Fair enough, but the aerodynamics of a FAB bomb with a tacked on JDAM kit must be more than questionable. Ukranian pilots will have to worry about their own bombs killing them on top of the Shaheds, their own Air Defence and the Russian Air Defece, in that order.
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Fair enough, but the aerodynamics of a FAB bomb with a tacked on JDAM kit must be more than questionable. Ukranian pilots will have to worry about their own bombs killing them on top of the Shaheds, their own Air Defence and the Russian Air Defece, in that order.
plawolf
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Thats a good point, but hardly likely to stop Ukraine from trying.
If I was them, I would weld the JDAM kit to the bottom of the bomb and have the pilots toss release them while inverted to maximise their odds of not being counted as the first AA kill by a JDAM.
Could you weld the kit to the bottom of a bomb?.
JDAM kits are not a solid unit, as far as I am aware. It consists of a tail unit, which is where the whole guidance system is stored and the "jacket" with the strakes, to be fitted on the Vietnam era Mark 80 bombs
JDAM kits are not a solid unit, as far as I am aware. It consists of a tail unit, which is where the whole guidance system is stored and the "jacket" with the strakes, to be fitted on the Vietnam era Mark 80 bombs
The front lines would be expanded to 2,450KM (1,522 miles), which is the distance from Beijing to Hainan, or Moscow to London.
The logistics necessary to maintain such as vast frontline is quite enormous. And a ridiculous proposal since it suggests Russia would eventually return to Kherson, but from the opposite direction.... what!?
"Today in the Kyiv region, a fighter of the territorial defense unit shot down a Russian cruise missile from a machine gun":
I cannot see them taking land in the north and west of Kiev... I could see the border following the Dnieper east bank all the way to Kherson Oblast and turning west to Transnistria. would be the best case scenario for Russia but now it seems out of reach.
The South west will be quite hard to keep for Russian forces with multiple rivers partitioning from north to south... Would be a long shot to take land west of the Dnieper, No more crossing in the south. Clearly not a lot of hope on Russia about that.
Taking all the east could be plausible, they will need to severe the part and grinding what's inside until submission. THey need to cut reinforcement over the Dnieper to achive that.
Dnieper for border is clearly the best choice that Russia have to keep ground. It's also the best for Ukraine to stop any further progressions if the Russians go full yolo.
Poland could even take some oblast (Lyev and Volysnka) to the west to make a NATO advance toward Russia.
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Is this some propaganda meant to shore up morale, or do they believe that guy really shot down a cruise missile with his rusty gun?
Could be a lucky shot... some story exist of Vietnamese farmers shoting down US fighters in Vietnam. If you fill the air with bullets, one can hit the missile ot the missile can hit the bullets...
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Still more believeable than the story of a babushka shooting down a drone with a jar of pickles
Western Overpaid "Experts": Russia is running out of missiles.
Western Mainstream Media: Russia is running out of missiles.
This is no country in this planet should trust Western think thank "experts" or Western Mainstream Media.
Ukraine made a huge mistake in considering what this overpaid people say as "intelligence advice". This is the same overpaid people who said that China will fligth their first stealth fighter in 2030.