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Russia is jamming 'sophisticated' US weapons being used in Ukraine, making them useless, report says
Business Insider ^ | August 4, 2023 | Tom Porter

Posted on 08/09/2023 6:16:11 PM PDT by Navy Patriot

Bryan Clark, a senior fellow at Hudson Institute, a US think tank, told BBC News that Russia's electronic-warfare capability had significantly improved during the conflict with Ukraine.

He said that Russia was now deploying hundreds of small, mobile electronic-warfare units along the front line, having previously relied on large, cumbersome units that could be easily targeted.

Clark told the BBC that Russian technologies were able to jam missiles' GPS coordinates, disable Ukrainian drones, and suppress Russian radar signals that were used by Ukraine to identify targets to attack.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia; Ukraine; War
KEYWORDS: russia; war; weapons
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To: Salman

Yes.

Russian army guys put on Serb army uniforms and, as a group, had their picture taken in front of all kinds of outstanding military equipment.
Apparently the US got ahold of the pics and were worried about NATO attacking for awhile.


41 posted on 08/09/2023 8:41:49 PM PDT by MarMema (Eat your bananas, enjoy the decline)
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To: Navy Patriot

⚡️🇩🇪🇺🇦 Rheinmetall to open plant in Ukraine within 3 months.

The largest German weapons manufacturer plans to build a manufacturing plant for the production of tanks and armored vehicles.

The plant will be located in Western Ukraine, at a cost of $218 million USD. Its production capacity will be about 400 tanks per year - that is if the Russian hypersonic missiles take mercy. 🚀

From July 2023
Seems an unwise investment @IntelRepublic


42 posted on 08/09/2023 9:01:20 PM PDT by MarMema (Eat your bananas, enjoy the decline)
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To: Navy Patriot

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/10/business/rheinmetall-german-tank-factory-ukraine/index.html

Too funny!


43 posted on 08/09/2023 9:05:06 PM PDT by MarMema (Eat your bananas, enjoy the decline)
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To: for-q-clinton

I said the same thing. They might be sending their guys into a meat grinder but they are in the midst of developing tactics to defeat US, and NATO weapons systems and they’re not keeping that data to themselves. All of our military stress points will be more vulnerable.


44 posted on 08/10/2023 2:57:34 AM PDT by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: for-q-clinton

War, not necessity, is the mother of invention.


45 posted on 08/10/2023 4:25:46 AM PDT by Bookshelf
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To: Salman

Yes, but next they will have flying robots, jammers to jam the jammers.


46 posted on 08/10/2023 4:27:19 AM PDT by Bookshelf
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To: Dick Bachert

Update time

You need to add about another $115 billion to that total

Or more


47 posted on 08/10/2023 4:37:53 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Navy Patriot

The only jamming of GPS is only good against Chinese-made drones - which are making a huge difference by dropping grenades and small bombs on Russian troops and vehicles.


48 posted on 08/10/2023 5:00:22 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Navy Patriot
The Battle Plan will go perfectly, ... until first contact with the enemy. Then, Class Is In Session, and the first word of the day is: Adapt.

So true, and well said!
49 posted on 08/10/2023 5:17:37 AM PDT by guinness4strength
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To: Navy Patriot

“Russia’s electronic-warfare capability had significantly improved during the conflict with Ukraine.”

More like it was always getting better but incompetence in the US claimed otherwise.


50 posted on 08/10/2023 5:31:10 AM PDT by CodeToad (No Arm up! They have!)
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To: Dick Bachert
Yep, that's the list of "gifts" Biden gave to Afghanistan which was later sold to China...

Biden. Worst. President. Ever.

51 posted on 08/10/2023 8:17:43 AM PDT by GOPJ (Companies that only advertise on MSNBC but won't advertise on FOX or NWSMX are 'bud light' companies)
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To: Navy Patriot

Wonder if Biden is playing both sides of the coin? Didn’t he meet with the wife of the former mayor of Moscow?


52 posted on 08/10/2023 8:29:04 AM PDT by Chgogal (Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell.)
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To: guinness4strength

Thanks, and my comment applies to both sides.


53 posted on 08/10/2023 9:37:27 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Chgogal
I'm pretty sure Biden is playing any side that will pay him.

I believe Putin, those that support him, and the majority of Russians will not pay Biden when everyone else will, and that is the cause of the entire Ukraine War, Democrats and Biden didn't get their cut.

54 posted on 08/10/2023 10:02:05 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Navy Patriot

Great! The Russians are unwittingly helping us better prepare for war against them.

One of the reasons The US gives Israel weapons is to get them live-fire combat-tested. Saves us the trouble (and the cost in blood) of doing it ourselves.

And every time the Russians pull out their latest and greatest hi-tech kit to use against weapons the US has supplied to the Ukrainians in their little backyard squabble, we get the opportunity to learn how to defeat their countermeasures at a reduced cost to us.


55 posted on 08/10/2023 7:40:08 PM PDT by threefinger
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To: threefinger

Nothing new, this is the nature of war, both sides adapt as quickly as they can, until they can’t.


56 posted on 08/11/2023 8:39:25 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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