I wonder what this new deep strike capability will do to Russia’s strategy of attacking the Ukrainian electrical grid?
It seemed to me that the drone attack on Sevastopol suppressed the Russian use of Black Sea launched cruise missiles significantly (although Naval missiles still came from the Caspian).
There has been much discussion about wearing out Russia’s stockpile of cruise missiles, but the launching platforms might be an even lower number to attrit.
Russia needs to evaluate their overall strategy.
The first thing I would do is forward deploy enough S-400s to provide overlapping coverage of the border between Ukraine and Russia. (This could be tricky as this could bring the S-400s within HARM range.)
Then they need to decide whether to keep doing what they are doing. Or do they escalate.
My guess is Russia will continue what they are doing simply because they don't have the assets in place to escalate.
There has been much discussion about wearing out Russia’s stockpile of cruise missiles, but the launching platforms might be an even lower number to attrit.
BeauBo...this is one time where I would have to disagree.
I know that RU military are basically stupid, but even they would be smart enough to move their bombers east, out of range.