If it's a decoy it's a very realistic one.
It looks like it was hit by a fragmentation warhead. I've not seen a lancet with a HEAT round.
The War in the Ukraine
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It looks like it was hit by a fragmentation warhead. I've not seen a lancet with a HEAT round.
I'm curious why not just give more AMRAAM's for their NASAMS. that's miles ahead of what Hawk or Aspide can give. Crotale tho well, it does not seem to offer additional capability over Ukraine's own Osa/SA-8 system. Except maybe being Western and the missile stocks exist for them.
It probably missed unless the video cuts short because they detonated it above the vehicle to shower it with shrapnel and damage the radar.
Not enough stocks without putting them at risk of running out for their own defense?
Like all aid being given to the Ukraine, it's what individual NATO members can spare.
Plus having more launchers means more targets can be protected.
Nonsense. The pilot made a mistake or got carried away and collided with the drone. It wasn't the drone that hit the plane.
You could also say that a wall crashed the car and killed the driver.
Old video from a helicopter assault around Hostomel at the start of the war. Ukranians fire a MANPAD towards one of the Mi-17 but the Vitebsk DIRCM does its work and misses
Apparently the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is looking for pilots through the website as most of their pilots are dead or permanently injured.
Russian-Belarusian integration seems to be progressing.
Bakhmut is still contested, still fighting on the outskirts of the city.
Russian-Belarusian integration seems to be progressing.
Bakhmut is still contested, still fighting on the outskirts of the city.
Probably Wagner must be operating these direct fire support systems.
Such a weird guy tbh.
I mean, exceptional statesmen like Deng, Kissinger or maybe Xi if you count him, you can understand at least a hint of what theyre trying to do.
Putin starts a war where everyone, including his allies, view it as a war of survival, and then he goes and randomly drops little nuggets of wisdom like "Moscow does not have the intention of destroying Ukraine as a country" even as Zelensky and NATO is frothing at the mouth every time the word Russia is mentioned.
So, if Russia is not going to use their bomber superiority, then what will be their next move?
Either Putin has 170 iq or he has 70 iq. No inbetweens.
And there are still people here who think Russia is treating this like a war. Putin is a rare and delicate flower when compared to Bush, Obama and Reagan.
This Russian passivity could end up dooming the entire operation at the strategic level. Look what Ukraine is saying:
Russia's enemies openly say that they not only want the destruction of their country but also the death of their leader, how are they acting to defend themselves against this enemy initiative?
Here's the answer: Let's stop the attack, because we've already done a lot of damage.
This is a real joke.
Then their supporters say they deserve to lose, like Strelkov, Dugin and so many others, they are the fifth column, sixth column or traitors, recently it was reported that they are under investigation because they are discrediting the Russian army. And who wouldn't disbelieve in the face of so much passivity?
The dubious side of these statements is that, as has been shown since February 24th, nothing that Russia's political and military leadership says should be taken as truth. Escalation can come in another form and not in the form of missiles flying over the entire country, but simply an advance through Belarus or not, which only confirms Russian passivity. Then, when they suffer attacks and setbacks such as Kharkiv, Kherson and the Crimea bridge, they quickly have to respond, there will come a time when Ukraine has this freedom to act, the Russians will be back to the original border, leaving even Crimea.
It is wait and see what will happen.