The United States has not yet handed over medium-range missiles to us. But London has already expressed its readiness to replace them with its own. We can talk about Storm Shadow, which are called "flying ATACMS"
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We tell you what cruise missiles are, the name of which translates as "Shadow of the Storm"
‼️Attention, air!
Storm Shadow is an aircraft cruise missile. Joint development of England and France. Entered service in 2002. Ukrainian Su - 24M can be carriers after a simple upgrade/2
✔️Flight range and destination
The missile is designed to destroy closed enemy command posts, bunkers, bridges, etc. Flight range 250 - 500 km. Inconspicuous for radar - flies at an altitude of 30 - 40 m following the terrain.
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🚀 Dimensions
Weight: 1,300 kg, length: 5.1 m, diameter: 0.5 m.
📡Guidance System
The flight path is determined by the on-board computer. When approaching, a thermal imaging homing system with a target recognition mode is turned on.
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💥Combat unit
Weight - 450 kg. A tandem charge, that is, first, ammunition is released that destroys an obstacle (breaks a hole in a wall or roof), and then the main charge hits the target directly.
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Power plus precision
Sniper hitting accuracy - from 1 to 3 meters. The missile penetrates reinforced concrete up to 4 meters thick.
🆒Speed and Wings
The rocket develops 1,000 km/h. Wingspan - 2.84 m.
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🚮Security
If the target is not identified, the missile turns into a deserted place and self-destructs.
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With the advent of such Storm Shadow, Ukraine will be able to hit targets deep behind enemy lines, not to mention targets directly at the front line.
Estonia has made an unprecedented decision: to transfer 155-mm howitzers to Ukraine - everything it has facebook.com/estemb.kyiv/po…
According to Kaimo Kuusk, the Estonian Ambassador to Ukraine, in this way the country wants to create a precedent so that others have no excuse /1
why they cannot provide Ukraine with the necessary weapons to win the war.
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Howitzers, shells, anti-tank weapons: Estonia will provide Ukraine with a record €113 million military aid package
According to the ERR portal, Estonia is donating dozens of 155-mm and 122-mm howitzers, thousands of shells and trucks for their use, more than a hundred /3
23.01.2023 uppdateringen. Det har inte skett några förändringar på fronterna men tendenser på att orcerna börjar bli slut finns desto mera. Om vi börjar i Kreminnaområdet
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så har orcerna omgrupperat och försöker med en spjutspets bryta igenom vår offensivlinje, utan att lyckas. Om vi ser till det strategiska i detta område så är det nyckeln till Severodonetsk. När Kreminna faller tar det inte lång stund för Rubizhnyi att också falla. .
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Då blir Severodonetsk semi-inringat vilket betyder att orcerna måste lämna området, staden är bara på 4 km x 4 km vilket gör en koncentrerad artillerield förödande för orcerna.
Bakhmut står som förut fast vi har kontinuerligt hårda strider där, ävenså i Marinka.
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On Sunday, January 22, a delegation of American military and military experts led by US Army General Keith Kellogg visited the city of Izyum in Kharkiv Oblast, liberated from the Russian invaders. /1
The foreign guests got acquainted with the evidence of Russian war crimes in the Kharkiv region
American partners saw with their own eyes the scale of destruction caused by Russian shelling and occupation
On the spot, the American guests discussed with the local authorities the issue of further reconstruction of Izyum, the security and humanitarian situation in the region. The urgent needs of the region in the military sphere were separately considered.
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❗️The decisive moment in the war will be this spring and early summer, if the Russian offensive fails, Russia and Putin will collapse, - GUR
Important statements by Skibitsky:
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▪️A new attack on Kyiv from Belarus is unlikely, as are active battles in southern Ukraine: the occupiers will defend Crimea;
▪️Donetsk and Lugansk regions are waiting for heavy and decisive battles;
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▪️In February - March, the Russians will try to take control of Kupyansk, Svatovo, Kremennaya, in the direction of the Kharkiv region. The main battlefield will be in the Donbass, this is confirmed by the battles for Bakhmut and Soledar;
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