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The capabilities in this package, valued at up to $100 million, include:
Stinger anti-aircraft missiles;
One High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and additional ammunition;
155mm and 105mm artillery rounds;
Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;
Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems;
More than 3 million rounds of small arms ammunition;
Demolitions munitions for obstacle clearing;
Cold weather gear; and
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I wonder what's the minimum amount of a F-16 you need to have in order for the rest of the plane to be replaced by spare parts?
The serial number of the aircraft?
DOD Aims to Ensure Availability of Spare Parts to Sustain Ukraine-Bound F-16s
https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3591267/dod-aims-to-ensure-availability-of-spare-parts-to-sustain-ukraine-bound-f-16s/ -
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Tony:
PDA Issue? Just to clarify for the record for those watching? Don't doesn't the Pentagon have about $4.9 billion of authority left? For PDAs? They just don't have they got like a billion dollar stuff to replace the equipment, but they give like 4 point 9 billion and PDAs going forward?
Sabrina Singh
Yeah, I'm not I'm not trying to minimize it. I'm just trying to tell you that. Yes, we do have $4.9 billion in from the recalculated PDA funds that we continue to draw down on that's that's what we're using. But we only have 1.1, I believe, left to restock our own inventories. And so again, we know Ukraine is going to need more than that. And so that's why we did submit that supplemental request. And a lot of that supplemental will be used also to replenish our own stocks.
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Interesting ... add target indicators to the heads-up-display of individual soldiers equipped with MANPADs.
Any one aware if other militaries are doing this?
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-november-14-2023QuoteRussian state-owned defense conglomerate Rostec stated on November 14 that Rostec subsidiary Roselectronics presented an updated automated control system for air defense units, including Russian air defenses, at the Dubai Airshow 2023.[93] Rostec claimed that the updated wearable version of the control system includes an automated control module that allows an anti-aircraft gunner unit commander to simultaneously command nine gunners or four platoons of MANPADS gunners. The system reportedly also includes an individual automation kit for individual fighters who are equipped with portable anti-aircraft systems or small arms. The individual automation kit reportedly includes safety glasses with a heads-up display showing targets received from the unit commander. Rostec claimed that the control system’s efficiency has been tested in combat conditions, presumably in Ukraine, and that the system can be sold to other countries and adapted to their air defense systems.
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45 minutes ago, Zeleban said:
Now, a few general comments regarding the situation in the Crimean-Tavrian direction...
In my opinion, nevertheless, the decisive factor in this attempt by Teplinsky will not be his own decisions and steps, but rather the decisions and steps of his Ukrainian counterparts... The fact is that the decision of General Teplinsky himself in the specific conditions that have now developed in on the left bank, for the most part, are quite obvious and predictable. That is, exactly how Russian troops will act is mostly clear. Another thing is the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which will be forced to solve a whole range of rather complex tasks to retain and preserve their bridgeheads. To do this, they will have to demonstrate not only fairly high combat qualities, but most importantly - flexibility, efficiency and ingenuity at the command level.
Also, another factor is no less obvious and important - General Teplinsky will have to make do with a fairly limited amount of forces and means to solve the task assigned to him. Heavy and intense fighting in the Tokmak direction does not stop, near Avdeevka, Bakhmut and in the Kupyansk direction too. Therefore, for Teplinsky, the “upper” Russian command right now does not have not only a “lost” army or division, but even a regiment or brigade... it will be necessary to “scrape off like a battalion” here and there...
- And one more thing... Many of our military experts and analysts have a rather false idea of the REAL immediate tasks and the meaning of the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the left bank of the Dnieper. For some reason, they mostly fall into some extremes from “PR on blood” to “prospects for a breakthrough towards Crimea.” Please come to your senses... At this stage, the main point is not this at all... but the desire to obtain a fairly wide front section of the Dnieper coast on the right bank of the river, where the bulk of enemy artillery will not reach...
We are not talking about anything more now...
Another question is why the Ukrainian troops need this...?
Finally, one reminder...
The distance from the village of Pervomaevka to the village of Pokrovskoye on the Kinburn Spit in a straight line is more than 206 km, and with all the twists and turns of the front - all 250-260 km.
Therefore, I recommend that you, my dear readers, think about... in whose favor exactly CAN this circumstance play...?
Especially in the context of the question - how many and what kind of troops are needed to hold such a sector “along the front” and secure it from active enemy actions in the “across the river” style?
Moreover, in conditions when you are significantly limited in organizing and using a mobile reserve...
To clarify to those that didn't know, the above is the update today from the Ukrainian Konstantin Mashovets
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Article and podcast episode:
QuotePERHAPS THE MOST lasting damage the war has done to science in Russia is to accelerate the ongoing exodus of scientists. A sensitive subject since the 1990s, its magnitude is hard to gauge. But Johannes Wachs, who studies computer science at Corvinus University of Budapest, says emigration among the tech community can give a sense of the potential scale. He analyzed GitHub, a popular open-source developer site, for changed or deleted location information in its list of software developers. He estimates that between 11% and 28% of Russia’s developers have left since the war began.
Another clue comes from the 2022 industry survey, which asked scientists how the “special military operation” affected their intention to leave Russia. One-third of respondents said it “somewhat” or “strongly” increased their intention to leave. For scientists under age 39, that figure was slightly over 50%.
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48 minutes ago, Kinophile said:
Last one I promise, good news but not locked yet.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4175
The committee "marked it up" yesterday, but I'm not sure of the real status:
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Hopefully this is not true:
https://tass.com/politics/1702489
QuoteRussia uses S-400 in Ukraine to launch missiles with active homing warheads
It is reported that the S-400 missiles were fired at maximum distances to hit targets at altitudes of about 1,000 meters
MOSCOW, November 7. /TASS/. The Russian army has used S-400 Triumf systems to launch anti-aircraft guided missiles with active homing heads, a source close to the Russian Defense Ministry has told TASS."Russia used S-400 Triumf system in tandem with the A-50 early warning and control aircraft in the special military operation in Ukraine. S-400s launched anti-aircraft missiles with active homing heads. The system's use against enemy aircraft was successful," the source. TASS has no official confirmation of this.
On October 25, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said the army’s new anti-aircraft missile systems shot down 24 Ukrainian aircraft in five days.
According to another source, the S-400 missiles were fired at maximum distances to hit targets at altitudes of about 1,000 meters. "New warheads" were reportedly used.
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A four minute summary of the changes Zaluzhny said Ukraine needs to be successful against Russia:
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Podcasts | The Telegraph
Day 618. During the Ukraine: the latest team's recent trip to the United States, David Knowles and Francis Dearnley spent a fascinating morning at the Institute for the Study of War, where they interviewed a number of analysts and experts about all manner of subjects to do with the war in Ukraine.One of those conversations was with Senior Fellow of the ISW, retired Lieutenant General James Dubik, where the group discussed Dubik's initial assessment of the war and what lessons the US military can learn from Ukraine.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter.
Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter.with Lt. Gen. James Dubik (Retired) (ISW Senior Fellow). @ltgrdubik on Twitter.
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The Ukrainian Konstantin Mashovets offers this highly-favorable note on Ukraine's recent actions across the Dnieper river:
https://t.me/zvizdecmanhustu/1380QuoteNo matter how the events in the Crimean-Tavrian direction end, in the lower reaches of the Dnieper, the Ukrainian Marines and Special Forces have ALREADY written new chapters and provisions into textbooks on the art of war.
This is one of the best “alloys” of high moral and psychological qualities with a high level of professional training and preparation.
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58 minutes ago, dan/california said:
Not good....
Read this thread ... or ISW's November 4th Russian campain report:
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Another video on Ukrainian drone operators:
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Interesting idea. Put out bids for large quantities of shells to be made to whoever, wherever that can make them.
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From ISW's update.
Ouch!
QuoteThe Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched four dozen Shahed-131/-136 drones from Kursk Oblast and Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Krai, and a Kh-59 cruise missile from occupied Kherson Oblast at targets in Ukraine.[1] The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian air defenses shot down the Kh-59 cruise missile and 24 of the Shahed drones.[2]
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Specific capabilities in this package include:
Additional munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS);
Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
155mm and 105mm artillery rounds;
Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;
Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems;
More than 3 million rounds of small arms ammunition and grenades;
Demolitions munitions for obstacle clearing;
M18A1 Claymore anti-personnel munitions;
12 trucks to transport heavy equipment;
Cold weather gear; and
Spare parts, maintenance, and other field equipment.
Under USAI, the DoD will provide Ukraine with:Additional laser-guided munitions to counter Unmanned Aerial Systems.
How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?
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Switzerland sells back 25 main battle tanks to Germany
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/switzerland-sells-back-25-main-battle-tanks-to-germany/48998828