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Multiple media sources are claiming Russia intercepted a pair of Ukrainian S-200 surface to air missiles repurposed as ballistic missiles fired into Southern Russia near Rostov on the Don.
This is the Economic Times of India.
Ukraine's ersatz ATACMS🧵
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This is the Economic Times of India.
Ukraine's ersatz ATACMS🧵
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economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/m…
This is a Ukrainian media link on the attack pointing to Taganrog, Russia.
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pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/…
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pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/…
Oleksiy Danilov's Facebook, OTOH, says it's incompetent Russian air defenses causing the damage.
This is Danilov trolling the Russians for their claims that the Odesa cathedral was caused by a Ukrainian defense missile.😈
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This is Danilov trolling the Russians for their claims that the Odesa cathedral was caused by a Ukrainian defense missile.😈
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The impact site in Russia is 170 km from the front lines, so this is reasonable for a converted S-200 5V28 SAM.
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https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1684949587566407680
And this is a video of the converted 5V28 missile impact.
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https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1684985290656493568
While the S-200 missile launcher is intended for fixed site firings.
Both the 5V28 missile and its S-200 launcher are easily road mobile with a semi-tractor trailer rig.
Ukraine has likely improved this gear for faster set up and displacement.
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Both the 5V28 missile and its S-200 launcher are easily road mobile with a semi-tractor trailer rig.
Ukraine has likely improved this gear for faster set up and displacement.
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The Ukrainian warstock of the legacy S-200 '5V28' missiles is abundant.
One of the articles by Zgurets I have quoted in an earlier Ukrainian SAM fleet thread said PSU had around 1,000 rounds.
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One of the articles by Zgurets I have quoted in an earlier Ukrainian SAM fleet thread said PSU had around 1,000 rounds.
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Eastern European NATO members could almost double those numbers.
Poland was retiring two batteries as the current war kicked off.
Moldova retired their S-200 battery.
Bulgaria still operates this relic.
The Czechs had two batteries.
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Poland was retiring two batteries as the current war kicked off.
Moldova retired their S-200 battery.
Bulgaria still operates this relic.
The Czechs had two batteries.
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Other than Bulgaria, what happened to the various East European NATO nation's warstock has never been explained.
Given the 5V28 missile uses the same propellant supply as the SA-2 GUIDLINE, and Bulgaria still has active stocks. Providing fuel for PSU 5V28 missile strikes
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Given the 5V28 missile uses the same propellant supply as the SA-2 GUIDLINE, and Bulgaria still has active stocks. Providing fuel for PSU 5V28 missile strikes
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...is a non-issue.
The 5V28 range limit will be set by the fuel tank powering the turbogenerator that powers the electrical bus that feeds the guidance electronics.
The 345 km range 5V28D missile would be using larger propellant tanks for the turbo-generator package.
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The 5V28 range limit will be set by the fuel tank powering the turbogenerator that powers the electrical bus that feeds the guidance electronics.
The 345 km range 5V28D missile would be using larger propellant tanks for the turbo-generator package.
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The 5I43 (or later 5I47I) is a 65 SHP turbogenerator spun up prelaunch by a one shot gas cartridge, upon which the hypergolic fuel is introduced into the gas generator and used to drive the turbine.
In turn the turbine transfers torque to the main fuel pumps, a hydraulic
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In turn the turbine transfers torque to the main fuel pumps, a hydraulic
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...pump, and a pair of electrical generators, with additional electrical transformers embedded in the unit.
Unlike a ballistic missile, where control power is irrelevant once the main engine has ceased its burn, a 5V28 SAM requires power to its systems until impact. As
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Unlike a ballistic missile, where control power is irrelevant once the main engine has ceased its burn, a 5V28 SAM requires power to its systems until impact. As
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...a result the 5I43/5I47I turbogenerator uses its own isolated fuel system, but burning the same fuel type as the 5V28 SAM cruise engine.
Given the range of the impact from the front lines, Ukraine has replaced the command guidance kit with some form of GPS/inertial
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Given the range of the impact from the front lines, Ukraine has replaced the command guidance kit with some form of GPS/inertial
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...guidance kit.
What this means is Ukraine's "Ersatz ATACMS" can be used without US imposed usage restrictions or geofencing software baggage on targets that can be hit, like with GMLRS.
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What this means is Ukraine's "Ersatz ATACMS" can be used without US imposed usage restrictions or geofencing software baggage on targets that can be hit, like with GMLRS.
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The 5V28 SAM warhead is in the same lethality class as the ATACMS frag-blast unitary warhead.
This is just the thing you need to destroy the electric train infrastructure of the marshaling yard at Rostov-on-the-Don and possibly set off a RuAF munitions train there.
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This is just the thing you need to destroy the electric train infrastructure of the marshaling yard at Rostov-on-the-Don and possibly set off a RuAF munitions train there.
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This link has everything you wanted to know about the legacy Soviet S-200 surface to air missile system:
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