The War in the Ukraine

TK3600

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Question, is Russia fielding T-72A variants? I heard they do but given how much t72b is still left for refurbish I think it is unlikely.
 

sheogorath

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Question, is Russia fielding T-72A variants? I heard they do but given how much t72b is still left for refurbish I think it is unlikely.

Not that I am aware off. Russia didn't have that many T-72A left operational or even on reserve, they had tons of T-72B, though. Most of the T-72A around were taken from Ukrainian storage after 2014
 

baykalov

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Tam

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Conceptually, having your ships as a sitting duck taking ground-based anti-ship missiles, is a losing strategy.

Ships have a a limited anti-air missile capability. Ground anti-ship missiles might as well as be infinite. The West can keep sending hundreds of such missiles to Ukraine

I think Putin is making a strategic error. Its not enough for ships to passively defend against this new threat. Something needs to be done to stop this foreign inflow of weapons to Ukraine

I said from the first week of the "special military operation" that Russia's strategy was flawed because it gave the option for Western powers to arm Ukraine. 3 months in, and this mistake has still not been resolved by Putin.

Let's see what excuses he will spin when/if another Russian ship gets hit.

The West cannot keep sending hundreds of missiles without depleting their own inventories. There are already signs of pushback from the various Western militaries as they lose their own inventories. To rebuild these inventories takes time, a lot of time and money.
 
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