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Ukraine - Russia Conflict
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The LPR/DPR forces are not in large numbers. The offensives are primarily being conducted by LPR/DPR forces, along with Wagner. The Russian Army is basically sitting out, just holding the frontline. But only a few BTGs are dealing with most casualties at a time.
The casualty rates are lopsided because of a massive difference in numbers. Gen Milley's numbers are fake for both sides. He's overestimated the Russian casualties and underestimated the Ukrainian casualties. In a war of attrition, the ones fighting with lesser numbers but more firepower (Russians) will deal more casualties.
They collapsed because of falling oil prices in the mid-80s.
1980s oil glut - Wikipedia
Moves to counter the low oil rates via perestroika came in too late.
Soviet collapse had nothing to do with the war in Afghanistan, although the West likes to believe that for propaganda purposes, the reality is the Soviets simply sucked. They became a victim of the Dutch disease.
Lunch break...
The Ka-62 helicopter will be ready for operation in 2025
Before that, Russian helicopters must replace the Western components of this model
ATO.ru - Russian Helicopters Holding will have to recertify the new medium Ka-62 helicopter, replacing foreign components on it. As Igor Panshin, the holding's director of civil helicopter sales, said at the 13th Helicopter Forum on 9 November, certification of the updated model is scheduled for 2025.
Rosaviatsia issued a type certificate for the Ka-62 in November 2021, but this document contains serious restrictions on the operation of the helicopter. It cannot yet carry passengers, climb to a height of more than 1500 m above sea level or 500 m above the underlying surface. In addition, this model prohibits flights over water, in icing and thunderstorm conditions, and temperature restrictions are set at -25 to +25oC.
Previously, the manufacturer planned to carry out additional tests in 2022-2024 to extend the operating conditions. However, Rosaviatsia head Alexander Neradko admitted at the forum that "further work on the project has so far been suspended due to certain circumstances".
Apparently, the official meant the Western sanctions imposed in March this year on the supply of aviation equipment and components to Russia. According to Panshin, the Ka-62 depends more than other models on Western components (according to some data, their share reaches 60%). The helicopter uses French Safran Ardiden 3G turbochargers, an aviation-resistant fuel system from Safran Aerosystems and gearboxes developed by Austrian company Zoerkler.
The French engines are expected to be replaced by the Russian VK-1660V developed by UEC-Klimov. This year, the developers carried out the first bench tests of the Russian engine; its certification is planned for 2024. Russian Helicopters has not yet announced how the remaining foreign components will be replaced by the Ka-62.
The Ka-62 was the first 'Kamovo' helicopter designed not according to the pine tree, but according to the classical scheme - with main and rear screws. It has a take-off weight of 6800 kg and can carry up to 15 passengers or 2000 kg of cargo in the cabin. The development of the helicopter began in 1990; the prototype of the modern version of the Ka-62 took off for the first time in 2016. According to the comprehensive programme for the development of the Russian air transport industry approved by the government in June this year, it is planned to produce 90 such helicopters from 2025 to 2030.
Earlier, the head of the Arsenicyev Aviation Company Progress, where it will be assembled, said earlier that serial production of the imported-replaced Ka-62 would not begin until 2025.
Panshin also mentioned that the company is working to replace foreign engines and auxiliary power plants on its other models. The Ansat and Ka-226 light helicopters use Canadian PW207K and French Arrius 2G1 engines respectively. In addition, many Mi and Ka helicopter models are now equipped with imported APUs - Ukrainian AI-9 or Czech Safir. - ATO.ru /deepl
That's under development. I'm referring to Mi-17, Mi-28, Ka-52 etc, existing inventory now have Russian engines.
That pact was an alliance of convenience. Our man was gleeful when he thought Germany would invade Britain, until 1941 came as a shock to him.
He pushed for an alliance 6 months before the invasion to guarantee Hitler that SU won't do anything behind his back during his British invasion. It was always assumed in the SU that after Hitler deals with France and Britain, and with America insisting they will be sitting out, all of Europe would be theirs for the taking. Would have come true too, if the US had not stepped in to free France.
And, as is the rule in autocracies, Stalin was lied to quite a lot by his own people.
20 trillion down the drain. Largest state arms production program in Russian history halted due to failures in Ukraine
The largest state program for the production of weapons in modern Russian history, for which 20 trillion rubles were allocated from the federal budget over the past 10 years, has been scrapped.In early November, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed to rewrite the supply standards for the army and bring them "in line with the real needs" of the armed forces. According to the list of Putin's instructions, the order must be implemented as soon as possible - before November 14. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu were appointed responsible.
De facto, Putin has suspended the State Armaments Program (SAP), the basic plan on which the military-industrial complex has been operating in recent years. The current SAP has ceased to be a document by which weapons are purchased and financed by the military-industrial complex, a source close to the Ministry of Defense and a top manager of a defense industry enterprise told Vedomosti .
In fact, the development of the new SAP, which was estimated at 22 trillion rubles, has also been suspended, one of the sources of the publication says. The reason, according to him, is that it is necessary to “revise priorities”, based on the experience of the campaign in Ukraine.
Launched in the early 2010s and then expanded every five years, the state arms production program “ate up” about two trillion rubles a year—two-thirds of the defense budget. According to the plan, by 2020, divisions of Armata tanks, a new strategic bomber, 600 aircraft and thousands of helicopters were to enter the troops, and the share of modern weapons was to grow to 70%.
But the Russian army entered Ukraine on old equipment, with paper maps, and in a few months they exhausted their stocks of high-precision missiles. After mass mobilization, she was forced to distribute equipment from the Second World War to untrained soldiers. For weapons, the Kremlin had to turn to Iran and North Korea, and for uniforms for the military - to Belarus. But even this was not enough: after the mass mobilization of the Ministry of Defense, it was forced to distribute equipment from the Second World War to untrained soldiers. Contrary to the forecasts of American intelligence that Kyiv could fall in three days, Russian troops were on the verge of a fiasco, surrendering half of the conquered territories by early November, including the Kharkov region and Kherson.
At the moment, the Russian military-industrial complex is no longer able to manufacture and maintain "critical equipment for operations in Ukraine," U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said Oct. 14.
Western sanctions hit the military-industrial complex, cutting off factories from high-tech goods. The most deplorable situation has developed in Russian microelectronics, where there are practically no components for the production of weapons, Adeyemo said.
They collapsed because of falling oil prices in the mid-80s.
1980s oil glut - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Moves to counter the low oil rates via perestroika came in too late.
Soviet collapse had nothing to do with the war in Afghanistan, although the West likes to believe that for propaganda purposes, the reality is the Soviets simply sucked. They became a victim of the Dutch disease.
A military defeat certainly doesn't help. There's a reason the 1991 coup didn't find any public support whatsoever.
This is basically Russia publicly announcing the beginning of militarisation. Naturally needs a new plan now.
$30B was their modernisation budget per year in the current plan (India's is $22B in comparison). We should see a significant increase.
Their Afghan war was way too small to impact the economy, to the point of irrelevance. The US has faced far more defeats, but nobody in the US cares. It's even easier to control information in the SU.
India can buy as much Russian oil as it wants, says US. Terms and conditions apply
The United States said India can buy as much Russian oil as it wants but terms and conditions apply. India is Russia's largest oil customer other than China.
Thats what is helping ukraine as well, ukraine still has s300 & buk missiles which even though a generation old can take on russian aircrafts which are lacking modern BVR missiles & EW support.
Ukraine channels are starting to chatter that hundreds of vehicles of all kind have been left behind and a crap load of ammo crates and this little fella...
The weapon system that literally changed the war in favor of Ukraine.
The weapon system that literally changed the war in favor of Ukraine.
They are directly involved in some of them, read the list, e.g. opening fire on protestors. And one could argue that the government policies lead to the inter-ethnic conflicts.