Kinophile
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Ukraine isn't the only place where drone warfare is making advances.
Not intended to derail, but we should stay aware of developments elsewhere, as we'll probably see them in some shape or form in Ukraine.
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1 hour ago, photon said:
2. Boats .
It seems like lots of countries are giving Ukraine small boats.
And more on the way. UK has been training UKR Marines in large numbers.
Perhaps in 24 UKR will attempt to slowly give ground in East, but not break and burning through Russian surge, while creating 2-3 extra bridgeheads across from Kherson (6-10 feels excessive for the scale of this war?) in prep for an early Autumn offensive.
If you want to cross into Crimea you need to 1)Neutralize the BSF and 2)Shove back the RuAF, making it extremely expensive to attack the reconquest force.
Autumn would tie in with f16s being in-country, stabilized shell supply, further destruction of BSF (40%?), accumulated trained infantry and drone reserves.
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Feodesia
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2 hours ago, Battlefront.com said:
This just shows how bad Russian training is. The SOP for coming under fire like that should be to disperse in different directions and seek whatever cover is available, then somehow consolidate when it's less 'splody.
The notion that you can just ride out a situation like this is suicidal thanks to drones helping direct fire. Missions can't be achieved with a dispersed unit, true enough, but there's more of chance than with a dead unit.
Steve
Pretty awful place to get hit, very little cover from ground fire and presence of drones means completely vulnerable to overhead attack and observation.
I'm not convinced a top grade NATO squad could have done much more. Run across the road across from the vehicles? Sure, better chance v Brads - but Drones overhead. There was one guy rolled out right, kept down the entire time - until naded by a drone.
I suspect they lost their leadership in the first few minutes and after that, well...
The entire mission was a death ride. No squad could have come out of that in a functional state, then somehow cross 1km of open terrain.
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Hoping it's true.
Syrsky is very encouraging in his attitude. He seems very focussed on the conditions, training and leadership of his forces.
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2 hours ago, chris talpas said:
Now imagine the Bradley able to view the drone footage in real time giving themselves real time BDA. In this fully illuminated space, any EM signature downsides would be more than offset by the better situational awareness. Suddenly vehicles get to see the map in overhead view with all the benefits that those weak willed among us who don’t play on ironman.
I absolutely guarantee we will see slaved drones organic to individual IFVs on the next iterations.
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There's a Lot of this type of stuff going to Ukraine.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/nWG5SGGAFq268uJt/?mibextid=xfxF2i
I'm particularly interested in the melding of UKR Navy with SOF / Intel Agencies, Drone Warfare, AD and Air Ops.
This seems to be a unique fusion across many traditionally Balkanized forces. I've said it before and I'll say it again - the BSF's worst move was destroying the old Ukrainian Navy.
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https://twitter.com/TreasChest/status/1763664031787663689?t=TFEq2KV0FyzFM6bFM_wGXw&s=19
950 km range on UKR sea drones.
For context, the Black Sea is about 1100km wide. Odessa to Sebastapol is 290km.
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10 minutes ago, Fernando said:
With soldiers deployed so bunched together, I'm not surprised that Russian infantry suffers such catastrophic casualties again and again.
No return fire, no movement, no vehicle support (drone took care of that, although the Bradley would have easily, also), no RPG fires, not even smoke (useless v Brad's, but still, even just to encourage movement). No ATGM overwatch. No friendly drone to attack the Bradley.
So just a bunch of guys to soak up Bradley rounds.
Not exactly an "attack".
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I have questions.
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Oh and Caltrops.
I remember something about caltrops in Belarus in 22, no?
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1 hour ago, mosuri said:
There's also two what looks like Tu-95 to my untrained eye, plus two other four-engine planes (Il-76?)
Taganrog is what, barely 100 miles from the front?
This seems sus to me. Would love it to be yet another "not even russians are that stupid" situation but 2 strategic bombers and AWACS parked right next to each other, seems too good to be true.
Possibly wrong, pics don't look doctored though. Would be bizarro that the Rus AF did this, and yet also not surprising in many ways.
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Ohh, possibly it was a bridge strike
And/Or that Ukrainian speciality, but an Airbase strike:
Bit more specific...
Yevpatoria
https://maps.app.goo.gl/cxUL14WJV2YBuFeHA
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Hopefully something very expensive and irreplaceable was hit.
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Itll burn out. Nice to see some push back to the war but I'm highly doubtful of any effect.
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The line for navalnys funeral keeps growing. I doubt the police will let everything go off without a hitch.
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I guess there is such a thing as airborne meat waves.
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The BSF really has failed in its primary mission - war time domination of the Black Sea.
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3 hours ago, Battlefront.com said:
Let's see what Trent has to say about it
Please god no. That's a twitter account that's far past its smell date.
How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?
in Combat Mission Black Sea
Posted
"Using incomplete Soviet-era drawings, specimen track links from Ukraine, then the inspection of vehicles, manuals and the loan of track specimens from the Tank Museum, Cook reverse-engineered the tracks and drive sprockets for MTLB, BMP, and T72 vehicles... "