Russian special military operation in Ukraine #45

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🪖 Private Military Company "Wagner" will become an addition to the regional grouping of the Union State on the territory of the Republic of Belarus, with funding provided from the budget allocated by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

Sooo ... we just have about 50% increase of Belarussian army, subordinated to the Russian MoD.

Minefields of Russia on the way of the offensive slow down and destroy the Armed Forces of Ukraine, - New York Times.

➨ Ukrainian doctors report that mines have surpassed artillery as the main cause of injuries. And if we are talking about a plastic mine, then its fragments in the body of soldiers are very difficult to detect - they are not "seen" by medical metal detectors.

➨ Last week, a doctor named Vladimir amputated both hands of a mine-clearing specialist who was injured while trying to deactivate a booby trap.

➨ Russian anti-tank mines also stop the Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, although personnel survive when detonated. But the car itself cannot go further.

➨ The sergeant, whose BPM was blown up in this way, received a new car - and the damaged one was sent for repairs to Poland.

➨ But mines are only the first problem. As they advance, Ukrainian soldiers move beyond the range of some of their air defense systems and become vulnerable to Russian attack helicopters.

➨ Therefore, while the Armed Forces of Ukraine "have not broken through the main lines of defense of the Russians."
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Meanwhile...............

Zlatti71
@djuric_zlatko
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Speaker Ignat assured Ukrainians that air defense will continue to shoot down missiles on their homes

The speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Yuriy Ignat, said that Ukrainian air defense cannot shoot down Russian drones and missiles away from residential buildings. Therefore, installations will continue to be installed in densely populated areas.

According to him, air defense systems have to be placed as close as possible to populated areas, otherwise the RF Armed Forces will be easier to detect gaps in the defense and strike.

In fact, the Kiev regime turned ordinary residents of the country into a "human shield" and hostages.

0:37 min about Lancet

latti71
@djuric_zlatko
Ukraine will receive SCALP missiles. How are they different from Storm Shadow: Analysis of the Military Chronicle

At first glance, they do not differ from the Storm Shadow missiles already transferred to Ukraine, but in fact, the French missiles have a number of important features.

What are the differences?

The compartment in the central part of the rocket is designed to accommodate a payload weighing up to 700 kg, while the Storm Shadow uses a warhead of 450 kg. As a missile warhead, in addition to a high-explosive penetrating charge, a cluster charge with MIFF anti-tank mines, MUSPA anti-personnel mines, and KRISS submunitions can be used to destroy airfield runways

Guidance system

For security reasons, the French did not install the NAVSTAR satellite navigation system, developed in the USA, on their modification of the rocket. Therefore, SCALP is aimed at the target using an autonomous inertial system. In flight, the missile is corrected by a radar visor, and an infrared homing head is activated 2 km from the target. When attacking critical targets, the onboard processor also calculates the optimal dive angle

Is it difficult to find it?

The body of the rocket is made of composite materials with the intersection of flat surfaces without sharp edges at the joints and is covered with radio-absorbing material. The blades of the engine turbine are shielded from the radiation of ground-based radars by a special curved air duct. It is also difficult to detect a missile because it flies at an altitude of about 100-150 m, and immediately before the attack of the SCALP object it “dives” up to 50 m. Nevertheless, Russian air defense systems have long learned to hit them. In Ukraine, several Storm Shadow missiles have already been shot down - the wreckage of one of them was found and delivered to Russia for study. The secret of successful anti-missile work is the use of S-300V, S-400 air defense systems and Pantsir-S1 air defense systems, which are effective in combating cruise and ballistic missiles