The War in the Ukraine

Deino

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There was also a picture a couple days back of something which looked like the R-37 in flight.


Doubtful. Belarus put two nuclear power plants (1.2 GW each) in operation in the last year or two.
Gas price in Russia also has not risen significantly since the conflict started and Belarus probably has a long term contract which might be indexed to oil price, not like EU's stupid prices based on Dutch stock market.

But most say it was not an R-37 but a Kh-58
 

sheogorath

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So Himars is firing on the move then ? Or can just "unpack" so quickly and accelerate to 100 km/h.

Thing is, the Ukrainians lately seem to be using HIMARS mostly on areas where the air defense is the thinnest to hit civilians directly, so that reduces the posibility of detection and doing counterbattery on them

Amusing animation

Where did they come up with that the Shahed has anti-radiation sensors?
 

Tam

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I got like big questions on this video. Claims Himars is attacking a convoy.

First, vegetation is too dense to be autumn. This has to be taken months ago, summer month likely.

Second, to track moving vehicle like that means the target has to be lazed, and the incoming shells are laser guided. This looks to be the work of something else.

 

Chilled_k6

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I got like big questions on this video. Claims Himars is attacking a convoy.

First, vegetation is too dense to be autumn. This has to be taken months ago, summer month likely.

Second, to track moving vehicle like that means the target has to be lazed, and the incoming shells are laser guided. This looks to be the work of something else.

I've seen other claims before that they're hit by Excaliburs.
 

SolarWarden

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i doubt there will be enough air defenses near bridge unless forces actively using it. it still a fix target.

Well you said Ukraine doesn't have enough HiMARS in one place to overwhelm and now you say not enough air defenses to defend a bridge so which is it? HiMARS/M270 GMLRS are very hard to detect with their small RCS and terminal speed of over mach 1 plus. They don't fly a ballistic trajectory they actually maneuver during incoming.
even kamkize UAV has more range and effectiveness than HIMAR.

How many of these have taken out weapons depots to the point it causes that nation to look to other "friendly nations" for ammo? How many CCHQ and communication stations has these UAV's taken out compared to GMLRS? There is no comparison.
this a tank hit with a rocket.

Static tank you mean. Anything that is static can be taken out by satellite guided weapons if it stays static in one location long enough to be targeted. There are plenty videos of HiMARS taking out all types of armored vehicles.
 

SolarWarden

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Thing is, the Ukrainians lately seem to be using HIMARS mostly on areas where the air defense is the thinnest to hit civilians directly, so that reduces the posibility of detection and doing counterbattery on them
They have? Are you talking about the pontoon bridge where Russia claims civilians were killed? If so it doesn't mean Ukraine is using HiMARS where air defenses are thinnest it could be Russians can't stop them which is a fact when you see the destruction HiMARS has brought to Russian forces. Could also mean Russian air defenses are being depleted.
 
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