There are 4 air defense systems in the World capable of intercepting ICBMs and SLBMs with a range of +5,500km

1. America’s 🇺🇸 Ground-Based Interceptors

Only 44 exist, 40 in Alaska and 4 in California, with a max speed of 33 Mach. GBI’s interception rate for ICBMs is 50% to 55% 2. SM-3 Block IIA 🇺🇸

Successfully tested against an ICBM in 2020. It’s ship-launched, has a max speed of 13 Mach and a range of 1,200km to 2,500km

The US has ~100 SM-3 IIA interceptors, with plans for 220 by 2030

SM-3 IIA has an estimated 30% to 40% success rate against ICBMs

Ukraine’s 🇺🇦 Long Range Missiles and Missile-Drones (Thread)

Long Neptune Cruise Missile

Max Range: 1,000km
Speed: 0.72 Mach
Accuracy (CEP): 5 to 15 meters
Cost: $1.5 million
Warhead Size: ~150kg
Production: 3 to 8 per month Flamingo FP-5 Cruise Missile

Max Range: 3,000km
Speed: 0.50 to 0.72 Mach
Warhead: 1,150kg
Accuracy (CEP): 14 meters
Production: 20 to 30 per month
Estimated Survivability: (25% to 50%)

Russia is estimated to have 757 Long Range Precision Missiles remaining

They have 103 X-101 Cruise Missiles, 282 Kalibr Cruise Missiles, 75 Kinzhals, and 297 Iskander-M/K Missiles in stock

Russia produces about 120-130 X-101, Kalibr, Kinzhal, and Iskander-M/K missiles per month Russia has a consistent pattern of launching 100 to 200 X-101 Cruise Missiles in several weeks, then pausing and not firing any for a period of 3 to 6 weeks while waiting to restock their stockpile

They start with one large X-101 missile strike, then do 4-6 smaller X-101 strikes

Polina Menshnykh, a signer from Moscow was singing at concert in Donetsk Oblast for Russian Soldiers from the DPR 🤡 and got killed by a Ukrainian 🇺🇦 HIMARS GMLRS Missile

Her concert ended with a bang 💥

The UK 🇬🇧 has helped Ukraine 🇺🇦 a lot during this invasion, and there have been unnecessary condemnations due to UK’s Defense Minister saying that "people want to see gratitude" for sending Ukraine military aid

UK, its people and its leaders are the biggest supporters of Ukraine The UK has sent Ukraine thousands of NLAWs that have helped Ukraine defend against Russia, especially in stopping Russia’s attack on Kyiv where Russian convoys were ambushed with NLAWs

They sent Ukraine hundreds of StarStreak MANPADS that are one of the best MANPADS in the world

Why Ukraine 🇺🇦 has been using fewer HIMARS missiles lately

Since last June, Ukraine has received at least 20 HIMARS and 13 M270 launchers

If each HIMARS and M270 launcher got fully reloaded and fired daily, it would equate to 275 GMLRS missiles used per day, costing $46 million Over a year that would equate to 100,000 GMLRS missiles fired, costing $17 Billion

Reuters recently reported that Lockheed Martin makes 4,600 GMLRS missiles per year

According to the manufacturer Lockheed Martin, Over 50,000 GMLRS missiles have been produced since the mid-2000s

How Ukraine 🇺🇦 could hit and destroy the Crimean Bridge with 150km GLSDB long-range missiles

First, Ukraine would need to do an offensive and retake the city of Berdyansk

The southernmost part of Berdyansk is 148km from the Kerch Bridge, and GLSDB missiles have a range of 150km Ukraine could either launch GLSDB missiles from the southern part of Berdyansk or from the village of Naberezhne, located about 30km West of Berdyansk

The Crimean Bridge is located 149km from the southern part of Naberezhne, and a part of the bridge is in range of GLSDB missiles

Yesterday Russia struck a hockey rink 35km from the front in the town of Druzhkivka🇺🇦 in Donetsk Oblast

As a result of the strike, part of the rink was destroyed, now Russian sources are claiming that over 100 Ukrainian military soldiers got killed

Here is why that’s propaganda The vast majority of the arena is the hockey rink, and there are spectator seats located on the 2nd floor overlooking the hockey rink

On the 1st floor below the spectator seats there are team benches, a narrow passage way, two small locker rooms for kids, and two small bathrooms

Location of the explosion at Engels Air Base on December 26

Several recent videos showed a large explosion occurring at Russia’s Military Air Base near Saratov

Russian media claims that a drone was shot down and missed the air base by 3km, however video evidence shows otherwise A photo taken from an apartment building facing toward Engels Air Base from approximately 2.3km away shows a large explosion occurring near the corner of the base’s taxiway

Location: 51.511865, 46.223324

7 Reasons why Ukraine’s attack on Saki Airbase was likely done with ATACMS

1. The range of ATACMS is 300km and the Airbase is at least 210km from Ukrainian Controlled Territory

2. The attack happened 1 day after US provided more ammunition for HIMARS and didn’t specify the type 3. In early August, an AGM-88 antiradar missile provided but not publicly disclosed by US was discovered in Russian controlled territory. When asked the Pentagon admitted giving it to Ukraine

Similar to AGM-88, US can be providing ATACMS to Ukraine without publicly disclosing it

Debunking the Russian Ministry of Defense HIMARS destruction video released on July 6th

It takes place in Kodema, Donetsk

Coordinates (48.47202,38.07381)

The objects that were claimed to be destroyed were not two HIMARS Systems, and were most likely four above ground Oil tanks Looking carefully at the 4 tanks close together, it can be seen that the two middle tanks are connected by a small pipeline

Why did Boris Johnson Resign?

1. On June 29, Chris Pincher MP went to a club and sexually harassed women while he was heavily intoxicated. Boris Johnson said he didn’t know of the incident

Later it came out that Boris Johnson was lying and was personally told about the incident 2. Party Gate- In June 2020, Boris Johnson attended a party on his birthday breaking the government’s Covid lockdown rules

Then Johnson stated to the House of Commons that he followed all rules at the party

In reality Johnson and 83 others didn’t follow the rules and were fined

Apparently it’s okay if it’s only 12 dead. The fact that Russia hit a shopping mall with hundreds of people and continuously hits residential buildings and nonmilitary targets. Then gets away with these acts of terrorism everyday is terrible. When will Russia be held accountable?

https://twitter.com/defensepolitics/status/1541541134261923840

That’s like if Al Qaeda did 9/11 and only 20 people died. The fact that Russia attempts this terrorism is enough to be alarmed with. Russia did the same with Chechnya and Syria. Russia does this everyday. They have the audacity to fire at Kyiv where US and European embassies are.