#THREAD: @AJArabic is currently showing a documentary on Hamas and its weaponry in Gaza.
Firstly we get to see Hamas S-40 rockets & underground rocket launch system buried in the sand.
Next a Hamas Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) is shown. It appears to be able to hold & launch 8 rockets.
Then a Hamas rocket production site is shown (first picture).
Then Iranian Fajr-5 long-range artillery rockets are shown being assembled in Gaza.
Large-scale rocket production of various calibre. Some appear to be S-40 munition.
Explosive rocket warhead production, loading of the rockets for launch on Israel.
Also many other non-rocket related info, such as well-equipped Hamas militants, Hamas snipers with possibly Iranian Sayyad-2 anti-material rifle, Kornet anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) & Hamas naval unit.
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Video geolocated at Shifa Hospital complex showing a large tunnel released by the IDF and Shin Bet. The tunnel portal descends 10 meters down, 7 meters covered by staircase and then enters an underground network that spans 55 meters to a metal door. 1/4
Geolocation: 31°31'29"N 34°26'39"E
The structure under which the tunnel was located was destroyed. 2/4
The design of the shaft/portal and entrance to the tunnel is similar to past tunnels found in Gaza. 3/4
Russia has now bought Mohajer-6 UCAV’s and Shahed-136 loitering munitions from Iran. It is also now reportedly buying Fateh-110 and Zolfaghar short-range ballistic missiles. A possible next purchase may be Iran’s arsenal of land-attack cruise missiles (LACM’s).
A thread:
The first and most likely contender is the Soumar LACM which first appeared in 2015. The missile has a claimed range of 2000-2500km. This missile is ground launched and has been tested on a variety of occasions.
The Soumar missile itself is based on the nuclear-capable Russian Kh-55 air-launcher cruise missile which, ironically, Ukraine illegally provided to Iran in a secret black market deal in 2001.
The Luna-M isn’t a ballistic missile and the Fateh-110 isn’t a crummy knock-off, it’s actually very capable and generations more advanced… and actually a ballistic missile. Next we’ll be suggesting the Emad is a crummy knock-off of the V-2. It makes that little sense.
The Fateh-family of missiles in Iran is indeed originally based on Luna-M, but it’s completely different in terms of capability and not some “crummy knock-off”. For starters it’s actually guided (INS, and other variants have terminal seeker heads for anti-radiation, EO etc.).
It’s substantially more advanced than the Luna-M which is essentially an unguided artillery rocket. These are short-range ballistic missiles with a range of 300-700km and a high accuracy of 5-10m CEP. Playing down Iran’s weapon capabilities has always been a pet peeve of mine.
If you don’t have adequate air defences to shoot these down, which Ukraine doesn’t (only a few S-300V and I don’t know how many are still operational), they are going to seriously damage your infrastructure and military targets.
Buk’s might also be able to give it a go but that’s about it so far.
I’m losing my mind at this discourse that is materialising around military aid to Ukraine. “It will get us into nuclear war” “it’s the military-industrial complex wanting to prolong war”. Just engage your brains.
The conventional weapons that we are currently providing and plan on providing to Ukraine to strike Russian targets inside occupied Ukrainian territory is not going to force Moscow to launch nuclear weapons on NATO countries.
It is our duty as human begins and citizens of nations who share core values and beliefs to assist Ukraine in defending itself against an unprovoked all-out invasion and stop a regime change in the largest country in Europe. If you don’t think this is a threat you are insane.
I really don’t understand people who call for talks between Russia and Ukraine. To me demanding peace negotiations now suggests you likely have failed to understand the basics of the conflict, as well as each sides demands and ensured you kept up-to-date with developments.
Russia has set goals. It intends to fully steal Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson Oblasts and facilitate full territorial annexation. Putin literally won’t stop the war until these basic goals have been achieved. There may be operational pauses, but the war will go on.
This has become existential for his regime… he has bet it all on this. If he fails to achieve such a low bar (in comparison to his initial and possibly current underlying aim: regime change in Ukraine) he will likely be ousted or couped from office. He won’t let that happen.