Starts on Sep 4th but could still be linked to that.
Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar
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Ex COBRA WARRIOR 23-2 is indeed very shortly coming up. Though its a little early to be directly involved in that. Could be a number of things. Any activity at the moment might be rusty crews shaking out prior to the Exercise starting, getting some seat time on the equipment/systems. I cant really speak much for how flight crews of these systems operate. However, when we are deploying out on exercise/operation, our detachments tend to do some lower level shakedown/run up training prior to the exercise kicking off to make sure skills and drills etc are polished.
Could also be a deterrence mission for Russian bomber flights, could even be a reaction to one. RAF Tankers are up at the moment, though no sign of any QRA flights, they do tend to switch off transponders very early after takeoff though. (Edit* couple of Typhoons from lossie inbound to tanker, looks like training not QRA)
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British Army announces new artillery deal with Sweden
The British Army will receive modern artillery platforms to replace those supplied to Ukraine, as part of an agreement struck with Sweden.www.gov.uk
UK gone for Archer
That's just to replace the as90's of to Ukraine, we are still thinking about the actual replacement.
really? No one declared deaths in the Iraq war? And furthermore, is that a good thing?
And again, is that a good thing? It caused a lot of misery in US when they did it....
And change the record with this puppet master ****, it's really just boring. Just like their use of illegal weaponry, illegal invasion, unethical tactics, continued destabilising efforts around the world its kind of pointless to point out when a ******* is being......a *******.
I would just hold others to higher standards, you don't stoop to others levels.
My point still stands, within a reasonable timeframe it seems necessary for accountability that figures of those who died are remembered and made public. Otherwise there is zero oversight and if you were to take a pessimistic view, could easy view the Americans throwing their weight around to cause as much "free" damage to the Russians at the expense of Ukrainians lives. I don't think that is necessarily the case, but there a lot of lies on the table right now....
As of about an hour ago approx. 3 flights of Typhoons started doing stuff but I've not seen any QRA activity but not really been looking for it.
Russian CPU manufacturer Baikal has entered bankruptcy
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It Might Be The End of Road For Russian CPU Manufacturer, Baikal, As Company Declares Bankruptcy
Russian CPU manufacturer Baikal is reportedly on the brink of bankruptcy, as it moves towards auctioning its assets.
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The Russians have started stationing ferries along the Crimean bridge to deter Ukrainian sea drones. The ferries can be seen on satellite, the Russians are trying to use them as a wall to block drones from getting to the bridge
Of course they don't actually have enough ferries to cover the entire bridge approach, so there is huge gaps between the ferries but maybe they are placing nets or chains or something between the ships
Of course they don't actually have enough ferries to cover the entire bridge approach, so there is huge gaps between the ferries but maybe they are placing nets or chains or something between the ships
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Pskov airbase over 650km from Ukraine is currently under attack from drones
It's a shame Ukraine haven't managed to properly finish the bridge off. Sadly what the Russian's are doing will probably be quite effective at stopping sea drones. They've also protected against truck bombs with security checks and x-rays of vehicles entering the bridge and it sounds like there is loads of anti-air defence there. I wonder if Ukraine will ever be able to get another attack through to it.
The Ukranians should sail a ferry into the bridge laden with explosives, sink it, then detonate it a day later. The Russians would probably think it was part of their own defences until it was too late.
EDIT: I actually think the Ukranians didn't expect to be able to attack it by sea a second time. Each time they attack it is with a different method. First it was a truck bomb. Second it was a sea drone. Third it was missiles. Each time it was a different method. Will the fourth time be via F16's standing off long range and launching something?
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The really really bizarre thing about the whole "plan" if you could even call it that. Is that Russia didn't even devise a new tactical plan for there invasion of Ukraine, they just copy and pasted one of the USSR's plans for the invasion of West Germany and hoped that would work, despite not even having 1/8th of the Soviet military might the plan was based around, and the fact they were employing it against Ukraine, who were the #2 player in the USSR (Size wise, per head they were #1 based on achievements and influence) and were fully aware of Soviet doctrine.
For anyone unsure what I mean by that, there's an excellent video demonstrating it here:
To confirm, yes that is a highlight clip of the action from a 1980s Japanese anime, and no I haven't gone insane. It's from an animated movie they made about WW3 (specifically the Soviet invasion of West Germany) which due to being based on both Soviet and Western doctrine/tactics is extremely accurate, and because Russia attempted to employ these tactics against Ukraine 30 years later (despite not having the equipment and being up against the co-author of the tactics) you can see most of the big points of the early war play out in a matter of seconds (albeit in not entirely the correct order).
You have the Spetsnaz storming and taking the Ukrainian airports at ~45s to form an LZ as equipment starts flooding across the border. You have the transport carrying their backup/reinforcements coming in at 1:37, which in reality was shot down en route as things started to go bad for Russia immediately. You have the scene at 2:10 where the Tu-22Ms start spamming cruise missiles at infrastructure (comically the creators expected the Tu-95s to be long scrapped by WW3 lol). You have the scene at 1:25 where the NATO supplies/aid starts flowing in. You have the defending air force scrambling and popping off at 1:12. You have the ATGMs popping off at 0:58.
What you don't have of course is the amount of assets involved as Russia didn't have enough to properly enact the plan. You don't have the ZSUs popping off at 1:00 (anti-air guns, which would have been perfect for nullifying drones however both sides retired them years ago, Ukraine due to cost, Russia because you don't need to defend your troops/vehicles from helicopters/ground attack aircraft if you always have air supremacy, lol). And of course most importantly you don't have a NATO response causing escalation to reach Armageddon.
For anyone interested in tracking it down the movie is called Future War 198X, it's long forgotten these days as it has no giant robots or super ninjas but it's still awesome.
Looks like a big drone attack, Twitter reports fires burning and explosions at a number of military airfields around Russia
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'Dying by the dozens every day' - Ukraine losses climb
Ukraine will not disclose its death count, but the BBC’s Quentin Sommerville witnesses the mounting toll.
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A sombre read, as it says at the end seems we still need to do a lot more, some units don't have western weapons etc and units are forced to attack trenches with all they have.
'Dying by the dozens every day' - Ukraine losses climb
Ukraine will not disclose its death count, but the BBC’s Quentin Sommerville witnesses the mounting toll.
A sombre read, as it says at the end seems we still need to do a lot more, some units don't have western weapons etc and units are forced to attack trenches with all they have.
The only way we could reduce the losses is if we did the fighting for them. Like I said weeks ago, the Russians are dug in heavily, Ukraine can sustain losses for the rest of the Summer/Autumn, but after Winter time they'll be fighting a refreshed Russian army. Russia is just going to grind this out with it's superior manpower and resources.
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