President Xi of China is visiting France, his first visit to Europe in 5 years. What’s troubling is that he is taking side trips to Serbia and Hungary. Makes you wonder what he’s trying to stir up there.
This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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Why do so many people from Atlanta hate Putin? 😉
'It is reported that ATACMS missiles hit the Russian BC headquarters/warehouse in Sorokina, Luhansk region."
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Looks like that strategy to advance north front with just infantry worked great.
Great points:
“From this very surprising dethroning of Russia's Shoigu, I personally make one thing
espite all the bravado and bloodthirsty chest-beating in their propaganda, even Putin, in his ecstatic echo chamber, realizes that Russia's resources for a prolonged all-out war have their limits, and those limits are far nearer than they want us (especially the West) want to believe.It's about money to fund this enormous war machine. It's about their military production that has reached its peak and still does not sufficiently compensate for the fast burnout of their old Soviet stocks in Ukraine.It's about gargantuan corruption and ostentation under Shoigu, and it's about their totalitarian 'allies' like North Korea and Iran that can give a lot but still can't give enough to satisfy Putin's maximalist thirst for a military defeat and occupation of entire Ukraine.The all-out war on Ukraine goes on for the third year, and, despite months of critical delays in Western aid and many Ukrainian mistakes and shortcomings, we're still talking about limited, tactical Russian gains in Donbas and now also in Kharkiv region -- still not even close to what Putin's ecstatic war propaganda jerks off to, like the capture of Kharkiv, or Kyiv, or a breakthrough to Dnipro.Gerasimov's months-long infantry meat grinder assaults do work, but it's still not enough.This can't last forever, and they understand this.”
“From this very surprising dethroning of Russia's Shoigu, I personally make one thing
espite all the bravado and bloodthirsty chest-beating in their propaganda, even Putin, in his ecstatic echo chamber, realizes that Russia's resources for a prolonged all-out war have their limits, and those limits are far nearer than they want us (especially the West) want to believe.It's about money to fund this enormous war machine. It's about their military production that has reached its peak and still does not sufficiently compensate for the fast burnout of their old Soviet stocks in Ukraine.It's about gargantuan corruption and ostentation under Shoigu, and it's about their totalitarian 'allies' like North Korea and Iran that can give a lot but still can't give enough to satisfy Putin's maximalist thirst for a military defeat and occupation of entire Ukraine.The all-out war on Ukraine goes on for the third year, and, despite months of critical delays in Western aid and many Ukrainian mistakes and shortcomings, we're still talking about limited, tactical Russian gains in Donbas and now also in Kharkiv region -- still not even close to what Putin's ecstatic war propaganda jerks off to, like the capture of Kharkiv, or Kyiv, or a breakthrough to Dnipro.Gerasimov's months-long infantry meat grinder assaults do work, but it's still not enough.This can't last forever, and they understand this.”
Ukraine's pilots are flying high-risk 'wild weasel' missions first developed in the Vietnam War by the USAF, says defense analyst
Pilots in Ukraine's Soviet-era airforce, a fraction of the size of Russia's, are using a tactic first developed by the US Air Force to contest the skies above the 600-mile frontline.
Videos in recent months appear to show Ukrainian pilots conducting so-called "wild weasel" missions.
The strategy involves jet pilots luring enemy antiaircraft defenses into targeting them with their radars. The radar waves are then traced back to their source, and the Ukrainian pilots retaliate with weapons like the US-made AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARMs) before the Russians can lock onto them with surface-to-air missiles (SAMs).
Since mid-2022, the US has supplied Ukraine with HARMs, which have provided Ukrainian pilots with Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) and Destruction of Enemy Air Defenses (DEAD) capabilities.
The US Air Force pioneered SEAD tactics in the Vietnam War. So-called wild weasel aircraft were tasked with destroying enemy air defense radars to clear the way for attack aircraft to fly through.
The wild weasels had radar receivers to locate enemy air defenses and were initially armed with bombs and later special missiles that could target radar.
The term "wild weasel" originated from Project Wild Weasel. This US Air Force anti-SAM strategy used direct attacks to suppress enemy air defenses, according to the National Museum of the US Air Force.
These missions, originally called "Project Ferret" — a reference to the small predatory mammal that enters its prey's den to kill it — were renamed Project Wild Weasel so as not to be confused with the code-name "Ferret" that was used during World War II for radar countermeasures bombers.
Adapting Western weapons for use in Ukraine
The difficulty of adapting HARM for Ukraine is due to the incompatibility of old Soviet-era jets, such as the MIG-29 and the Su-27 fighters, with modern Western technology.Last month, US Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William LaPlante told reporters at a Washington, DC, conference that Ukraine had been using iPads in an attempt to make Ukrainian jets compatible with Western weapons.
He described how Ukraine's aging fighter planes could now take many Western weapons and get them to work on their aircraft as they were "basically controlled by an iPad by the pilot. They're flying it in conflict like a week after we get it to him," he said.
Since making the necessary adaptations, Ukrainian pilots have fired hundreds of HARMs at Russian air defense radar systems. However, their technique has changed, Justin Bronk, Senior Research Fellow for Airpower & Technology at the London-based think tank Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), told BI.
"While they initially achieved a number of successful kills against Russian SAM systems and radars when first introduced; Russian SAM operators quickly adapted their tactics," Bronk said.
Now, HARM launches serve "a suppressive rather than a destructive purpose."
When launched, "the missiles force Russian SAM operators to turn off their radars and relocate to avoid being hit by them," Bronk said. "This leaves a short window within which other strike systems like HIMARS rockets or Storm Shadow missiles can get through to nearby targets with much less risk of being intercepted by the Russian SAMs."
Awaiting F-16s
While modified Soviet-era fighter jets allow Ukrainians to use HARM missiles, the modifications do not allow Ukrainians to make the most of all their features.Ukraine's pilots are flying high-risk 'wild-weasel' missions first developed in the Vietnam War by the US Air Force, defense analyst says
Ukrainian pilots fly 'wild-weasel' missions using US-made AGM-88 high-speed anti-radiation missiles, a military analyst told BI.
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Whenever the F-16's get fully committed the Ukrainian's will get a big upgrade on this front,
I worked F-4G "Wild Weasel's" from 91-94 and worked the transition from F-4's to F-16's for that mission.
I hope the Ukrainians wait till they have a decent number online and don't commit them piecemeal. The impact will be greater if they commit them in numbers. They might not have that luxury though...
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Ukraine Is Now a World War. And Putin Is Gaining Friends.
Global proxy conflicts were a constant in Cold War I, and Russia’s invasion marked the first of Cold War II.
Too long to post but pretty interesting....
Poor f**kers...
They live in places where there is no access to real news, so they have no idea what they are getting into.
Hit the Russian rail lines.
Then hit them again when the equipment fixing them is trying to conduct repairs.
Kill off the repair crews and equipment and you shut down supply lines across the front.
Great points:
“From this very surprising dethroning of Russia's Shoigu, I personally make one thing
He and the rest of the fascist world will be "going all in" for Trump in November.
It is literally their last hope.
A vote for Trump is a vote for Russia to win, period.
When this war is over, there is going to be some gruesome cleanup. Or do those buildings just get left there?
They get left if Russia wins is my guess.
Slowly cleaned up if Ukraine survives. Via aid, UN, and maybe investment in area.
No doubt the war continues until our November election is over.
When Turd loses, Vlad begins a withdrawal.
I read elsewhere that Russia believed they had a month left on the clock before new Western aid arrived.
Russia is running out of functioning A50s and trained crews.
Not surprising. I hate from the bottom of my gut that Western aid was not soon enough and big enough to save so many Ukrainian lives and institutions.Great points:
“From this very surprising dethroning of Russia's Shoigu, I personally make one thing
Hopefully the upcoming aid will stanch the renewed Orc efforts.
Slava Ukraini.!,
This video is 13 years old, but it’s basically what they can do. Recreate any panels on a modern fighter and present them to the pilot as a touch interface:
One of the things that stood out in A-10s over Kosovo was that they didn’t allow air operations over enemy territory when they didn’t have jammers (F-18Gs) active over the northern and southern parts of Serbia (which isn’t big in the first place). I don’t think Ukraine will be operating with that luxury, so their job will be harder.
Another thing mentioned was they didn’t have the equipment to recalibrate their own aircraft jamming pods (forward base setup in Italy) and they rotated back to Germany every few weeks to have that done.
Good stuff. Thanks.Ukraine's pilots are flying high-risk 'wild weasel' missions first developed in the Vietnam War by the USAF, says defense analyst
Pilots in Ukraine's Soviet-era airforce, a fraction of the size of Russia's, are using a tactic first developed by the US Air Force to contest the skies above the 600-mile frontline.
Videos in recent months appear to show Ukrainian pilots conducting so-called "wild weasel" missions.
The strategy involves jet pilots luring enemy antiaircraft defenses into targeting them with their radars. The radar waves are then traced back to their source, and the Ukrainian pilots retaliate with weapons like the US-made AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARMs) before the Russians can lock onto them with surface-to-air missiles (SAMs).
Since mid-2022, the US has supplied Ukraine with HARMs, which have provided Ukrainian pilots with Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD) and Destruction of Enemy Air Defenses (DEAD) capabilities.
The US Air Force pioneered SEAD tactics in the Vietnam War. So-called wild weasel aircraft were tasked with destroying enemy air defense radars to clear the way for attack aircraft to fly through.
The wild weasels had radar receivers to locate enemy air defenses and were initially armed with bombs and later special missiles that could target radar.
The term "wild weasel" originated from Project Wild Weasel. This US Air Force anti-SAM strategy used direct attacks to suppress enemy air defenses, according to the National Museum of the US Air Force.
These missions, originally called "Project Ferret" — a reference to the small predatory mammal that enters its prey's den to kill it — were renamed Project Wild Weasel so as not to be confused with the code-name "Ferret" that was used during World War II for radar countermeasures bombers.
Adapting Western weapons for use in Ukraine
The difficulty of adapting HARM for Ukraine is due to the incompatibility of old Soviet-era jets, such as the MIG-29 and the Su-27 fighters, with modern Western technology.
Last month, US Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment William LaPlante told reporters at a Washington, DC, conference that Ukraine had been using iPads in an attempt to make Ukrainian jets compatible with Western weapons.
He described how Ukraine's aging fighter planes could now take many Western weapons and get them to work on their aircraft as they were "basically controlled by an iPad by the pilot. They're flying it in conflict like a week after we get it to him," he said.
Since making the necessary adaptations, Ukrainian pilots have fired hundreds of HARMs at Russian air defense radar systems. However, their technique has changed, Justin Bronk, Senior Research Fellow for Airpower & Technology at the London-based think tank Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), told BI.
"While they initially achieved a number of successful kills against Russian SAM systems and radars when first introduced; Russian SAM operators quickly adapted their tactics," Bronk said.
Now, HARM launches serve "a suppressive rather than a destructive purpose."
When launched, "the missiles force Russian SAM operators to turn off their radars and relocate to avoid being hit by them," Bronk said. "This leaves a short window within which other strike systems like HIMARS rockets or Storm Shadow missiles can get through to nearby targets with much less risk of being intercepted by the Russian SAMs."
Awaiting F-16s
While modified Soviet-era fighter jets allow Ukrainians to use HARM missiles, the modifications do not allow Ukrainians to make the most of all their features.
Ukraine's pilots are flying high-risk 'wild-weasel' missions first developed in the Vietnam War by the US Air Force, defense analyst says
Ukrainian pilots fly 'wild-weasel' missions using US-made AGM-88 high-speed anti-radiation missiles, a military analyst told BI.
Whenever the F-16's get fully committed the Ukrainian's will get a big upgrade on this front,
I worked F-4G "Wild Weasel's" from 91-94 and worked the transition from F-4's to F-16's for that mission.
I hope the Ukrainians wait till they have a decent number online and don't commit them piecemeal. The impact will be greater if they commit them in numbers. They might not have that luxury though...
