Firing ammo into the air on a timed fuze and hoping the shrapnell will hit an enemy airborne object is early WWII tech... but that is what the clownish russian army is doing now with their expensive missiles.
Let me repeat it: GMLRS rockets ALWAYS hit. Nothing can stop them. 4/4
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If this fin would have been manufactured in Germany, then the missile would be one of the AGM-88B Block IIIa of the Luftwaffe... but those are upgraded AGM-88B that retained Texas Instrument fins. Also the buyer of the
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German AGM-88 was the "Waffensystemkommando der Luftwaffe" (CAGE Code: D3333), but on this fin the buyer is the US Navy's Naval Air Systems Command (CAGE Code: 30003).
So: a real, burnt out, worthless tail section of a AGM-88, with fake/ photoshopped data.
When US Air Force F-16CM Falcon or US Navy EA-18G Growler fighters fly Wild Weasel missions they use Self Protect mode.
In this mode the Falcon's AN/ASQ-213 HTS R7 (to the left of the air inlet) and the Growler's AN/ALQ-218(V)2 (on the wingtips) sensor systems detect, locate, 2/n
analyze, and identify sources of radio frequency emission. Once a threat is identified the pilot transmits the target data to the missile and launches it.
There is no chance this would work with Ukrainian fighters as US sensor systems can't be installed on Ukrainian planes
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I think last evening Serbia's General Staff officers explained to President Vučić that if he orders to attack Kosovo NATO fighter jets would appear over Serbian forces within hours and start bombing them... and within 48 hours the US Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade would be 1/4
airlifted to Pristina Airport and the Italian Army's Paratropers Brigade "Folgore" airlifted to Gjakova Airport (which Italy's military built for this purpose).
Followed a day later by the Italian Army's Mechanized Brigade "Pinerolo", which is based in and around Bari, and 2/4
would be shipped by the Italian Navy's 3rd Naval Division with its amphibious ships from Brindisi to Durrës within 2 days. From Durrës to Mitrovicia the Pinerolo's wheeled Freccia IFVs and Centauro tank destroyers need 6 hours thanks to the Western co-financed A1 highway. 3/4
1) it wasn't a GMLRS rocket 2) it was a thermobaric weapon 3) russia staged it and did so (as usual) incompetently
Firstly: keeping POWs so close to the front violates Article 19 of the Third Geneva Convention making it a war crime.
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Secondly: Olenivka is about 15 km from the frontline. Striking a target so close to the front with sparse and expensive long-range GMLRS rockets, when one could use 105 mm artillery rounds that cost around 0.4% of a GMLRS rocket makes no sense.
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Thirdly: Olenivka has been a well known DNR POW and concentration camp for years (and a penal colony for decades). So much so that the wives of the POWs knew about it. One needs to be a delusional russian troll or propagandist to believe Ukraine would strike this target.
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There is a lot of debate about this video as it is unclear what weapon was used... it could even have been the first use of an autonomously operating loitering munition.
The tank was definitely hit by an explosively formed penetrator (EFP) fired by a top-attack weapon. 1/4
The weapon's trajectory rules out howitzer fired systems like SADARM, SMArt or Bonus. It's also not an anti-tank guided missile as it flies too slow and is too high above the target for an NLAW or BGM-71F TOW. The initial suspect, a M93 wide area mine doesn't fly this far.
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This leaves a not publicly disclosed loitering munition carrying an EFP forming submunition.
As such submunitions scan for and attack targets fully autonomously this undisclosed loitering munition can likely be programmed to patrol an area and will automatically attack enemy
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