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Jul 18 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
1/ Stills from another new TV Zvezda segment on VKS #Su34 operations against Ukraine. Once again, the strike fighters are shown equipped with Kh-29T-series air-to-surface missiles. As with previous videos, a large number of unguided bombs can also be seen in the background.
2/ Unguided bombs in the background.

Video link:
tvzvezda.ru/news/202271831…
3/ Similar footage from about a month ago.
4/ Footage from the Su-34's LTPS Platan (laser/TV targeting system)
5/5 Each red star reportedly marks 10 combat sorties, meaning the Su-34 in the right photo apparently flew at least 70 combat sorties, while the one in the left photo at least 210.
Adding this here:
Russia's Channel 1 also just ran a news segment on this. Several more stills (from the Channel 1 report) showing Kh-29T-series air-to-surface missiles, including a close-up of the seeker head assembly.

Video link:
1tv.ru/news/2022-07-1…

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May 15
1/ It seems that, as I suggested earlier, the VKS Su-35S that was lost in early April was indeed an "ARM shooter." The still on the left (taken from a video uploaded on April 4) shows the remains of a Kh-31P-series anti-radiation missile near the inboard port wing station. ImageImage
2/ The still on the right in the post above (taken from the same video) shows roughly where the missile body was before being removed (the missile's body can be seen in the image below, which was taken before the video).
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3/3 Link to video with some close up footage of the Su-35S' remains.
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Apr 30
1/ More updates on Russian air & missile strikes in this latest DoD brief. 🧵👇

The US observed atleast 50 additional missile launches since last brief.

"We've observed more than 1,950, now, missile launches" since the beginning of the war.
defense.gov/News/Transcrip…
2/ "the preponderance of strikes still are in the JFO and Mariupol, and I would add that in Mariupol, what we're seeing, a predominance of the ordinance being dropped is dumb ordinance, not precision-guided."
3/ "we think that that speaks to challenges that the Russians are having with PGM replenishment."
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Apr 29
1/ Latest US DoD brief on the war in Ukraine has a few updates on Russian air ops & missile strikes. 🧵 👇

"We are now on day 63, and on day 63 we can report that there's been more than 1,900 missile launches since the beginning of the invasion."
defense.gov/News/Transcrip…
2/ "Most of the missile launches and, quite frankly, fixed-wing strikes on Ukraine continue to be happening in Mariupol and in the Joint Force operation area, basically, the Donbas region."
3/ "what we've seen [the Russians] do with their Navy in the Sea of Azov is largely two things, one, use their cruise missile capability to strike targets inside Ukraine; and, two, to resupply and reinforce ground forces there."
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Feb 28
1/ Good read.

I've made some brief observations over the past days (see below) which largely concur with some of the points raised by @Justin_Br0nk's piece.

rusi.org/explore-our-re…
2/
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Jan 18
1/ An important thing to keep an eye out for is information pertaining to the forward deployment of VKS Army Aviation (rotary-wing) assets. The Russians will not launch a major ground op without them. Currently, there are just two permanent Russian helicopter bases within...
2/ close proximity to Ukraine:
Dzhankoi (39th Helicopter Regiment) in Crimea (<50km from the border) & Zernograd (16th Army Aviation Brigade) in Rostov Oblast (~150km from the border). All other permanent helicopter bases are over 200km from the border.
3/ Locating forward deployment locations for Army Aviation units, however, is greatly complicated by the fact that Russia has quite a few air bases within 150-200km or less of the border that could be used for such purposes.
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Jan 11
1/Izvestia sources say that "arsenals for storage and sites for repair, maintenance & testing of [Kinzhal system] #hypersonic missiles are being prepared in several [undisclosed] regions of Russia."

A short thread on what is known about #Kinzhal units.👇
iz.ru/1274681/alekse…
2/ Firstly, an experimental Kinzhal squadron was established at the 929th V. P. Chkalov State Fight-Test Center of the Russian Ministry of Defense in 2017. The squadron was reportedly equipped with ~10 MiG-31Ks.
3/ As for operational Kinzhal units, Russian Defense Minister Shoigu disclosed in late 2021 that a separate aviation regiment has been formed, though he offered no further details.
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