The War in Ukraine

[PrairieFella]

I

* In all it's death spewing awesomeness*

The C16 is kind of a piece of shit though unless completely static haha.

 

[daftandbarmy]

I

* In all it's death freedom spewing awesomeness*

There, freed that up FY

 

[GK .Dundas]

The C16 is kind of a piece of shit though unless completely static haha.

The more I look at the damned thing , the more convinced I am that it should have come on a wheeled carriage with a limber.
It reminds me of of the old German Infantry gun the 75 mm IG 18 . ( I think ?)

 

[PrairieFella]

The more I look at the damned thing , the convinced I am that it should have come on a wheeled carriage with a limber.
It reminds me of of the old German Infantry gun the 75 mm IG 18 . ( I think ?)

That is fucking hilarious lol. Imagine it getting towed by a donkey. "Check out our new pack howitzer boys!"

 

[HavokFour]

Another blow to that one leg of the triad.

'Nothing secret left' — Ukraine hacks Russia's Tupolev bomber producer, source claims

HUR's cyber corps accessed over 4.4 gigabytes (GB) of internal data, including official correspondence, personnel files, home addresses, resumes, purchase records, and closed meeting minutes, a source claimed.

kyivindependent.com

Going after those that maintain the bomber fleet might now be another angle to attack from.

According to the source, HUR's cyber corps accessed over 4.4 gigabytes (GB) of internal data, including official correspondence, personnel files, home addresses, resumes, purchase records, and closed meeting minutes.

The monkey paw curls, they get North Korean mortars... however.

https://bsky.app/profile/chriso-wiki.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3lqrcgoddcp2u

 

[brihard]

New footage released by Ukraine. I didn’t count individual planes but it’s a lot. 2 A-50s and several Tu-22s as well as Bears.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1930258335107797325

Russian strategic aviation had a no-good, horrible, very bad day.

Holy shit.

So I just tallied them up. As best as I can tell:
Tu-95 Bear bomber: 14
Tu-22 Backfire bomber: 16 (I may be off by one)
An-12 Cub transport: 1
A-50 Mainstay AWACS: 2
Il-78 Tanker: 1

Almost all look to be solid hits. I included a couple where the drone was clearly on a line of descent into the plane, skipped a few that were more ambiguous.

This is a full full third or so of what seems to be their publicly reported strategic bomber force.

It looks like they left the Tu-160s alone- less impact on the nuclear triad?

EDIT TO ADD: One caveat, some of these may not have been operational. We don’t know.

 

[HavokFour]

Holy shit.

So I just tallied them up. As best as I can tell:
Tu-95 Bear bomber: 14
Tu-22 Backfire bomber: 16 (I may be off by one)
An-12 Cub transport: 1
A-50 Mainstay AWACS: 2
Il-78 Tanker: 1

Almost all look to be solid hits. I included a couple where the drone was clearly on a line of descent into the plane, skipped a few that were more ambiguous.

This is a full full third or so of what seems to be their publicly reported strategic bomber force.

It looks like they left the Tu-160s alone- less impact on the nuclear triad?

The question now is how many of the ones that didn't completely burn down because they weren't fueled/armed, ever get off the ground again? Noticed that a couple of the Backfires (especially) shown had signs of multiple hits, stuff that wouldn't show up on satellite imagery.

 

[QV]

This will go down historically as one of the most damaging behind the lines special ops missions.

It seems the only limitations to this new kind of threat is the imagination.

 

[YZT580]

DPRK 140mm mortars spotted in russian use, kinda jealous, they got it issued with all the EIS still there.....looking at you 1VP

https://twitter.com/x/status/1930004730509701474

SO according to Putin it is OK to field NK equipment and personnel but any form of assistance to Ukr. from the west is considered to be escalation.

 

[YZT580]

and

The question now is how many of the ones that didn't completely burn down because they weren't fueled/armed, ever get off the ground again? Noticed that a couple of the Backfires (especially) shown had signs of multiple hits, stuff that wouldn't show up on satellite imagery.

all the tires did was add fuel to the fires.

 

[MilEME09]

and

all the tires did was add fuel to the fires.

Video also shows several were loaded with missiles incidcating they were preparing for a strike package

 

[Colin Parkinson]

This will go down historically as one of the most damaging behind the lines special ops missions.

It seems the only limitations to this new kind of threat is the imagination.

David Sterling would be jealous

 

[lenaitch]

Not an aviator. What's with all the tires (if that's what they are) lined up along the aircraft?

 

[HavokFour]

Not an aviator. What's with all the tires (if that's what they are) lined up along the aircraft?

IIRC it originally started becoming a practice on airfields closer to Ukraine in an attempt to defend against drone attacks. Obviously, that was never going to work, so now the practice has evolved into more like an old wives tale.

 

[Seyek]

A terrorist attack on a crowd with ‘claymore drones’ is an eventual inevitability.

Quick and easy to do, can leave a few laying around to hit first responders too.

Some quick googling - a DJI T50 agricultural drone is a bit under $40k. Carries a 40kg payload for spraying. With autonomous control you could fly over any kind of large public gathering without fear of jamming and spray 40kg of whatever improvised chemical weapon you like. Expensive relative to claymore drones, but only one drone, and you could probably get all the chemicals you need legitimately as pesticides or cleaning chemicals without the suspicion of trying to make home made explosives.

Some more quick googling shows various options for small business loans and grants with options for up to a couple hundred thousand. Run two drones and you can even get the target country to finance it.

 

[brihard]

Not an aviator. What's with all the tires (if that's what they are) lined up along the aircraft?

It makes it so the smoke’s really dark and no one mistakes it for the election of a new pope.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Interesting, yes. True? Not sure…

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[armrdsoul77]

Not an aviator. What's with all the tires (if that's what they are) lined up along the aircraft?

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Russia Covering Aircraft With Tires Is About Confusing Image-Matching Missile Seekers U.S. Military Confirms

 

[suffolkowner]

Holy shit.

So I just tallied them up. As best as I can tell:
Tu-95 Bear bomber: 14
Tu-22 Backfire bomber: 16 (I may be off by one)
An-12 Cub transport: 1
A-50 Mainstay AWACS: 2
Il-78 Tanker: 1

Almost all look to be solid hits. I included a couple where the drone was clearly on a line of descent into the plane, skipped a few that were more ambiguous.

This is a full full third or so of what seems to be their publicly reported strategic bomber force.

It looks like they left the Tu-160s alone- less impact on the nuclear triad?

EDIT TO ADD: One caveat, some of these may not have been operational. We don’t know.

the A-50s are reported to have been non operational unfortunately

the OSINT storage guys have publicized their account of Russias stored equipment again

Stored equipment by @jonpy99, @highmarsed, @waffentraeger, @CovertCabal, @Vishun_military, @Ath3neN0ctu4

docs.google.com

251 decent tanks left , 109 of which T62s

 

[Lumber]

the A-50s are reported to have been non operational unfortunately

the OSINT storage guys have publicized their account of Russias stored equipment again

Stored equipment by @jonpy99, @highmarsed, @waffentraeger, @CovertCabal, @Vishun_military, @Ath3neN0ctu4

docs.google.com

251 decent tanks left , 109 of which T62s

Perhaps the A50s were nonetheless being used for spare parts that would no longer be available for their active fleet.