Moscow tonight. Major fire tonight in Odintsovo, a suburb of Moscow.
"From: Ukrainian Ministry of Accidental Russian Fires"
Posted on 05/24/2023 6:48:34 AM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
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Moscow tonight. Major fire tonight in Odintsovo, a suburb of Moscow.
"From: Ukrainian Ministry of Accidental Russian Fires"
"A four-alarm fire in Downtown Moscow clears way for a glorious new tractor factory!"
As well as the confirmation that Kyiv is using swing-wing Su-24 Fencer combat jets to launch U.K.-supplied Storm Shadow conventionally armed cruise missiles, and that France will donate SCALP-EG cruise missiles, there is now possibility that another similar long-range weapon could reach the Ukrainian Air Force in the future. It emerged today that Germany could follow the United Kingdom’s lead and provide Ukraine with conventionally armed cruise missiles, in the form of the air-launched Taurus KEPD 350, according to at least one member of Berlin’s federal parliament.
The Taurus missile, which offers broadly similar capabilities to the Storm Shadow and SCALP-EG, is being pitched as another weapon to strike deep behind Russian lines, and, with large stocks in German storage, it could be potentially available to Ukraine in significant numbers...
...According to reports, the German military acquired around 600 Taurus missiles of which only around 150 are kept at operational readiness at any given time...
...there has so far been no real progress in adapting Germany’s Eurofighter EF2000 fighter jets to carry the missile. Instead, it’s exclusively carried by Germany’s fleet of Tornado IDS strike aircraft, which are headed for retirement around 2030...
...The missile reportedly has a range of more than 300 miles...
...Designed to penetrate air defenses via a very low-level terrain following flight, the turbojet-powered Taurus missile carries a 1,060-pound dual-stage warhead, known as MEPHISTO. This is similar in concept to the BROACH warhead in Storm Shadow, which uses a precursor charge to punch through hardened structures followed by the main change that can be fuzed for penetration mode when required, meaning it detonates after breaching the target. The MEPHISTO warhead can even be programmed to detonate on a specific pre-selected floor of a given building...
...The missile guidance system is based on an inertial navigation system (INS) that is continuously provided with GPS updates. There is also an image-based terrain reference sensor, which provides the capability to attack what the manufacturer describes as “semi-stationary targets.”...
...Should Germany approve the transfer of Taurus, it’s possible that more examples of the missile could be supplied by Spain...
...MBDA (the German manufacturer, in partnership with Sweden's Saab) also says the Taurus missile can also be easily integrated on the F-16.
“a glorious new tractor factory!”
Good news, Comrade!
@KyivIndependent 9m
Ukraine reportedly shoots down all Russian aerial targets during May 25 Kyiv attack.
Ukraine shot down all the Russian aerial targets in a morning Russian strike on Kyiv, according to preliminary information reported by Kyiv City Military Administration head Serhii Popko.
Apparently Prigozhin's statement made some waves in Russian social media, as he is admitting more casualties just by Wagner in the battle for Bakhmut alone than Russia has acknowledged for its whole armed forces in the entire "special military operation". Of course, people already knew it was a lie. Russians have a word for such lies, Vranyo. That's the lie everyone knows is a lie, but they just say it, just go along. Prigozhin contradicting the lie publicly is like telling a parent with an ugly child that their child is ugly. They already knew that, but how could he say it out loud?!?
“he (Prigozhin) is admitting more casualties just by Wagner in the battle for Bakhmut alone than Russia has acknowledged for its whole armed forces in the entire “special military operation”.”
I think one of the effects that we will see this year, is a change in popular perception in Russia, as it broadly sinks in to the public that Russia is in fact taking a very significant beating, with real costs and risks to themselves personally.
It started out as a TV event for the people in Moscow and St. Petersburg, where they felt insulated from real downsides - like cheering for their team in the World Cup, or for the Russian guy in Eurovision.
By the end of this year, it should be quite clear to most that they really are stuck with a huge problem, and have to prepare for (or at least seriously consider) a loss in the war.
“You can’t fool all the people, all the time.”
There has been debate as to whether the incursion into Russia proper like the drone attack on kremlin was a good idea. It goes like this these attacks will galvanize the Russian people in support of the war er ah SMO, you go to jail if you cal it a war, but I have a different take and wonder will the Russian people see these attacks as weakness in their own regime. If a drone can get to kremlin or a small force can march into Russian lands….
Time will tell
Shooting missiles out of a weapons bay, especially if the aircraft is supersonic, has aerodynamic and engineering challenges.
When a missile is in the weapons bay, its relative airspeed is zero. When it is dropped, it goes from zero airspeed to the aircraft airspeed instantly. Without perfect alignment, it will pitch up or pitch down and in most cases will impact the aircraft.
As I said earlier, external carriage means no stealth. SU-57 is typical russian junk.
As I said earlier, external carriage means no stealth. SU-57 is typical Russian junk.
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And is largely still in the prototype stage from which it will never emerge, since there is no money, just like the ‘vaunted’ T-14 tank.
“The SU-57 has external carriage because Russia has not figured out how to shoot missiles out of a weapons bay (internal carriage).”
Thanks for that explanation. Always good info on FR.
Cool
Video of the attack from one of the Ukrainian drones.
https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1661724151520849920
I did not see any tracer rounds being fired at the drone. Perhaps it was a pincer attack.
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