Looks like Zala drones are now equipped with thermal as standard equipment.
The War in the Ukraine
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Yes, Tho not as heavy as MiG-31M.
The current MiG-31BM retains most of MiG-31BS version. (as basic MiG-31B lacks IFR probe). The fire control radar retains the original Zaslon's 1.1 m antenna but with new radar processor and probably new receiving blocks. This allow use of R-37's.
Ukrainians launch a counterattack at Marinka, but was discovered by drones of the 5th Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army, and met with FPV drones and artillery fire.
Marder and Stryker hit by FPV drone from the Sudoplatov Battalion.
Video from a Ukrainian soldier.
Ukrainian BREM gets hit by RPG-7 from the VDV.
T-64BV gets hit by Lancet at the stern in the South Donetsk direction. This by the 155th Marine Brigade.
Camouflaged howitzer hit by Lancet.
Ukrainian DRGs gets a double dose of ATGMs.
Aftermath of a Ukrainian T-64BV hit by a Lancet, filmed by a Ukrainian soldier.
Powerful explosions in Odessa as Gerans hit.
Another two missiles hitting this Ukrainian DRG at the Artemovosk region by the 58th SPN Battalion of the 1st Donetsk Army.
Shell shortages force us to limit firing, Ukrainian soldiers tell BBC.
247th Cossacks Regiment of the VDV at work capturing Ukrainian held trenches near Verbove. Filmed by the Klen Battalion as their drones overlook the battlefield.
Ukrainian Marines in suicide mission crossing the Dniepr River --- The New York Times
Battle of Novomikhailovka has begun as Russian troops began to storm. Soldiers of the 33rd Regiment storm this Ukrainian position and found two Ukrainian soldiers that were lying down frozen. One is a Georgian mercenary. Both were extracted safely from the ditch.
Ukrainian recruiters in raids at buses and malls.
Lancet attacks from the VDV to the Ukrainian side of the Dniepr takes out a radar station, an M109 Paladdin and a towed howitzer.
A pair of Su-30SME with the Myanmar Air Force. In the summer of 2023, Myanmar has been exporting ammunition to Russia in the form of 120mm HE mortar shells.
Ukrainian long range kamekaze drones, the AQ-400 Scythe. Despite the squalid appearance it should not be underestimated. It carries 32kg of warhead for a range of 750km.
African volunteer in the BARS-11 Kuban unit.
Russian FPV drones with thermobaric bombs. These might be used to bust bunkers and harder targets.
Marder and Stryker hit by FPV drone from the Sudoplatov Battalion.
Video from a Ukrainian soldier.
Ukrainian BREM gets hit by RPG-7 from the VDV.
T-64BV gets hit by Lancet at the stern in the South Donetsk direction. This by the 155th Marine Brigade.
Camouflaged howitzer hit by Lancet.
Ukrainian DRGs gets a double dose of ATGMs.
Aftermath of a Ukrainian T-64BV hit by a Lancet, filmed by a Ukrainian soldier.
Powerful explosions in Odessa as Gerans hit.
Another two missiles hitting this Ukrainian DRG at the Artemovosk region by the 58th SPN Battalion of the 1st Donetsk Army.
Shell shortages force us to limit firing, Ukrainian soldiers tell BBC.
247th Cossacks Regiment of the VDV at work capturing Ukrainian held trenches near Verbove. Filmed by the Klen Battalion as their drones overlook the battlefield.
Ukrainian Marines in suicide mission crossing the Dniepr River --- The New York Times
Battle of Novomikhailovka has begun as Russian troops began to storm. Soldiers of the 33rd Regiment storm this Ukrainian position and found two Ukrainian soldiers that were lying down frozen. One is a Georgian mercenary. Both were extracted safely from the ditch.
Ukrainian recruiters in raids at buses and malls.
Lancet attacks from the VDV to the Ukrainian side of the Dniepr takes out a radar station, an M109 Paladdin and a towed howitzer.
A pair of Su-30SME with the Myanmar Air Force. In the summer of 2023, Myanmar has been exporting ammunition to Russia in the form of 120mm HE mortar shells.
Ukrainian long range kamekaze drones, the AQ-400 Scythe. Despite the squalid appearance it should not be underestimated. It carries 32kg of warhead for a range of 750km.
African volunteer in the BARS-11 Kuban unit.
Russian FPV drones with thermobaric bombs. These might be used to bust bunkers and harder targets.
Perhaps they should make fake Shaheds made from cheap material and without warhead or guidance system and smaller, cheaper engine. Then launch it en masse alongside real Shaheds in 2 to 1 ratio of fake and real. Ukrainian AA can't risk not shooting down all of them even if they know most of them are fake. I heard they already encounter plywood drones with radar reflector to confuse air defence.
Shaheds or Gerans are already as cheap as one can get tho.
This Ukrainian 2S1 Gvozdika won't be seeing action for a while. It's completely flooded from the inside.
Ukrainian vehicles stuck in the mud.
Night time UAV bombing by the 110th Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army.
Ukrainian drones tried to attack a Russian airfield in the Rostov Region. The drones were shot down and an Su-34 had minor damage. A total of 35 drones were shot down in Rostov, Lipetsk, and Volgograd regions.
PCB from the wreckage of a Russian Bumarang-8 FPV drone. The drone operates in non standard frequencies beyond the bands the EW emitters Ukrainian uses.
Ukrainian media publishes bill that looks to mobilize women.
"Main provisions:
— reduces the age for mobilization from 27 to 25 years.
— Women will get up military records, undergo military training and serve during martial law;
— the right to postpone mobilization is deprived of the police, the Bureau of economic security and the penitentiary service;
— Emergency service is replaced by three-month training for all men and women aged 18 to 25;
— significantly expands the powers of local authorities to mobilize and limits the rights of evaders."
Two Russian storm troopers assaulted a trench in Kleeshevka. Five Ukrainian soldiers surrendered.
'Ukrainian fatigue' is a problem of Western leaders own making --- The Financial Times
Russian special forces brought down artillery on a Ukrainian DRG on a night mission.
T-64BV burning from a Lancet attack. This probably the same T-64BV hit by a Lancet attack on the rear courtesy of the Russian 155th Marine Brigade in the Ugledar and South Donetsk area.
British AS-90 taken out by Lancet in the Kherson region courtesy of the 810rd Marine Brigade.
This destroyed building is one of the targets of the Geran strikes in Odessa.
This destroyed building used by the Ukrainian military a target of Gerans somewhere in Kherson.
Industrial zone south of Avdiivka under assault by the 'Veterans' Brigade. The area is now under the control of the armed forces of the Russian Federation.
Russian Buk takes out a target, possibly a Ukrainian drone.
Ukrainian vehicles stuck in the mud.
Night time UAV bombing by the 110th Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army.
Ukrainian drones tried to attack a Russian airfield in the Rostov Region. The drones were shot down and an Su-34 had minor damage. A total of 35 drones were shot down in Rostov, Lipetsk, and Volgograd regions.
PCB from the wreckage of a Russian Bumarang-8 FPV drone. The drone operates in non standard frequencies beyond the bands the EW emitters Ukrainian uses.
Ukrainian media publishes bill that looks to mobilize women.
"Main provisions:
— reduces the age for mobilization from 27 to 25 years.
— Women will get up military records, undergo military training and serve during martial law;
— the right to postpone mobilization is deprived of the police, the Bureau of economic security and the penitentiary service;
— Emergency service is replaced by three-month training for all men and women aged 18 to 25;
— significantly expands the powers of local authorities to mobilize and limits the rights of evaders."
Two Russian storm troopers assaulted a trench in Kleeshevka. Five Ukrainian soldiers surrendered.
'Ukrainian fatigue' is a problem of Western leaders own making --- The Financial Times
Russian special forces brought down artillery on a Ukrainian DRG on a night mission.
T-64BV burning from a Lancet attack. This probably the same T-64BV hit by a Lancet attack on the rear courtesy of the Russian 155th Marine Brigade in the Ugledar and South Donetsk area.
British AS-90 taken out by Lancet in the Kherson region courtesy of the 810rd Marine Brigade.
This destroyed building is one of the targets of the Geran strikes in Odessa.
This destroyed building used by the Ukrainian military a target of Gerans somewhere in Kherson.
Industrial zone south of Avdiivka under assault by the 'Veterans' Brigade. The area is now under the control of the armed forces of the Russian Federation.
Russian Buk takes out a target, possibly a Ukrainian drone.
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Wooden ones are cheaper and can serve as decoys to waste expensive SAM. Wood also has very low RCS. In WW2 Japan used kamikaze planes made of wood.
If you want them to serve as decoys, they need to have higher RCS to attract more SAM or at least the same. Wood is harder to use for building in quantity than plastic/fiberglass molding. It can be used but I don't see the purpose of it to build in quantity.
solarz
Brigadier
At this point, the war is a foregone conclusion. The Russian economy is on fire, its military production is in full ramp, and it has integrated all the latest weapon systems.
In contrast, NATO has exhausted all of its spare arsenal and its production capabilities can't keep up with the attrition.
The only question is where and when Russia will stop.
In contrast, NATO has exhausted all of its spare arsenal and its production capabilities can't keep up with the attrition.
The only question is where and when Russia will stop.