Russian Train Wreck?
Posted on 03/06/2022 6:16:53 PM PST by SpeedyInTexas
On a snowy tarmac at Amari Air Base in northern Estonia on Sunday morning, pallets of rifles, ammunition and other weapons were being loaded onto one of the largest cargo planes in the world, an Antonov AN-124, belonging to the Ukrainian air force. It is an artifact of the Cold War, built and purchased when Ukraine was still part of the Soviet Union.
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In less than a week, the United States and NATO have pushed more than 17,000 antitank weapons, including Javelin missiles, over the borders of Poland and Romania, unloading them from giant military cargo planes so they can make the trip by land to Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, and other major cities.
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Who is paying for these javelin missiles and other weaponry “the US and NATO are pushing over the border”? We’re going to be paying for the Afghanistan f-up for decades financially, and now we may be funding this shit show?
Imagine these jerks a week before D-Day?
The administration and DoD should keep their yaps shut. These morons are like children who can’t keep a secret.
All Churchill talked about in WW2 was “shipping”.
Tactics and strategy not so much, but logistics was paramount.
“Maybe the NYT is aiding Russian?”
When have they not aided the enemy?
A senior U.S. defense official early Sunday evening in Washington, D.C., released an updated assessment of how the war is going in Ukraine.
Among the latest updates:
The U.S. has observed limited changes on the ground over the past day. Russian forces’ continued efforts to advance and isolate Kyiv, Kharkhiv and Chernihiv across the north and
east are being met with strong Ukrainian resistance.
Russian troops remain outside these city centers, though there were no specifics on how far away they were. Russian forces do not appear to have made any significant advances along their lines of attack. The 40-mile long Russian convoy headed for the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv continues to be stalled.
The U.S. assesses that somewhere near 95% of the combat power Russia had amassed along the border is now in Ukraine.
The U.S. has observed fighting in the south near Kherson and Mykolaiv, but can’t independently verify reporting of Russian forces firing on protesters in Kherson.
Senior U.S. defense officials have not observed an amphibious invasion in or near Odessa, nor do they believe that one is imminent.
Fighting continues as the Russians continue to attempt to encircle Mariupol, and there continue to be reports of widespread utility outages (water and electricity).
The airspace over Ukraine continues to be contested. Ukrainian air and missile defenses remain effective and in use. The Ukrainian military continues to fly aircraft and employ air defense assets.
The U.S. assesses that both sides still possess a majority of their air defense systems and capabilities.
As of Sunday, approximately 600 launches of Russian missiles of all sizes have occurred since the invasion began.
Defense officials believe the Ukrainian people in most parts of the country still have means of communication, access to the internet and the media.
There are YouTube videos on the Javelin. It has a 94% success kill ratio on tanks. Fire and forget technology. These and Stingers are amazing pieces of shoulder mounted hardware.
Russian Train Wreck?
More wasted money on weapons the Russians will destroy.
...without increasing our domestic oil production....
This just gets better and better.
“that sounds like a lot.” (17,000 anti-tank weapons)
I think it is easily more than one for every Russian vehicle that has entered the Ukraine so far.
As per Global Firepower, Russia has around 12,500 in tanks in 2022. Probably most are old and unreliable, in deep storage, or parked in virtual junkyards. I think about 1,200 actual tanks were in the forces massed for the Ukraine invasion and probably a few more than that of armored Infantry Fighting Vehicles.
On top of this, the country as a whole has 30,000 total other armored vehicles, 6,500 self propelled artillery, 7,500 towed artillery and 3,300 rocket projectors.
This means that Russia’s land forces total at around 60,000 military vehicles - but no way that many could actually roll. They are famously bad with maintenance, and we are seeing it with their best units now in Ukraine, even after they had months of focused preparation.
Russia also has just over 4,000 total aircraft and 600 naval vessels.
Praise God! That’s more Anti-tank missiles than they’ve got total tanks.
Russia claims to be a superpower. It isn’t. It claims it has almost 20,000 tanks. Over half of them are in storage, non-operational, or awaiting parts/repairs.
No wonder they are demolishing Russia’s armor wholesale. They’ll never get through that buzzsaw.
I don't think it could have been very well focused since they didn't tell the troops what they were about to do.
There should be safeguards for all weapons sold to Ukraine inclusive of the Ukraine government’s trackable accountability for them.
How much is Ukraine buying the weapons for?
What is the profit margin for the sellers of the weapons?
fixed it
Javelin costs are said to be over $150k each.
Hopefully they are being sold for twice that.
Did you forget to take your meds today?
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