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This is more properly a Gen 4.5 fighter, not a Gen 5, which have low observable technologies.

 

Turkish drone gets it's own song.

 

Russia claims to have destroyed Ukraine air defense systems.

https://www.foxnews.com/world/russia-military-claims-to-destroy-ukraine-air-defense-systems

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Ukraine has cruise missiles? I have not seen them mentioned in any article I’ve read.

 

S-300 and other weapons to Ukraine:

 

Reportedly knocked out early in the conflict. Other reports say the frigate was hit by a Harpoon.

 

I'm skeptical, but might be true.

In any event, the S-300 is surprisingly capable, given it's age! I'm very impressed with how well they have performed.

 

Aparently fake news and already debunked.

 

Russia “claims” a lot of things


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Ukraine has a self developed Neptune anti ship missile that was used earlier in the war, unknown how many they have as they only went into production within the last couple years. Ukraine was also previously responsible for production for the “Satan” ICBM. The city Dnipro in Ukraine is basically Rocket City.


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S-300 is not a bad system and is being used against contemporary airframes. SU-27 family a/c have a radar signature the size of a house. Against an F-22/35 or more powerful electronics and avionics it might have a harder time


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The Ukrainians have admitted that the airport in Dnipro was hit. Some missiles were reportedly there, but I haven't seen any pics. Slovakia has said that it wasn't their missiles that were hit.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/shelling-hits-school-apartment-building-ukraines-sievierodonetsk-governor-2022-04-10/

Either way, Ukraine is going to have to do something about the missile attacks.

 

What impressed me is that it supposedly can shoot down ballistic missiles. Granted, the Russians aren't using very sophisticated missiles, but still...

 

Russian drone reportedly drops chemical weapons on Mariupol:

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1594611/russia-chemical-weapons-ukraine-latest-vladimir-putin-mariupol

 

I don't understand why the US, the UK, and Israel are not helping more by supplying the Patriot and the Iron Dome.

 

They probably don't want to risk having that tech fall into the wrong hands.

Perhaps a better solution would be for Ukraine to build up their air force, and take out the Russian missile launch sites. I'm sure it's known exactly where the missiles have been launched from.

 

What does the S-500 have to do with the Patriot, or the missiles you refer to?

 

S-500 and the Patriot are both surface-to-air missile systems.

 

and Ukraine has neither

 

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I don't know about Iron Dome, but the crew training and maintenance requirements of the Patriot would be too much for Ukraine, at least for now.

That's why the S-300 (or even better, the S-400) make more sense for Ukraine. It already fits into their existing infrastructure.

 

Looks probable now that the Russian cruiser Moskva was hit by a cruise missile. That should make it more difficult for ships to pound coastal cities if they think they are going to be targeted.

 

That is pretty awesome, actually. I read that they had a Bakrytar UAV in the area as a distraction.

 

This is interesting... I didn't realize how physically large an S-300 system is...

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/14/world/europe/ukraine-russia-nato-s300.html