Posted on 10/14/2022 4:56:51 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
As Russia bombarded Ukraine this week, military observers were left wondering about how many and what types of missiles Russia still has in its arsenal. In other words, how long can the Kremlin keep up the barrage?
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It remains unclear if Russia has enough weapons to continue the strikes against Ukraine with the same intensity that began following the Oct. 8 explosion on the Kerch Bridge to the Moscow-annexed Crimean Peninsula.
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When the Russian military unleashed missile attacks across Ukraine starting Monday, it used the entire range of its long-range precision weapons: the Kh-55 and Kh-101 cruise missiles fired by strategic bombers, the sea-launched Kalibr cruise missiles and the ground-launched Iskander missiles.
Russian forces have also repeatedly used the S-300 surface-to-air defense missile systems for striking ground targets, which was seen by some observers as a sign of a Russian weapons shortages.
Russia’s repurposing of air defense systems and anti-ship missiles suggests it is running low on more advanced missiles that are intended to hit ground targets, said Ian Williams, a fellow at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Strikes from a Russian S-300 air defense system “don’t have the ‘oomph’ to really hit hardened military targets and they don’t have the accuracy in a land attack role to even strike the building you want to hit,” Williams said. “This really is just firing them into the ether and seeing where they land.”
Their use, however, could be explained by an abundant stock of older subtypes of such missiles, which were superseded by more advanced air defense weapons, as well as the military’s desire to keep more expensive, advanced long-range missiles for priority targets.
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I cannot believe Putin over the years let the Russian military degrade to a point where Sri Lanka could beat them on the battle field. Something is seriously wrong here and it raises more questions than it answers.
Granted, with a nuclear arsenal, the threat alone that a nuke can be unleashed would make any country think twice about attacking. My only conclusion is that the nations surrounding Russia actually have better military personnel and that’s what is keeping Russia at bay.
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The real questions are how many actually work, and how many are duds that never launch?
The article is a bunch of baloney.
They tried to launch this narrative as early as March.
This new one consists a lot of falsehoods.
Nobody is using s300 for land targets. It is a poor excuse for the Ukrainian air defenses striking their own cities.
Check out the range of s300 to find out that Russia can’t strike Kiev with them.
Also their “land” attack capability is for a shipborne role as a last resort weapon to strike an enemy ship once out of other munitions. It is essentially radar guided in this case and a ship in the ocean is as accurate as it can hit. It also lacks the firepower to he effective against land target and costs a million dollar.
Using an unguided Uragan rocket which is $2k on a good day is more sensible because it is going to produce a similar effect.
Bkmk
One report was that Russia had the industrial capacity to carry on the war at current level. The US however is not geared up for the military.
You sound panicky.
Tell your handlers you need a day off. Take the weekend.
Presently, Russia has almost no industrial capacity. Sanctions have curtailed critical components for just about everything Russia manufactures.
lol. What exactly is panicky?:)
And they were right Russia exhausted its main supply in March. How come the October attack was even news? Why has the Ukrainian military been able to operate unchallenged from the air since that very first wave of attacks?
It has been 50 years since an American enemy has been able to operate openly in day time.
Is it a projection? I know that France has problems supporting Ukraine because its industry only make a dozen howitzers.. per year. Germany sent 1 SHORAD and promised 3 more...over the year 2023 once they are finished. The US can’t provide SAMs for the lack of them.
Would you explain what exactly Russia is missing in light of that?
“Tell your handlers you need a day off. Take the weekend.”
Bad idea. Tell your superiors you need time off in Russia, and a week later you will be attempting to retake Lyman armed with a hockey stick and a whistle.
It has been 80 years since the US fought against an industrialized country.
Top Russian propagandist Vladimir Solovyov says Russians were so excited to see the latest strikes against Ukraine, because they weren't sure there was enough weaponry in their storehouses, since their uniforms, equipment and ammunition for the mobilized are nowhere to be found.
“Would you explain what exactly Russia is missing in light of that?”
They are missing the ability to attack Ukraine from the air.
Ukrainian factories, rail roads, and supply depots operate openly without being attacked by Russian planes or missiles.
The question wasn’t about it.
They sure have the ability to attack from the air. Pentagon said they fly 200-300 sorties per day.
Iraq 1991 was a much better armed and stronger opponent than Ukraine is today.
The USAF made spent thirty days obliterating all military assets from the air, so that when our troops walked in there was minimal resistance.
Unfortunately for Putin Russia has no ability to wage such an air war, and when the ground troops went in they hit a wall of pain.
So why don’t they. Hundreds of times per day Ukrainian military rucks cross the border and come back loaded with supplies intended to kill Russians.
Why are none of those trucks being hit?
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