Tag: Air-Defence
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Cruise Missile Strikes, Railroad Infrastructure, Bombers — Commentary to Alex Mercouris Latest Video
Alex Mercouris talked about the use of the cruise missiles to strike targets against UA in his latest video. He analyses the Russian cruise missile production capacities based on the cruise missiles used in those strikes. In on one of my previous posts, I discussed the error in correlating the number of missiles used in…
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The Strike on Engels Strategic Airbase, Again — No Lessons Learnt
After 20 days, UA repeats the strike on Engels Airbase housing the air component of the Russian nuclear triad. Very little information so far, but what was officially confirmed is that the airbase was hit, again, and three airmen were killed, again. If the first success of the attack can be attributed to the element…
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Russian MoD Reveals the Use of Decoy Targets During Latest Cruise Missile Strike
I talked extensively about the lack of massive and efficient suppression/destruction of enemy air-defence (SEAD/DEAD) operations by the Russian military. Not to say it wasn’t done at all, but there wasn’t a systematic and large-scale effort to destroy UA’s long and medium range air-defence capabilities. In recent article from the Russian MoD, they reveal the…
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Patriot Missiles for UA
The US is getting ready to provide the Patriot air-defense system to Ukraine. The publicly stated reason is to defend against Russian cruise missile and drone strikes on the nation’s power distribution network and energy related facilities such as national gas and petroleum reserves. The truth is Patriot system is badly suited for such purposes.…
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Ukranian Strikes on Russian Strategic Airbases — Russian Nuclear Deterrence Compromised
Yesterday, December 5th, Ukraine lunched at least to deep strikes on Russian Strategic Bomber bases deep inside Russian territory. One of those bases, the Engels airbase, is the main base of Russian Strategic Forces’ nuclear triad’s air component. Overview — feel free to skip if you already know this Having three components of nuclear deterrence…
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Defense Against Cruise Missiles and Drones in Modern War
Since different Western air-defence systems are now finding their way into UA, many commentators rise the issue of their effectiveness against Russian strikes. Among those systems there are some that can be called “legacy”, as well as some of the most modern short to medium range ones. To understand their effectiveness, let’s analyze this issue…
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HIMARS intercepts — My Rant
After listening to the latest video by Alexander Mercouris, a few points regarding Ukrainian strikes on the bridges in Kherson oblast made me want to address a few points. Alexander is talking about Russian inability to intercept all of the Ukrainian rockets and missiles. While the technical ability to intercept individual targets of this type…
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Effectiveness of the Western MLRS against Russian Targets
I have already touched this topic here and here, but I will add some thoughts and speculations, since this issue had a recent development. To summarize the points Alexander Mercouris and his guest make, the US-supplied M142 HIMARS have apparently shown (according to Ukrainian sources) some good success in engaging Russian or allied targets. Alexander…
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Intercepting Western Rockets and Missiles
Alex Mercouris has mentioned the Russian abilities to intercept the Western MLRS rockets as a part of bigger discussion about their impact on the course of war in Ukraine. I had already published my thoughts regarding this issue, but I want to clarify some things regarding specifics of Russian ability to intercept those rockets and…
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