War in Ukraine, technical and military aspects only

[crazyinsane105]

17 hours ago, Roman Alymov said:

Submarines are best survivable when at high seas. In Russian case, they will be destroyed in harbors/bases or at exiting their bases, by surprise attack by diversion groups, cruise missiles, drones and pre-positioned NATO submarines.

Not unless the Russians actually use them properly. Nuke subs can remain underwater for months on end. There’s no reason why Russian subs need to be stationary in the harbor all the time. I also don’t think the Russians are that silly do it either

[Josh]

45 minutes ago, crazyinsane105 said:

New generation of American subs are guaranteed to take really, really long. Not to mention mighty expensive 

The U.S. is still turning one out every year or more, with a goal of 2/year that might be reached by 2027. The problem is how quickly the LA class is hitting its end of life. But it still dwarfs global SSN production, even including the Chinese.

[Josh]

47 minutes ago, crazyinsane105 said:

Not unless the Russians actually use them properly. Nuke subs can remain underwater for months on end. There’s no reason why Russian subs need to be stationary in the harbor all the time. I also don’t think the Russians are that silly do it either

Agreed. Nuclear submarines are something the Russians are top tier at and while they are probably wasting money on their old Soviet large surface combatants, and possibly even the smaller modern ones, it is hard to argue that boats like Yassen are not uniquely capable. It is an industry I think they would regret losing experience in.

[KV7]

There is one thing that is really puzzling me. How is Ukraine holding onto Spirne ? it's an isolated village that has been shelled and UAV attacked on and off with some attention for a year now and repeatedly attacked but it seems to not yet be under serious threat. There is a trench system there but the resupply should be quite difficult as the only way in is a fair way through an open field or a roundabout way through trees that are quite close to Russian positions.

[Roman Alymov]

4 hours ago, KV7 said:

There is one thing that is really puzzling me. How is Ukraine holding onto Spirne ? 

Where is Spirne? May be you are refering to Спорное (Spornoye), settlement in Donetsk region?

About holding positions in almost complete isolation (only communication was food, water and ammunition brought in by drones) for three month - interview with "Akhmad" fighter who was part of the small group holding position for three month. Position not mentioned, but probably it was somewhere on Belogorovka chalk factory https://t.me/boris_rozhin/122303

Edited May 3 by Roman Alymov

[Roman Alymov]

Walkaround M1 Abrams wreck with damage shown (strange it is on wrong side of the hull - or, at least, not where i have expected it to be according to tactical situation in Berdychi) 

 

[KV7]

1 hour ago, Roman Alymov said:

Where is Spirne? May be you are refering to Спорное (Spornoye), settlement in Donetsk region?

About holding positions in almost complete isolation (only communication was food, water and ammunition brought in by drones) for three month - interview with "Akhmad" fighter who was part of the small group holding position for three month. Position not mentioned, but probably it was somewhere on Belogorovka chalk factory https://t.me/boris_rozhin/122303

Yes, Спорное in Donetsk, I think Spirne is the common English term due to the Ukranian name "Спі́рне".
 

[Roman Alymov]

13 minutes ago, KV7 said:

Yes, Спорное in Donetsk, I think Spirne is the common English term due to the Ukranian name "Спі́рне".
 

"Spornoye" literally means "Contested" in Russian.

As far as i understand, it is not stronghold by itself but just landmark of trench network around it - see this videos https://t.me/boris_rozhin/121371  https://t.me/milinfolive/121197

[Josh]

 

[JWB]

 

[Soldier36]

Russian developers of the kamikaze drone "Scalpel" described how they continue to improve the drone. Previously, we provided technical information about the Scalpel drone in the link to the video in the comments to the video. The "Scalpel" drone is a cheap analogue of the Russian kamikaze drone "Lancet", despite the fact that the drone is still being finalized, it is already being supplied to Russian troops to a limited extent. The drone's flight range is currently up to 40 km.

 

 

[Roman Alymov]

Trainload of tanks with foldable "cabrio" anti-drone covers https://t.me/UAVDEV/6406

[JWB]

 

[JWB]

 

[seahawk]

4 hours ago, JWB said:

 

So more stealing from Russia. But everybody knows that NATO is at war with Russia, but the revenge will come and NATO will be defeated.

[Soldier36]

Footage of a damaged American-made Ukrainian M1A1 Abrams tank in the Avdiivka direction. The tank belonged to the 47th separate mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Army; the crew of the M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle came to its aid; it will be shown at the end of the video. In this episode of the battle in Ukraine, it is not clear what hit the tank; it is reported that the strike was caused by a high-precision Krasnopol projectile; according to other sources, ammunition was dropped on the tank from a drone. It is unknown how the tank ended up in the ditch; perhaps it was a mistake by the tank’s driver. Now there is still no footage of the tank being hit in motion. The video shows a tank standing in a ditch, it was reportedly struck by an anti-tank missile system, a Lancet drone, and an artillery strike is also visible nearby. After the tank was destroyed, the crew abandoned it. The M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle came to the aid of the tank, but it was hit by an anti-tank missile system, possibly by a drone; the fate of the crew is unknown.

 

 

[crazyinsane105]

On 5/3/2024 at 8:21 PM, JWB said:

 

How will Ukrainian F-16s reach the altitude required to deploy these effectively without being seen by Mig-31 or S-400 radars? 

[Ssnake]

Yeah, let's discuss opsec relevant details. Great idea.

[seahawk]

5 hours ago, crazyinsane105 said:

How will Ukrainian F-16s reach the altitude required to deploy these effectively without being seen by Mig-31 or S-400 radars? 

They won`t. It is another "Western Wunderwaffe" that will proof to be worthless against superior Russian systems. Just like practically everything the West has delivered.

[Stuart Galbraith]

Presumably it cant be that long before someone starts mating GPS Jammer seeker kits to battlefield drones. After all, if they put air defence around every GPS Jammer they have, that in itself is a mission kill, because they cant be doing other things, like providing air defence to the front line.

As for this one, just by presenting a threat, its already doing its job.

[MiGG0]

Just cycling active GPS jammers, like radars do, would be pretty effective against them.

[KV7]

Very astonishing footage of a Russian one bike, 2 soldier recon operation. Artillery wrecks the bike but they survive and push on on foot. After several near misses from artillery, we see one soldier drop a grenade in a basement and then quickly jump into it seconds before a close 155/152 impact:
 

 

[crazyinsane105]

4 hours ago, MiGG0 said:

Just cycling active GPS jammers, like radars do, would be pretty effective against them.

I assume that it would be quite easy to have decoy GPS jammers set up

6 hours ago, Ssnake said:

Yeah, let's discuss opsec relevant details. Great idea.

Isn’t that what we do on this forum half the time 🤪Or at least attempt to

[Stuart Galbraith]

4 hours ago, MiGG0 said:

Just cycling active GPS jammers, like radars do, would be pretty effective against them.

But if they do that, they aren't going to be doing their primary job, GPS jamming.

[Ssnake]

6 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

Presumably it cant be that long before someone starts mating GPS Jammer seeker kits to battlefield drones. After all, if they put air defence around every GPS Jammer they have, that in itself is a mission kill, because they cant be doing other things, like providing air defence to the front line.

GPS jammers are cheap, why would anyone surround them with air defense units?

If you had three to six with overlapping radiation zones you could cycle through them. Occasionally one would get blasted, and then you go and replace it. Sure, I guess one could also put them on drones, but why bother? You could just as well nail one to a tall tree nearby.