The American left mocked “Star Wars.” You know who didn’t? The Soviet Union.
More humiliation for Putin.
I wonder how he can stand it.
“When Ukraine’s Defense Express outlet reported...”
Ok there, then it must be true!
The American left mocked “Star Wars.” You know who didn’t? The Soviet Union.
“The difficulty in understanding the Russian is that we do not take cognizance of the fact that he is not a European but an Asiatic and therefore thinks deviously. We can no more understand a Russian than a Chinaman or a Japanese and, from what I’ve seen of them, I have no particular desire to understand them except to ascertain how much lead or iron it takes to kill them. In addition to his other amiable characteristics, the Russian has no regard for human life and is an all out son of a bitch, a barbarian, and a chronic drunk.”. - Gen. George S. Patton
Yes, and the last we heard from Gen. Custer, his 7th Cavalry Regiment had the Indians cornered at the Little Big Horn River.
That is good news for America since we can intercept Russia's front line missiles.
However, it took at least 20 Patriot missiles to accomplish this probably more , and one or more Patriot batteries was reportedly destroyed.
Patriot missiles cost over 5 million dollars each.
So we are looking at a destruction and depletion of about 110 -150 million dollars of America's irreplaceable missile inventory in one night
For what?
The cost of a few cheap Russian missiles?
The Russian “hypersonic” missile being used is little more than a very fast, short range rocket which is pretty crude for a hypersonic missile tech.
This is insane.
I remember the Drive-By Media talking about the ‘battle-hardened’ Iraq Republican Guard. Between them, and the state-of-the-art Russian military equipment, the United States would be defeated. Later, when President Trump warned the Russians in Syria that we were going to attack, more media lauded the Russians. Too bad the regular Russian people have had such idiots in charge for so long.
Marcel Plichta is a PhD Candidate in International Relations at the University of St Andrews and a former analyst for the U.S. Department of Defense
https://www.thedailybeast.com/author/marcel-plichta
But provides no evidence of these claims.
Update on the conflict in Ukraine for May 17, 2023:
- Russia’s Ministry of Defense and US officials confirm Russian hypersonic Kinzhal missiles successfully targeted US-made Patriot air defense systems;
- Patriot systems launched approximately 30 missiles over 2 minutes, representing tens of millions of dollars of missiles that were already in short supply;
- Despite this, the Western media continues repeating obvious fabrications about Ukraine intercepting “all” incoming missiles and drones. The Patriot system falling victim to a Kinzhal missile despite firing upward to 30 missiles calls into question Ukraine’s previous claims of intercepting a Kinzhal days earlier;
- As Ukraine burns through Western weapons and ammunition, the West continues preparing to transfer other weapon systems including warplanes;
- European nations are preparing a “coalition” to purchase and provide F-16 fighters to Ukraine;
- F-16 warplanes have no specific capability beyond the aircraft that made up Ukraine’s original air force which is now mostly destroyed;