International Russia/Ukraine Megathread V15

“Every new day of this war posed new challenges, all our training, all our vision, was based on rather outdated experiences and our weapons were quite outdated.” This was especially the case when going up against more modern Russian air defense systems, some of which work “at a crazy range” as well as being highly mobile, in the case of the Buk and Tor (SA-11 Gadfly and SA-15 Gauntlet), especially.


Russian air defenses made it “impossible” for the Ukrainian Air Force to drop conventional unguided ordnance, making the arrival of Western-supplied precision-guided weapons an absolutely critical factor. These new weapons allowed the Ukrainian jets to operate “a little further from the front line,” thanks to the standoff range of the new weapons. Now the Su-27 began to flex from its air-to-air specialism to more offensive strike duties.


Viking’s first experience using the AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile, or HARM, resulted in a claimed 90 percent success rate against Russian ground-based defense targets, demonstrating “the incredible effectiveness” of the weapon. Other milestones included Viking’s first downed drone, a challenging target for a fast-moving relatively low-tech jet, as we have discussed before.
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Viking noted that Russian media reports were highly skeptical about how U.S.-supplied weapons would be used on Ukraine’s Soviet-era aircraft, and even if this was possible. Some Russian accounts predicted that the HARMs would more likely be launched from the ground, off the back of adapted trucks, rather than from the air. The innovative approach to integrating Western weapons on Soviet-era fighters eventually involved a combination of new tactics, specially designed pylons that can pass targeting information to the missiles, as well as tablet-based cockpit interfaces.
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While he considers the 500-pound JDAM-ER to be relatively efficient, even in the face of intense Russian electronic warfare countermeasures, he singles out the SDB for particular praise, confirming that a single Su-27 can carry eight of these bombs.
Not only is the range of the SDB “a little longer” than that of the JDAM-ER, but Viking considers it to be harder for Russian air defenses to deal with, due to its “small reflective surface” providing a trickier radar target, combined with the fact that it can be dropped in bigger salvoes.
“Despite the fact that it’s quite small, it’s quite a powerful bomb,” Viking says of the SDB, noting that it can penetrate around six feet of reinforced concrete. The design philosophy behind the SDB is also in stark contrast to Soviet-era aerial bombs, which always prioritized size and weight — “the main thing for them is that there should be a big explosion, rather than accuracy.” However, more explosive doesn’t necessarily translate to greater destructive power, as the SDB has shown.


The difference in approach is also seen in Russian tactics. Viking says the Russians frequently use at least ten times as many munitions in one single area of the front lines than Ukraine does across the entirety of the front lines in a month. Viking suggests that, while Ukrainian munitions might achieve an accuracy of as high as 85 percent, Russian equivalents might only attain 15-20 percent on target, hence the need for more and heavier weapons to compensate.


Viking also warns again about the particular threat posed by Russia’s relatively recently developed low-cost precision-guided glide bombs — a menace that has frustrated Ukrainian air defenses since they first began to appear in early 2023.
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www.twz.com

Ukrainian Su-27 Flanker Pilot’s Rare Account Of The Changing Air War

The rare interview details combat operations over Ukraine, including the employment of Western guided munitions from Su-27 Flankers.
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very interesting read


it appears SDB are really damn good
 
SDB does have pros and cons: they are difficult to deal with for SAM systems ....
Relatively cheap.

Cons: small warhead.

Additionally it is rumoured that problems were not cos jamming but for ground based solution: these attached to missile and should separate from carrier missile ...in order to start glide down....
So if something wrong...then....
 
I haven't been able to totally confirm it but Ruski telegram and serbian media are talking about Bratislav Zivkovic being killed last night by the Ukrainian forces in Kursk. Zivkovic is a notorious serbian terrorist and one of the leaders of "četnički pokret" and international terror org "unite continental", Zivkovic has participated in setting up barricades in the northern part of Kosovo, has been part of the Crimea annexation as a volunteer and has also participated in the war in Luhansk and Donetsk since 2014 for ten years now.

Slava Ukraini
 


A few dozen troops training on Leapard 2s in France asked for asylum and the whole 155th brigade is now being investigated. Not a good look for Ukrainians.
 
Cid said:
Anyone able to confirm these reports?
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Doesn't make big sense for harsh reality. They doesn't have yet soap stamps and stamps for washing powder , cigatettes and vodka as right purchase...for real money.

Brainwashing during centuries does works with a glance.

There are. ..huge increase of debts municipalities, private businesses and indndividuals does have... to pay banks and so calling non bank sector lenders.
For Putin even better: easier to hire soldiers...more debts = better.
 
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Best amunsement were soap stamps. Russia isn't soviet union nor direct succesor of this bullshit...
However they always had 0 problems to produce soap more than they needed to use. More than 160 years in row with 0 problems.
.
While underground economy ....paper is paper, real life is real life.... for retail sales customer average Joe...dreamer.
 
After this war epsiode will be next sooner or later.

In the end of this episode west will allow Russia to control de facto some area of Ukraine. As I had stated in 2022 th they doesn't gave fuck who will control mines, oligarch is always the same....doesn't matter western or eastern. $ is God.
While to pay for reconstructions ...west better will opt to let russian brainwashed plebs to pay for this.
West NEVER will allow Ukr to win.

Cos they does need a bit buffer..part of Ukr till next war will be buffer living in debts.
 
If about russian dreamers brainwashed by social or nationalistic imperialistic propaganda, they as always will be milking cows living in dreams or meat living in dreams.

Oligarchs and their circles are earning nice $ for supplies for special operation. Starting from MIC till even socks and sand bags supplies.
Later will be necessity for plebs to pay even more : fortifications, ofc with propagda exusces and reconstruction etc. Hell will just start.
Plebs are enough brainwashed to be calm enough ...abdirstantowich does have skazko treatment ( treatment with tales for kids ) and putin frairy tales about existencial threats for plebs...LOL.
 
DEVILsSON said:


A few dozen troops training on Leapard 2s in France asked for asylum and the whole 155th brigade is now being investigated. Not a good look for Ukrainians.
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Not a surprise really, younger generations will have a higher proportion of guys that don't want to fight, that's true for both sides, except NKoreans who literally have no choice
 
Ofc more and more guys does knows that disabled ppl aren't happy : difficult to find job because employers fear that such ppl often will have sick leave and....it is paranoic fear, despite well hidden ....usually in open text no one will admit this reality.
Low disability benefits ...
They does want comfort in puffy cubicles with smarthopenes and other gadgets as bare minimum and why not IF they does see how politicians, propagandists and rich ppl and their sons are doing luxurous lifestyle with happiness and pleasure and wants to see them as meat in dirty trenches....
 
Putin will continue.
For him pofig, money he does have, still might hire guys and propaganda is financed as never berfore...

He even doesn't cares about Gazprom financial situation anymore: now looks that he better will push these 706 000 000 $ for special operation rather than order to compensate Gazprom for gas supplied to Transistria.
Also today doesn't looks that he cares about these separatists in Transistria.


If he might use this money to hire next batches with soldiers.... to continue small special operation.
 
Badr Hari said:
I haven't been able to totally confirm it but Ruski telegram and serbian media are talking about Bratislav Zivkovic being killed last night by the Ukrainian forces in Kursk. Zivkovic is a notorious serbian terrorist and one of the leaders of "četnički pokret" and international terror org "unite continental", Zivkovic has participated in setting up barricades in the northern part of Kosovo, has been part of the Crimea annexation as a volunteer and has also participated in the war in Luhansk and Donetsk since 2014 for ten years now.

Slava Ukraini
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He is pro. Experienced pro, if he was in Crimea, then definitely get a lot of cash on the table.
 
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