Nice way to offload some death traps and for the MIC to get paid at the same time.100 BTR M113;
138 HMMWV;
I feel for the Ukrainian who ends up cooked in one of these.
Nice way to offload some death traps and for the MIC to get paid at the same time.100 BTR M113;
138 HMMWV;
Could the buk system not provide illumination?NATO AWACS and other ISR assets probably. The Buks will just be glorified taxis for the Sparrows, which will be relying on NATO assets for everything else.
Would be unthinkable at the start of the war, but with Russia not making one single peep about NATO assets getting more and more directly involved in the kill chain in Ukraine, it was only a matter of time before salami slicing got us here.
The only saving grace is they will probably only use these to intercept UAVs and missiles, so it’s not completely crossing the rubicon I guess.
The next escalation step could well be NATO fighters directly intercepting Russian UAVs and ordinance over Ukraine.
IIRC someone mentioned that RIM-7 uses different waveform from Buk.Could the buk system not provide illumination?
They aren’t more dangerous to the user than a BTR or BRDM.Nice way to offload some death traps and for the MIC to get paid at the same time.
I feel for the Ukrainian who ends up cooked in one of these.
A BTR has more firepower and is more armored than both the M113 and the Humvees, thoughThey aren’t more dangerous to the user than a BTR or BRDM.
No way. Ukraine government themselves said they lost 13 000. How can Russia have lost less soldiers than Ukraine? For sure there was a writing mistake done and they meant 110 000.Now the number of confirmed Russian losses according to pro-Ukranian media is only around 11.000
Yes, ist was commented in the News, 250.000 regulär and 250.000 additional troops. And may be, for the ones, the conscript ends, have to stay longer.Each year they get 250000 to 300000 one year conscripts. Don't know if it's a draft or mobilization of 500 000 more or just half of it ??? Do they keep this year conscript because about 250 000 will leave after end of contract ...