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Mar 12 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Here's something different from my more recent Ukraine oriented tweets. Some pics I took today of USS The Sullivans (DDG-68), moored in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Gotta love the firepower of a Burke,

Harpoons, Phalanx, SVTT, and Mk41 VLS in one pic :)
Some of its radar and EW assets: AN/SPY-1D, AN/SPG-62, and AN/SLQ-32(V)3.

The SLQ-32 is MASSIVE, it really is. It is a very capable EW-system.
Her Mk36 SRBOC mortars appear to be unloaded, likely related to safety and regulations etc. but still an interesting note.

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Mar 14
Here's a (partial) guide on how to identify Russian military Air Defense losses in Ukraine. It will be a two part series, focusing on the Tor and Buk systems respectively.

This is part two, Buk.

1/25
Russian Air Defense systems are usually composed of smaller units/sub-systems, Buk is no different. From my understanding, its combat vehicle can work independently if need be, but it usually does not. I will focus on battalion-level Buk systems.

2/25
Buk variants (or a part of them) that are known to be active in Ukraine are:

- 9K37M1 Buk-M1

- 9K37M1-2 Buk-M1-2

- 9K317 Buk-M2

- 9K317M Buk-M3

3/25
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Mar 13
Here's a guide on how to identify Russian military Air Defense losses in Ukraine. It will be a two part series, focusing on the Tor and Buk systems respectively.

This is part one, Tor.

1/8 Image
Many Russian Air Defense systems are composed of smaller units/sub-systems, Tor is a little different. Its combat vehicle can work independently and does not necessarily require input from its command vehicle or radar. I will thus look at ID'ing this sub-system only.

2/8
Tor variants that are known to be active in Ukraine are:

- 9K330 Tor-M, with 9A330 Transporter Launcher and Radar (TLAR) sub-system;

- 9K331 Tor-M1, w/ 9A331 TLAR;

- 9K332 Tor-M2, w/ 9A331M TLAR.

3/8
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Mar 13
For all the folks calling @oryxspioenkop and our list biased in favor of Ukraine, we spend multiple hours today going through four pieces of film to determine if a Russian loss was the same or not.

Others would've counted them as separate entities, but we did not.
The four pieces of film/footage include

A) Picture of a heavily damaged 9A331 TLAR from Telegram;
B) Video showing a burning 9A331 TLAR;
C) Screenshot from a TikTok video showing a glimpse of a Tor TLAR;
D) Another screenshot showing a Tor TLAR quite a distance away. ImageImageImageImage
Step 1:

We compared the TikTok video (C) to the film showing a Tor TLAR in the distance (D). These were match. Image
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Mar 6
The Russian military has lost five 'Tor' Air Defense Systems in the war with Ukraine, thus far. These include:

- 2x 9A330 TLAR (for 9K330 Tor-M)
- 1x 9A331 TLAR (for 9K331 Tor-M1)
- 1x 9A331M TLAR (for 9K332 Tor-M2)
- 1x 9A331MU TLAR (for 9K332MU Tor-M2U)
Ironically, the most modern Tor in Russian service, the 9A331MU TLAR part of the 9K332MU Tor-M2U system, was destroyed by a Ukrainian TB2 UCAV.

This TLAR has day-and-night electro-optics, in addition to radar, yet it was no match for the TB2 :).
I stand corrected, as @frank_views pointed out, the 9A331MU TLAR is actually 9A331M TLAR of a 9K332 Tor-M2. (Notice APU in the second picture)

This means it's 2x 9A331M TLAR lost, not 1x.
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Mar 5
Yes, can confirm this is the case. Short thread with the losses pictured can be seen below.

1x Su-30SM:
2x Su-34:
2x Su-25:
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Mar 5
Can't tell if it's a MiG-series or Su-series.

Time will tell.
Two pilots ejected safely. From my understanding Ukrainian MiG-29's and Ukrainian S-27's are single seat aircraft.

So this is likely a Russian Su-series, Su-30 or Su-34 maybe?
One of the pilots has been captured. Based on his...uhm...shape and attire I'm willing to bet he's semi-high ranking and not just a captain or major.
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