Second night running. Air defence in tatters.
"COTTON" in Crimea HITS at Belbek airfield
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Ukraine - Russia Conflict
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Second night running. Air defence in tatters.
Yes all of them..... Thy are 1000 time less than the British fighting on Russian side
https://www.itv.com/news/2024-03-27...-is-right-brits-fighting-for-putin-in-ukraine
Mentally ill. Putin is getting a lot of troops from Africa and parts of Asia, there's a map somewhere.
France's EOS Technologie has unveiled Veloce 330, a remotely operated munition capable of flying at 400 km/h.
In May 2022, the French Defence Procurement Agency [DGA], via the Defence Innovation Agency [AID], launched two projects for remotely operated munitions [MTOs], namely Colibri and Larinae, which should respectively be capable of neutralising an armoured vehicle located 5 and 50 km away.
"We have indicated that we want solutions that are inexpensive, obviously effective, have a range that depends on the area in question and can be delivered very quickly. We also want the military to be able to train very quickly", argued Emmanuel Chiva, the Délégué général pour l'armement at the time.
A year later, the AID announced that it had selected two consortia for the Colibri project, namely the MBDA/Novadem and Nexter/Delair tandems. Two configurations of prowler munitions still had to be evaluated: one with a rotating wing, which is easier to use, and the other with a fixed wing, which is better suited to 'open' and 'vast' environments.
The same approach has been followed for the Larinae project. In June 2023, the AID awarded its first contract to a consortium led by KNDS France [ex-Nexter] and including EOS Technologie and TRAAK. It then did the same with MBDA, which, in association with Delair, unveiled the Mutant MTO a few days later.
However, in recent days, a video showing an MTO designed by EOS Technologie has begun to circulate on social networks. On 26 April, the manufacturer revealed a little more about it.
Called the "Veloce 330", it is a "jet-powered" MTO entirely "designed and manufactured in France" [in Mérignac to be precise]. According to EOS Technologies, it has just "successfully completed a third phase of test flights". Its performance is clearly impressive.
"With several peaks of more than 400 km/h and 50 km covered in just 16 minutes [with half the tank], the aerodynamic design and manufacturing processes have now been validated for this French mini-Shahed 238", EOS Technologie points out, referring to the MTO developed by Iran.
According to the details given last year by KNDS France on the solution that had just been selected by the AID, the "Veloce 330" MTO should have a range of 80 km and an endurance of 3 hours. It is a fixed-wing aircraft, but can be deployed with a vertical take-off and landing system (VTOL). It is equipped with a core-generating charge (CGN) to foil the active defences of armoured vehicles, and a GPS-free navigation system - and therefore immune to jamming - proposed by TRAAK.
"Its reusability also enables it to carry out intelligence missions, thanks to an optronic ball that detects a vehicle 15 km away by day and 3 km away by night", KNDS France points out, before assuring us that "the human being will remain at the heart of the decision-making loop in all scenarios, thanks to the ammunition's advanced telemetry".
In Russia, unknown UAVs ATTACKED the port in Novorossiysk
MiG-31 Foxhounds Confirmed Destroyed In New Imagery Of Belbek Air Base
New satellite imagery confirms the loss of two MiG-31 interceptors and other significant damage at Belbek after recent Ukrainian strikes.
www.twz.com
Damage To Russia's Belbek Air Base In Crimea Seen After Ukrainian Strikes
Ukrainian attacks this week targeted a portion of the flightline at Belbek Air Base where Russian MiG-31 interceptors regularly park.
www.twz.com
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India does not have mercenaries for hire though. At worst, just some migrants who were fooled.
There is potential for mercs maybe 10 years from now 'cause of the army's new tour of duty system instead of the earlier permanent commission.
No, it's just an excuse given by the Ukrainians for their lack of preparedness around Kharkiv. While they can't use some Western weapons in Russia, they still have many of their own that they could have used. At the very least, they should have built fortifications.