I thought it might be used to fool tactical radars and trigger an artillery response, so they give their positions away. Very indiscriminate though, they could land anywhere with no real guidance.It is an old standard operating procedure. In Sea Harriers we also did toss bombing. We used to feed the coordinates of the target in our navattack system and than start a pull up at 4.5G. The system used to calculate the release point and release the bomb at a point in the trajectory that it will go in a toss trajectory and land on the target. In this the Russian Helos are firing the rockets in the lofted mode to increase the range of the rockets. The weapons computer onboard has probably the required ballistics of the rockets to be able to create a firing solution when using this method.
Because no will lend to them because there's no return on investment. They can only borrow from poorer nations who have weaker currencies. No one will buy Ruble bonds with £s, $s or Euros and those are the big investors.They don't have much debt. The Russia govt's total foreign debt is merely $60B.
Of course. Something Russia wants to avoid. Which is why they are only sieging most of the cities.
Lol, those oil reserves require tons of investments and are not necessarily cheap. Even India has massive shale oil reserves, enough to make India an exporter, but it's very expensive to get it out. If those reserves were accessible, Ukrainians would be drilling them all out by now.
Nope.
Ukrainian air defences are stronger than you think. Russia do not have air superiority.FOAB is a weapon of mass killing. The number of civilian lives lost will be too high. As I said, Russia is not going in Ukraine for a mass murder.
Aah ! Just like the 30 MiG 29s whose delivery was to be effected immediately to the UkAF by Poland .U.S. soldiers alive, despite Russia 'fake news' report, U.S. military says
Three current and former members of the Tennessee National Guard falsely identified in a Russian media report as mercenaries who were killed in Ukraine are in fact alive and well, the Tennessee National Guard said on Thursday. President Joe Biden ordered the withdrawal of U.S. troops from...us.yahoo.com
Putin may be heading for the same end as many Russian opposition leaders shortly. Remember the relationship between the KGB and Gorbachev?
The best method for a Russia/China-capable missile defence is to use a single reusable LV to put 4063 KKVs into a LEO orbit upfront. If a missile gets launched, it get nailed in the upper atmosphere around 75-80km altitude above it's own launch point. That's before the warheads even leave the bus, so MARVs and HGVs would be rendered irrelevant. This system was referred to as Brilliant Pebbles.What about agile warheads? What about glider? I think you are over optimist.
Putin is a neo-nazi.I had told you all that a corps level force is defending the Mariapul area and they are all neo nazis who have been supplied with the finest weapons by NATO. This are will witness the worst fighting of this war as the neo nazis are using residents as a shield and residential areas to attack Russians.
Instead of venting here , focus on Iran . They've been making it a point to demonstrate your impotence time & again & all BJ could bring himself to do against Iran was suck his thumb in protest .The best method for a Russia/China-capable missile defence is to use a single reusable LV to put 4063 KKVs into a LEO orbit upfront. If a missile gets launched, it get nailed in the upper atmosphere around 75-80km altitude above it's own launch point. That's before the warheads even leave the bus, so MARVs and HGVs would be rendered irrelevant. This system was referred to as Brilliant Pebbles.
Putin is a neo-nazi.
I had told you all that a corps level force is defending the Mariapul area and they are all neo nazis who have been supplied with the finest weapons by NATO. This are will witness the worst fighting of this war as the neo nazis are using residents as a shield and residential areas to attack Russians.
What about agile warheads? What about glider? I think you are over optimist.
Looks more like the Battle of Berlin eh Paddy instead of the Battle for Stalingrad as you envisaged. Surrounded on 3 sides with the sea on the 4th side. Got to hand it to the neo Nazi Azov or the original Nazis . They've got guts. No Dunkirk or Singapore level mass surrender stuff here . It's a fight to the finish . No quarters asked for . None given.The estimated axis of advance in Mariupol based on shared footage. Red indicates Russian front with Blue as sectors for AZOV Nazis:
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Because no will lend to them because there's no return on investment. They can only borrow from poorer nations who have weaker currencies. No one will buy Ruble bonds with £s, $s or Euros and those are the big investors.
There's a lot of bombarding going on. Enough for the ICJ to call it a war crime.
The EU has more than enough money to extract it. And clearly it can be done otherwise Russia wouldn't be bothered enough to risk a war and huge economic sanctions.
The estimated axis of advance in Mariupol based on shared footage. Red indicates Russian front with Blue as sectors for AZOV Nazis:
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Against what? Helicopters? Sure they have MANPADs like stinger. Against high altitude bombers? None!Ukrainian air defences are stronger than you think. Russia do not have air superiority.
This is boost phase interception. It has been discussed a lot in US military research. Result has always been same : It is hard to achieve. Best it can be achieved against likes of North Korea but against likes of Russia or China? not possible! This relies on detection of launch using IR signature of a launch (IIRC) using electro optic satellites like US SBIR. If and when war reaches this stage : those satellites will be taken out first using ASAT weapons leaving a gaping hole in any kind of surveillance.The best method for a Russia/China-capable missile defence is to use a single reusable LV to put 4063 KKVs into a LEO orbit upfront. If a missile gets launched, it get nailed in the upper atmosphere around 75-80km altitude above it's own launch point. That's before the warheads even leave the bus, so MARVs and HGVs would be rendered irrelevant. This system was referred to as Brilliant Pebbles.