F-22 Shoots Down Chinese Spy Balloon Off Carolinas With Missile.
Photos show the Chinese Balloon being shot down by a F-22 Raptor from Myrtle Beach, SC!
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It's quite interesting the reaction of the idiot Russian propaganda channels.
- The world's first power can't shoot down a balloon π€‘π€‘π€‘
- What is with your face RuZZki? #ChinaBalloon
Project "Hochu Zhit" publisher the names of the 2000 Dead GRU Spetsnaz Soldiers
"We continue to study the losses of the ruSSian army in Ukraine. Earlier, we published a small list of those killed from elite SF centers such as Kubinka, Senezh, and several others. 1/
Now we are publishing a list of those killed from the GRU, Navy, and Ground Forces special units.
The list is not complete and reflects only part of the losses from the beginning of the π·πΊ invasion to March 2025. It includes 2285 servicemen, most of whom were Spetsnaz soldiers 2/
from various GRU brigades: the 2nd, 3rd, 10th, 14th, 16th, 22nd, 24th, 34th, and 346th Spetsnaz bgades; the 25th separate Spetsnaz rgment; and the 389th and 388th naval reconnaissance Spetsnaz points.
The list also includes names of combat divers from the 473rd, 311th, 313th, 3/
A small UPD about the Pokrovsk direction by Kindratyuk
"Well, the situation near Pokrovsk is once again gradually turning critical.
ruSSians has re-occupied Kotlyne and Udachne (yet again) and is moving toward the Pokrovske mine management area β the very same coking coal mine 1/
They enter the mineβs territory in small groups but fail to hold positions for long, as they are quickly eliminated. Still, these are worrying signs.
In the southern part of the city, the occupiers constantly infiltrate the southern neighborhoods in small groups, taking 2/
over apartment buildings.
Our soldiers keep driving them out, but the situation has worsened and is now very difficult.
The only sector still holding is the flank near Rodynske. Itβs holding at a great cost β my nephew, Oleksandr Kindratyuk, was killed there β but it holds.
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βWe Had None, Today We Have a Surplusβ: Zelenskyy on Ukraineβs Artillery Comeback.
President Zelenskyy reflected on πΊπ¦ progress in overcoming past shortages of artillery and ammo, noting that the country has gone from having almost none to producing its own systems in surplus 1/
Zelenskyy made this statement in an interview on Oct 9.
βFor exple, when we had major problems w/ artilleryβat one point, we simply had noneβwe started using other means,β he said -Today we have artillery systems that we manufacture ourselves; we already have a surplus of them 2/
However, He explained that challenges remain with the 155mm caliberβthe NATO standard πΊπ¦ is gradually adopting.
He noted that even w/ enough artillery systems available, not all units can transition from older Soviet guns because the supply of 155mm shells is still limited 3/
The War Zone has published an interesting interview with Andriy Hertsenyuk, the new head of Ukraineβs state defense technology cluster Brave1, regarding ongoing efforts to develop indigenous air defense systems.
According to him, a missile program was launched in 2024, and 1/
currently dozens of companies are working on missiles of various classes, particularly surface-to-air. Several companies already have ready-made solutions undergoing testing at proving grounds and, in some cases, under combat conditions. At least some interceptors designed to
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counter cruise missiles are known to be undergoing trials in Kyiv and Chernihiv regions.
In addition to missile development, there is also a need for new launchers.Although everything that can be restored or modernized is being put into use(the FrankenSam program, in which the
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The 1st documented use of the M712 Copperhead 155mm shell by the ZSU.
- Unit - SOF
- Location - Kursk
- Target - communication tower (between the Pravda and Martinivka settlements)
- Aiming device - a Leonardo's Type 163 LTD.
- Distance to the target 2256 meter.
- Gun - M777. 1/
- The 1st round - direct hit to the target (most antennas were damaged or destroyed)
- The 2nd round - direct hit, the tower was partially leaning
- The 3rd round - missed its target, reason - seeker's malfunction
The M712 is a ShCh round, so it was unable to destroy the tower 2/
The M777 crew had only three M712 rounds, so after that SOF group returned back.
Conclusion:
- The Type 163 LTD must illuminate the target straight or from down to up, from up to down designation don't recommend - target can reflect laser beam and affect the round seeker 3/