How much of that is internal R&D and how much of the drone tech. is being supplied to them?
I'm not asking that to troll or take sides, I promise.
Posted on 09/10/2024 5:37:41 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
Budanov has touted its capabilities using much smaller and cheaper combat and reconnaissance drones as well as naval UAVs which have been used to attack Russia's Black Sea Fleet.
Three days earlier, Budanov had said in a Facebook post that personnel from Ukrainian intelligence were working with specialists to develop drones which can hit targets up to 1,800 km away (1,200 miles) away and suggested that Kyiv's cyber experts had located Russia's weak spots, which would be later targeted.
A map produced by Newsweek shows the radius of this drone range that Ukraine says it possesses which from Kyiv, reaches the Ural Mountains the delineate the European and Asian parts of Russia.
The range takes in Russian cities far from Moscow, such as Chelyabinsk, Kazan and Yekaterinburg. On July 18, a fire broke out near a military factory in Yekaterinburg and while in January, Ukrainian intelligence reported that a Sukhoi Su-34 aircraft had been destroyed at the "Shagol" airfield in Chelyabinsk.
"The entire infrastructure of Russia, working for the war, has suffered and will suffer losses," Budanov said in the post on Saturday, which added that Russian "military airfields, which are a source of constant threat to peaceful Ukrainian cities, shudder from air attacks."
In July, drones attacked the military airfield in Dyagilevo, near the city of Ryazan, where Russia's strategic bomber force is trained and Tupolev Tu-95MS, Tu-22M3, Tu-134UBL aircraft and an Ilyushin Il-78 tanker are located.
The same month, Ukraine reportedly launched drones on the Millerovo air base in the southern Rostov region....
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
In the old Soviet Union, Ukraine was the best-educated part of the country, and the center for high-tech weapons development ... now they're continuing that tradition with these deep-strike weapons.
Like we said as kids, "Give Russia a taste of its own medicine!"
Victoria Nuland, who grins like the Cheshire Cat while explaining her gov’t sabotaged a peace deal and ensured a fight to the last Ukrainian so that U.S. weapons makers could cash in, is proof that evil exists https://t.co/KXzRCB7lXB— Anya Parampil (@anyaparampil) September 9, 2024
“Russia’s huge land mass is now working against it, because there’s not enough air defenses to cover the huge areas - so it’s easy for Ukrainian drones to slip through and strike deep.”
I imagine pooty never thought this through. He just ‘assumed’ no-one would care about Ukraine.
According to Sun Tzu, it’s better generalship to attack an enemy’s strategy, alliances and army, in that order of preference. Cities were the least attractive option.
But he also stated that the best thing was to take the enemy’s country whole and intact, which is NOT the Russian way.
If Ukraine’s actions are an attempt to get Russia to react hastily, we’ll see.
Ukraine already had a number of home-developed weapons for years, even when the war started ... they took out the Moskva with their own Neptune naval missile, and have used drones extensively (Russia, by comparison, was forced to catch up by importing Iranian-made drones)
Pretty sure when Putin launched his invasion that he never planned on Moscow coming under attack, or losing any Russian territory!
We are seeing how it is playing out. Nuclear weapons are not a good defense against cheap, agile drones. Nor are tanks, a surface navy, or submarines. Infantry and artillery are a mix, and have to develop specific anti-drone tactics.
Air defenses designed for manned aircraft and missiles have been shown to have weaknesses drones can exploit.
All military establishments in the world should be taking notes and adjusting their force structures.
But... many will not and will remain vulnerable.
The war in Ukraine has opened the age of the drone which has demonstrated that the logic of distant geography no longer applies.
But long before the war in Ukraine occurred in 2022, or even in 2014, the missile age had firmly established that distant geography was no longer a safety margin.
Why than the invasion of Ukraine?
Perhaps more relevant, what sort of cease-fire settlement is possible even with Russia retaining some conquered portions of Ukraine when such a settlement adding a few miles of geography simply does not answer Rushia's quest for security in the age of missiles and drones?
In range of Iran? Why not China and N Korea too? Let’s piss them all off and get WWIII ramped up right now, before the election.
“Ukraine’s new battle drones....”? From their battle drone factory?
Iran made the decision to intervene on the side of the Communist Russians (along with the Communist keyboard brigade!). What did they expect would happen?
Russian Forces Penetrates Deeper Into Ukrainian Lines
Only blithering idiot doesn't grasp that the Russians could take out all or most of the electric grid in Ukraine any time they want to.
They already have taken out almost all of the electric grid. But it’s not stopping Ukraine.
What do you think Ukraine is accomplishing? On the battlefield, they are low on manpower and ammo and losing ground daily.
Ukraine can only lose more territory and lives by continuing this war. And, if you're don't realize that, you're stupid.
I would not say losing the territory is unimportant. But it’s not the most important thing. The most important thing is the people. Russia’s losses in people are much greater than Ukraine’s. They have more to lose, that is true, but I don’t think it’s obvious at this point who will win that battle in the end. Of course, if we stop supporting Ukraine, then yes, they will lose.
“As a result of massive shelling campaigns over the last several months, around 80–90% of Ukraine’s energy generation capacity at thermal power plants and around 45% at hydroelectric power plants has been lost.”
Their generating capacity has been pretty much wiped out. But they have portable generators, they have allies, and they are not as far North as Moscow. I think this winter may be just as bad in Moscow as it will be in Kyiv.
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