As usual, this has not been a textbook high tech air campaign by Russia! Makes you wonder about all those Russian claims about brand-new wonder-weapons!
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Check Mate! Maybe, not!
I think the idea is that Ukraine will give up quickly after knowing that NATO is not coming to help them.
They also need to knock out transportation nodes to prevent foreign arms supply going into Ukraine.
It is also a good idea to remember that western media, no matter how "objective" they usually are, will most likely run cover for the Ukrainians.
Let alone the "OSINT" twitter western losers.
Let alone the "OSINT" twitter western losers.
This low flying MIG-29 is strange behaviour.
In syria they never use those planes that low altitude. UAVs provide target data. so far no visibility or downing of UAVs.
That is true. I was watching Chinese livestreams last night for additional info.
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That's also called "SEAD/DEAD".
Fighters don't have unlimited flares. You're not going to see flares in every 3 second clip.
Also, if Ukranian Migs wanna go on a suicide mission, they would still target the primary threat which is the Russian air force, not helos. They are much lower on the priority list.
In any case, it's clear there is no actual confirmation of many of these claims....
So take all of this with a HUGE grain of salt. This is all the fog of war.
Kalibr missiles can also be land launched too. They can also be launched from Caspian.
Russia actions are characteristic of a weak declining power who is boxed in a corner, with no other option except war.
China action are characteristic of a powerful rising superpower who has the luxury to choose the time and place of reunification it's own terms at it's own convenience.
Also, rather than Taiwan, a better comparator would be Mongolia/Vietnam or any ex-Chinese colonies that China (reluctantly) recognized as sovereign. Taiwan is part of an unresolved civil war.
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Ah.
Yep. Notice the heavy reporting of Russian military losses, next to no coverage of Ukranian ones.
It's like Afghanistan again, when even as the Taliban were retaking the country a city at a time all we would hear about was "heavy fighting" and taliban losses.
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