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Saab might be selling plenty of NLAW's as well poor old India will be thinking twice about buying Russian equipment as well that old saying you get what you pay for springs to mind.

That’s a good point too, this isn’t exactly a great showcase for buying Russian equipment. Meanwhile western tech seems to be holding its own. I didn’t realise how effective some of this portable equipment is.
 
That’s a good point too, this isn’t exactly a great showcase for buying Russian equipment. Meanwhile western tech seems to be holding its own. I didn’t realise how effective some of this portable equipment is.
Got to wonder how many minutes training it takes for one bloke to take out a multi million pound main battle tank and its crew...
Reminds me of the German civies armed with panzerfausts in the war.
 
It must be Starstreak, they say it is a better version of the patriot missile system.

The new threat is these new bloody hypersonic missiles though, they are so fast that they are almost impossible to intercept

Starstreak is a short to medium range, easily portable, point defence system, Patriot is a long range air defence system, vehicle borne installation with anti-ballistic missile capabilities designed for controlling a larger area of sky.

One benefit Starstreak has is that they have a very short time to target and are very difficult to jam or disable unless you kill or otherwise put out of action the operator. On the other hand they are a very defensive tool which is limited in terms of being able to take control of the sky.

No one has a fully combat proven hypersonic missile which operates anything close to the headline speeds but even so they do not fly at hypersonic speeds through the whole path - in fact depending on parameters they can be slower than conventional missiles in the terminal phase. They use their hypersonic speeds to minimise the time to react to them and can be very difficult for fixed installations to deal with defending a country but contrary to what is often said they are interceptable by advanced air-defence systems where the air-defence system is the target or in close proximity to the target.
 
It’s not like Russia doesn’t have a track record for this having raped an estimated 2 million women upon conquering Berlin and countless examples since.

I agree, I can’t imagine many Ukrainians taking PoW anymore after some of the goings on by the Russians. Along the lines of ‘oops, my trigger finger slipped, oh well’.

If you are capable of securing POW's, you want to take prisoners and treat them reasonably well. More importantly, you want the enemy fighters to get word of this and understand that surrender is a viable option.

Enemies that think they have no choice but to fight or die will almost always fight...and hard.
 
Yes, basically it would be the equivalent situation of the EU invading the UK and the UK letting the EDL join the military because we needed everyone willing to fight.

In another equivalent would be Great Britain invading Ireland because the Irish far right in the form of the IRA were attacking and killing the left behind British population of Northern Ireland.
 
If you are capable of securing POW's, you want to take prisoners and treat them reasonably well. More importantly, you want the enemy fighters to get word of this and understand that surrender is a viable option.

Enemies that think they have no choice but to fight or die will almost always fight...and hard.

Fair point. I think some individuals will start to struggle more with that as time goes on.
 
Starstreak is a short to medium range, easily portable, point defence system, Patriot is a long range air defence system, vehicle borne installation with anti-ballistic missile capabilities designed for controlling a larger area of sky.

One benefit Starstreak has is that they have a very short time to target and are very difficult to jam or disable unless you kill or otherwise put out of action the operator. On the other hand they are a very defensive tool which is limited in terms of being able to take control of the sky.

No one has a fully combat proven hypersonic missile which operates anything close to the headline speeds but even so they do not fly at hypersonic speeds through the whole path - in fact depending on parameters they can be slower than conventional missiles in the terminal phase. They use their hypersonic speeds to minimise the time to react to them and can be very difficult for fixed installations to deal with defending a country but contrary to what is often said they are interceptable by advanced air-defence systems where the air-defence system is the target or in close proximity to the target.

If a hypersonic tactical nuke is intercepted I assume it still makes a bit of a mess
 
If a hypersonic tactical nuke is intercepted I assume it still makes a bit of a mess

Chances of a nuclear detonation I believe are low though I might be wrong on that, there would be some dirty bomb like consequences but fairly localised with a tactical warhead.
 
Last 1hr:
UK’s Prime Minister Johnson: A Strong Global Economy Is in the Interest of Oil Producers.
UK’s Prime Minister Johnson: I Am Optimistic That Saudi Arabia May Raise Oil Production.


*France’s Insee: We See Significant Economic Damage from the War.
*Payment on Russia Government Dollar Bonds with Coupons Due on Wednesday Had Not Posted by Close of Business in London -Two Sources Familiar with Situation
*US Treasury Confirms That Russia Is Not Barred from Servicing Bonds.

https://twitter.com/ITVJoel/status/1504157441239531520
https://twitter.com/DailyFXTeam/status/1504154626752360451

LIVE: - President Biden Delivers Remarks On Assistance To Ukraine At 16:45 GMT

*Biden: Russia Sanctions Will Only Grow More Painful over Time
*Biden: Offering Additional $800 Mln in Security Assistance to Ukraine
*Biden: Brings Total Announced This Week to $1 Bln in Security Assistance for Ukraine
*Biden Says Security Aid Will Include Drones
*Biden Did Not Specify Whether Drones Would Be Armed
*Biden: We Are Helping Ukraine in Locating and Acquiring Longer-Range Anti-Aircraft Weapons As Well As Munitions for Those Systems.


*Fed Raises Discount Rate 0.25-Pt to 0.50
*Most Fed Officials See As Many As Seven Rate Increases in 2022
*FOMC: The Ukraine War Could Lead to Higher Inflation and Slower GDP. – ‘
*Fed: The Ramifications for the US Economy Are Highly Unpredictable, but in the Short Term, the Invasion and Related Events Are Expected to Add to Inflationary Pressures and Weigh on Economic Activity.
*Fed: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Is Creating Great Human and Economic Hardship.

https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20220316a.htm
 
Saudi will of course raise oil production. A load of dirty deals will get done behind the scenes. Our company already has huge Saudi investment, I’m sure many more such avenues will open up and we’ll probably make a load of arms deals with them too (not my company :p).
 
What actually constitutes a war crime nowadays?
Is shelling a theatre which is a civilian bunker considered such out of interest?
Any Ukrainian dieing?
Wars of aggression;
Cluster bombs;
Vacuum bombs;
Tower blocks;
Random shelling;
Hospitals being hit;
People in queues.


Edit: correction. As below.
 
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*US State Department Spokesman Price: The United States Will Assist Ukraine in Acquiring Russian Anti-Aircraft Systems.
*US Defence Secretary Austin Speaks with Italian, UK, French & German Counterparts.
*US State Department Spokesman Price: Ukraine Requires Concrete Evidence That Russia Is Changing Course.
*Russian Forces Have Released Mayor of the City of Melitopol - Adviser to Ukrainian President

https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...eleased-mayor-city-melitopol-kyiv-2022-03-16/

*Fed’s Powell: The Impact of the Ukraine War on the US Economy Is Highly Uncertain.
*Fed’s Powell: Russia Invasion Added to Inflation Pressures
*Fed’s Powell: Ukraine War May Create Spillovers to U.S. Trade, Supply
*Fed’s Powell: Probability of Recession Isn’t Particularly Elevated
*Fed’s Powell: War in E. Europe to Hit U.S. in Number of Channels

https://twitter.com/Hedgeye/status/1504164275962667011
https://twitter.com/DailyFXTeam/status/1504165158632898563

*Biden Says Security Aid Will Include Drones
*Biden Did Not Specify Whether Drones Would Be Armed

*U.S. Drones Provided to Ukraine Will Be Armed
https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1504162910943289347
 
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Of course they’ll be armed or what’s the point.

We’re definitely treading a fine line. However, at this point, screw Putin.

Surely training is the biggest issue?

Looking at the list above the US isn’t screwing around. They’ve obviously determined drones are more effective or I’m sure the MIGs would still have been delivered.
 
Of course they’ll be armed or what’s the point.
We’re definitely treading a fine line. However, at this point, screw Putin.
Surely training is the biggest issue?
Looking at the list above the US isn’t screwing around. They’ve obviously determined drones are more effective or I’m sure the MIGs would still have been delivered.

I wonder if quietly will the drones be controlled from far afield.......
 
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