Here's a video of the attack. I count 9 distinct explosions?
I expect we will have a better idea in daylight tomorrow
The War in the Ukraine
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I expect we will have a better idea in daylight tomorrow
I'm no structural engineer either ,but it seems , in the immediate future, the Russians will be looking at pontoon bridges to ford the Dnieper in the Kherson area.
Simple . Spans relatively short, 30-100 m or so each(counted about 20 spans from google maps, but some sections longer than others) so should hold for some time, entire bridge should not collapse as individual precasts must fail first.
The Russians should consider stockpiling , or whatever their engineering equivalent nearby, be prepared to close up any spans that collapse. This will be much faster than bringing in boats and trying to pontoon
Bridge will be effective and remediable as long as the bridge columns stands.
I think this passive defense method will be very inefficient.
We have to admit that HIMAS is indeed a relatively effective weapon, but a large part of this needs to be attributed to the backwardness of Russian reconnaissance means.
There is no doubt that such weapons will be a major threat to Taiwan's military operations in the future.
The accuracy of the HIMARS is unquestionable, they have effectively disabled the bridge, without needing to destroy it completely...
The problems for the Russians increase in Kherson... The pontoon bridge parallel to the bridge will not be an option, it is still within range of the Ukrainian artillery.
The problems for the Russians increase in Kherson... The pontoon bridge parallel to the bridge will not be an option, it is still within range of the Ukrainian artillery.
Static targets like bridges are pretty nice to shot with guided artillery. You can shot the round approximately and the guidance do the rest. Quite harder to find the launcher because the launch sequence is way shorter without precise aiming.
The Russian are a bit to slow in their progress and it's not the HIMARS that creating that situation but more a static battleground where reinforcements can reach the front. If Russian forces would have progressed 200km farther, HIMARS and artillery would be irrelevant to attack that bridge...
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Using bridge layer vehicule to fill gap could be an option without even repairing it, they would need to destroy the bridge columns stands.
In any case, with the frontline that close, standard unguided artillery can shot a well known and identified target of that size...
The Russians yesterday were mobilizing bridges for the Kherson region, they probably know that the Ukrainians will try to disable all fixed access bridges