unit is being transferred to the Vuhledar area, they seek ways to find their way out of it.
2/5 After devastating losses in previous assaults, the enemy continues daily assaults with small assault groups covered by artillery and tank fire, but with no results. The occupiers continue to move additional units to the Vuhledar area.
3/5 The movement of new units to the Vuhledar area hasn’t stopped and continues in a non-stop mode since late January. The quality of reinforcements and their assault capabilities remain dubious, but that doesn’t mean that the enemy won’t try another large assault.
4/5 The initial plan to capture Vuhledar was shattered. Ukrainian defenders comprised of 72nd and 68th brigades held against 40th and 155th naval infantry brigades, units from the 36th, 37th, and 72nd motor rifle brigades, auxiliary units “Kaskad” and “Vostok”,
5/5 PMC “Patriot”, BARS units (Active Reserves), separate units from 136th and other brigades. The enemy is unlikely to achieve strategic success in the area, and will likely continue useless assaults to achieve some tactical gains while new infantry assault units are training.”
https://twitter.com/Tatarigami_UA/status/1623720127324725249
“Filigree destruction of a column of raschits in the Donetsk direction.”
https://twitter.com/antiputler_news/status/1623725082093707264
Russian Special Forces in Ukraine have intercepted a refrigerated tractor-trailer that was hauling refined Adrenochrome from Ukraine to Warsaw, Poland, where the shipment would have been loaded onto planes headed for the United States, a Russian FSB agent, Andrei Zakharov, told Real Raw News.
New maritime launch site coming on line this year or next in Nova Scotia - reported by Trash Panda Manda
Now top loading ... 1.5 hours estimated
“A fresh batch of Russian POWs from the #Vuhledar area were captured earlier today.”
https://twitter.com/IntelCrab/status/1623742940215492608
Star Base, Boca Chic will be used as an R&D site, but will still have launches. Most will be FL as primary.
Still have to get EPA and FAA licenses, but they are in the works.
This is the last big technical test.
Drone watching new Orbital launch value.
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