What is the thing that stands out the most in this Moscow video of an AFU drone striking a Russian refinery _IN_DAYLIGHT_?
IT'S WHAT'S MISSING.
Consider: Where are the VKS fighter jets?
Where Russian Drone Defense vs AFU strategic drone bombing🧵
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IT'S WHAT'S MISSING.
Consider: Where are the VKS fighter jets?
Where Russian Drone Defense vs AFU strategic drone bombing🧵
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https://twitter.com/NatalkaKyiv/status/1830259124690714957
Ukrainian PSU Mig-29's are downing Shaheed's in daylight.
Where are the Russian fighter jets over Moscow?
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Where are the Russian fighter jets over Moscow?
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https://x.com/DaldoWaldo/status/1829599904248803839
Ukrainian PSU Hind helicopters are in the air shooting down Shaheed's in daylight.
Where are the Russian VKS Hind attack choppers over Moscow?
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Where are the Russian VKS Hind attack choppers over Moscow?
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https://x.com/NOELreports/status/1829101520614461931
Ukrainian PSU Hip transport helicopters are in the air shooting down Shaheed's in daylight.
Where are the Russian VKS Hip transport helicopters over Moscow?
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Where are the Russian VKS Hip transport helicopters over Moscow?
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https://x.com/AncientAlien01/status/1828333658027000249
Ukrainian PSU Yak-52 trainers are in the air shooting down observation drones in daylight.
Where are the Russian propeller trainers over Moscow?
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Where are the Russian propeller trainers over Moscow?
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https://x.com/techymag_com/status/1807531109468561877
Ukrainian Territorial Defense flak units are all over Ukraine for more than 18 months shooting down Shaheeds.
Where are the Russian mobile flak units in Moscow?
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Where are the Russian mobile flak units in Moscow?
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https://x.com/PStyle0ne1/status/1709459429597253872
Pointing to a map showing the density of S-300, S-400, and Pantsir surface to air missile launchers misses the reality of Russia's inability to adapt to drones.
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https://x.com/FRHoffmann1/status/1830186178517037192
People looking at this video of a Ukrainian drone being downed by a Pantsir missile (TOR-M SAM have smoke trails) think of it as a successful Russian Defense.
The AFU drone you saw cost between $20K & $99K.
The Russian missile cost $1 million(+).
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The AFU drone you saw cost between $20K & $99K.
The Russian missile cost $1 million(+).
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https://x.com/conflict_live/status/1830265708703514929
Even if you believe the Russian claims of 158 AFU drones killed.
Russia used at least one missile per drone for a minimum of $158 million in defense.
The maximum Ukraine spent on the OWA drones is $15 million. That is a 10 to 1 cost effectiveness
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Russia used at least one missile per drone for a minimum of $158 million in defense.
The maximum Ukraine spent on the OWA drones is $15 million. That is a 10 to 1 cost effectiveness
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https://x.com/TheDeadDistrict/status/1830131687855894801
...advantage for Ukraine.
Four of the five ways Ukraine was defending against Shaheed class drones was with machine gun and cannon fire.
Moscow's obsolete in the face of drone swarm, missile based, defenses were hit with a drone saturation attack at low level on one axis.
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Four of the five ways Ukraine was defending against Shaheed class drones was with machine gun and cannon fire.
Moscow's obsolete in the face of drone swarm, missile based, defenses were hit with a drone saturation attack at low level on one axis.
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As @secretsqrl123 noted during the 9/1/2024 AFU drone swarm over Moscow.
Specific S-300 & Pantsir batteries selected by AFU intelligence had their missile stores exhausted.
Low, slow & cheap drones kept on coming on that route.
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Specific S-300 & Pantsir batteries selected by AFU intelligence had their missile stores exhausted.
Low, slow & cheap drones kept on coming on that route.
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https://x.com/secretsqrl123/status/1830111899930771483
Ths map of AFU drone strikes shows 12 different target areas with Sept 1, 2024 drone impacts/engagements inside Russia.
Many more desired mean points of impact (DMPI) were were represented with those flame tags and each DMPI had multiple drones
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Many more desired mean points of impact (DMPI) were were represented with those flame tags and each DMPI had multiple drones
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...aimed at them.
The oil distillation cracking towers of the Kaputnya refinery near Moscow ate several AFU drones.
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The oil distillation cracking towers of the Kaputnya refinery near Moscow ate several AFU drones.
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https://x.com/EconomicTimes/status/1830245422834528488
Far more impressive was Ukrainian drones took out two major Moscow area power plants.
~86% of Russian railway freight is pulled by electric locomotive engines.
No power in Moscow decapitates both the central rail hub
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~86% of Russian railway freight is pulled by electric locomotive engines.
No power in Moscow decapitates both the central rail hub
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https://x.com/Schizointel/status/1830126269473624133
...for which there are no redundant rail line route arounds as well as natural gas pipeline hub for the Russian federation.
Russian electric engines on depowered rail lines block diesel engine trains.
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Russian electric engines on depowered rail lines block diesel engine trains.
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Small, cheap, low & slow drones are a b*tch of a target for modern integrated air defenses (IADS) in the age of satellite radar interference tracking of all active Russian air defense radars
Turn on a radar under the wrong radar satellites
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Turn on a radar under the wrong radar satellites
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https://x.com/TrentTelenko/status/1699882423083782576
...and it is literally "X" marks the spot.
Two satellite radar interference passes overlayed will draw an "X marks the spot" of the location of a surface to air missile radar in the "C" & "X" bands, which covers most RuAF SAMs.
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Two satellite radar interference passes overlayed will draw an "X marks the spot" of the location of a surface to air missile radar in the "C" & "X" bands, which covers most RuAF SAMs.
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https://x.com/HamWa07/status/1667928552577069056
Ukraine's satellite radar interference tracking and electronic tools like Cambridge Pixel app below together can predict where Russian radar coverage can see low flying drones for drone swarm strikes like the one at Moscow.
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https://x.com/Flankerchan/status/1507732109506408452
Russia has a much larger exposed economic & logistical "cross section" compared to Ukraine.
This means Ukraine has a much more massive target set to demolish via strategic drone bombing.
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This means Ukraine has a much more massive target set to demolish via strategic drone bombing.
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It also means there are too many vital targets for Russian missile defenses to protect that were built with the Soviet Union's "One Big Plant" gigantism.
Precision drone strikes on key power & gas infrastructure feeding those key plants will have disproportionate effects.
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Precision drone strikes on key power & gas infrastructure feeding those key plants will have disproportionate effects.
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