Posted on 03/09/2023 6:52:33 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
Iranian done supply could become a sudden issue for Putin given the signs that Israel is preparing to take military action against Iran very soon.
Read some interesting stuff on strategic bombing of Germany during WW2.
The gist was it often to dozens of return trips to the same targets to actually degrade whatever they were bombing
I understand smart weapons make hitting targets much easier than the wildly inaccurate bombing of ww2, but it seems that Russia is using awfully expensive and fairly rare munitions on targets that are relatively quick to rebuild. I would imagine far quicker than those missiles can be replaced
Is it stupidly , desperation or am I missing some big piece here
“6 Kinzhal missiles were fired across Ukraine...”
“I wonder what their targets were?”
The only targets that I have heard discussed were civilian infrastructure targets, but that is anecdotal. I have not seen reporting on the complete target set, or which specific targets the hypersonics were fired against.
In addition to the six Kh-47 Kinzhals, there were reported (by Ukrainian MoD) another six Kh-22 as well.
Hopefully, they are using them just out of desperation to achieve some effect on their now usual target set of civilian electrical supply, water, heat, hospitals, schools and nursing mothers; rather than some actual genius new military strategy.
Maybe Marcus has seen something about the targets for the hypersonics in this latest wave of missiles.
Oops, Kh-22 is not a hypersonic (Mach 4.6 in its terminal dive), even though it is a very modern introduction (2016). I repeated something from Twitter, without verifying it first.
Just six hypersonic Kh-47 Kinzhals were fired yesterday.
No info on targets but saw this:
Critics says Kinzhal it is a hastily assembled kludge, a modified version of the Iskander ballistic missile, that it is “quasi-ballistic” rather than being as maneuverable as a true hypersonic weapon, and not as advanced as Russia claims.
If I were to guess, a couple of them were used to target Odesa and Mykolaiv given the arrivals there. It was a temper tantrum attack.
“not as advanced as Russia claims.”
I was shocked to see the Kh-22, introduced in 2016, was liquid fueled, using fuming red nitric acid, like something from the 1960s.
No smoking please.
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