It seems prolonging the war and extending the time frame was the Russian plan. Now slowly people will get saturated with news from Ukraine around the world and no one will care much.
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It's not working out for them, as the war drags on Ukraine ability to strike Russian assets inside Russia keeps increasing and increasing. This makes it fundamentally different to any Vietnam/Afghanistan type scenario, not that the death toll being inflicted on Russia didn't make it different anyway.
If they could support that they wouldn't have withdrawn from Kherson. I also think that any Russian boots on Moldovan soil right now would result in a direct NATO attack on those troops anyway.Which has taken a decade. Evidence of these 20 is also scarce.
This last 7 month campaign by Russia only succeeded in taking 0.051% back, the Ukrainian 3 month offensive last summer took 0.165%. Russia's offensive as weak meat assaults these day and they are receiving real damage to economic infrastructure and military assets deep behind their lines every other day now, and it's only increasing. At this rate Russia's oil and gas production/revenue could be halved by the end of the year.
That's irrelevant. The minute the UAF fails to defend Donbas, they will fail to defend the rest of the country. It will become a rout.
Unlike Americans, they are producing developed aircraft. That's a problem.
It's Ukraine that needs 500,000 new troops. Recall this name: Zaluzhny? The guy who's been fighting Russia all this time. Well, he's been fired, 'cause he was getting too powerful for Zelensky's britches. Now he's drinking tea with Sunak. So yeah good luck to the Ukrainians.
It's time for NATO to send mercenaries to Ukraine.
And WB is predicting a default for Ukraine next year.
Apparently, men between the ages of 25 and 60 have to mobilize. The exception being those who can pay $520 a month to escape the draft, 'cause Ukraine needs money. Those are the critical workers. And, apparently, of the 3.7 million left, 2 million can pay out of the draft.
No doofus, RuAF is about to witness its peak after Soviet times. Su-57M has hit full rate production which means over 20 jets per year, S-70 Okhotnik-B has entered production too. They are still inducting 4++ Flankers like Su-30SM2 and Su-35S along with Su-34M. Some say that even Mig-35 production may get a boost in-order to increase the overall force structure.
Their last 'batch' of flankers had two aircraft. In the long run, Russia is f'cked and right now NATO and the current US administration is working on doing an end-run around any potential Trump presidency, so he can't stop weapon supplies to Ukraine even if he gets in.
US/UK/NATO has awakened a sleeping lion which will maul all hyenas(read NATO) single-handedly. Continue to live in denial.
Le ministère des Armées va commander 500 nouvelles bombes AASM (Safran)
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French Ministry of Defence to order 500 new AASM bombs (Safran)
After promising to deliver 600 AASMs to Ukraine in 2024, the French Ministry of Defence is to order new bombs from Safran to replenish stocks held by the French Air Force and Navy. The order is for around 500 bombs.reserved for subscribers
With a range of around 80 km when powered by a Roxel engine, the AASM enables simultaneous air-to-ground and multi-target (fixed and mobile) strikes with decametric or metric precision (Credits: Ministry of Defence).
According to corroborating sources, the French Ministry of Defence is preparing to order a new batch of AASM (Armement air-sol modulaire) bombs designed by Safran. According to our information, this order, for around 500 AASMs, is intended to renew (recomplete in military jargon) the stocks held by the French Air Force and Navy, with a view to equipping the Rafale fighter.
This renewal is incomplete compared with the deliveries promised to Ukraine. Under a government-to-government agreement, France has promised to deliver 50 AASMs per month in 2024, starting in January. That's 600 rocket-propelled bombs - the model chosen by Kiev - delivered over one year. They will probably be used in Ukraine to arm MiG-29 Fulcrum, one of the main aircraft still used by the Ukrainian Air Force (UAF).
Bombs deemed immune to jamming
"The French air force and navy regularly use it successfully during external operations, in particular for its flexibility of use whatever the weather conditions and its extreme precision", explains the DGA on the Ministry of Defence website.
The UAF, which already uses many AASMs for long-range strikes, is said to be very satisfied with this weapon system, which it considers highly effective. And Kiev is already reportedly asking Paris to increase deliveries of these gliding bombs, which are reputed to be immune to jamming. With a range of around 80 km when powered by a Roxel engine, this bomb can be used for simultaneous air-to-ground and multi-target (fixed and mobile) strikes with decametric or metric precision. A low-cost model (without engine) has also been developed for the French army, which has used this version extensively, particularly in the Sahel. This weapon complements the Scalp missiles, which are reserved primarily for high-value targets located deep within an enemy territory or system. Until 2023, France had planned to equip the French army with 1,748 AASMs, all of which were delivered before 2019.
Safran, capable of increasing production rates
The Ministry of the Armed Forces has adopted the strategy of delivering to Ukraine complex munitions (Scalp cruise missiles, Aster missiles, AASMs, etc.) that are close to their expiry date. In this way, the Ministry can "play with stocks to ensure that Ukraine benefits from as much ammunition as possible, particularly for the most complex missiles, by playing with the expiry dates", as La Tribune explains. This ensures that the French army has sufficient recent stocks of ammunition for its own missions. What's more, the ministry avoids spending money on upgrading obsolete ammunition, or even recycling it at the end of its life.
Safran claims to be capable of doubling its production rates for AASMs manufactured at Montluçon in the Allier region. But to do so, it needs visibility. On 15 February, when presenting his group's 2023 results, CEO Olivier Andriès explained that Safran was "capable of increasing its production rate. Today, our production capacity is not saturated. We can ramp up production fairly quickly. And if we have to go beyond that, we're ready to invest to increase our industrial capacity, but it has to make sense. What orders do you have coming up? We're not just going to invest like that. Safran's current production capacity, which currently only works with export orders, should therefore be sufficient to produce this future AASM order from the Ministry.
Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
French Ministry of Defence to order 500 new AASM bombs (Safran)
After promising to deliver 600 AASMs to Ukraine in 2024, the French Ministry of Defence is to order new bombs from Safran to replenish stocks held by the French Air Force and Navy. The order is for around 500 bombs.reserved for subscribers
With a range of around 80 km when powered by a Roxel engine, the AASM enables simultaneous air-to-ground and multi-target (fixed and mobile) strikes with decametric or metric precision (Credits: Ministry of Defence).
According to corroborating sources, the French Ministry of Defence is preparing to order a new batch of AASM (Armement air-sol modulaire) bombs designed by Safran. According to our information, this order, for around 500 AASMs, is intended to renew (recomplete in military jargon) the stocks held by the French Air Force and Navy, with a view to equipping the Rafale fighter.
This renewal is incomplete compared with the deliveries promised to Ukraine. Under a government-to-government agreement, France has promised to deliver 50 AASMs per month in 2024, starting in January. That's 600 rocket-propelled bombs - the model chosen by Kiev - delivered over one year. They will probably be used in Ukraine to arm MiG-29 Fulcrum, one of the main aircraft still used by the Ukrainian Air Force (UAF).
Bombs deemed immune to jamming
"The French air force and navy regularly use it successfully during external operations, in particular for its flexibility of use whatever the weather conditions and its extreme precision", explains the DGA on the Ministry of Defence website.
The UAF, which already uses many AASMs for long-range strikes, is said to be very satisfied with this weapon system, which it considers highly effective. And Kiev is already reportedly asking Paris to increase deliveries of these gliding bombs, which are reputed to be immune to jamming. With a range of around 80 km when powered by a Roxel engine, this bomb can be used for simultaneous air-to-ground and multi-target (fixed and mobile) strikes with decametric or metric precision. A low-cost model (without engine) has also been developed for the French army, which has used this version extensively, particularly in the Sahel. This weapon complements the Scalp missiles, which are reserved primarily for high-value targets located deep within an enemy territory or system. Until 2023, France had planned to equip the French army with 1,748 AASMs, all of which were delivered before 2019.
Safran, capable of increasing production rates
The Ministry of the Armed Forces has adopted the strategy of delivering to Ukraine complex munitions (Scalp cruise missiles, Aster missiles, AASMs, etc.) that are close to their expiry date. In this way, the Ministry can "play with stocks to ensure that Ukraine benefits from as much ammunition as possible, particularly for the most complex missiles, by playing with the expiry dates", as La Tribune explains. This ensures that the French army has sufficient recent stocks of ammunition for its own missions. What's more, the ministry avoids spending money on upgrading obsolete ammunition, or even recycling it at the end of its life.
Safran claims to be capable of doubling its production rates for AASMs manufactured at Montluçon in the Allier region. But to do so, it needs visibility. On 15 February, when presenting his group's 2023 results, CEO Olivier Andriès explained that Safran was "capable of increasing its production rate. Today, our production capacity is not saturated. We can ramp up production fairly quickly. And if we have to go beyond that, we're ready to invest to increase our industrial capacity, but it has to make sense. What orders do you have coming up? We're not just going to invest like that. Safran's current production capacity, which currently only works with export orders, should therefore be sufficient to produce this future AASM order from the Ministry.
Give me a break, they have a shitload of forces guarding the rest of the border and they have a large surplus of troops preparing for the next offensive. They can take over Russian border towns in the space of a few minutes at will. Russia has spent 7 months taking back less than a third of the territory it lost in 3 months last summer.
WTF? Where do you get that America isn't producing aircraft from?
And unlike Russia they're producing more than they're losing. They're producing >100 F-35s alone each year FFS. You are like a forum version of Hindustan Times. You either invert facts or just make them up from scratch.
Lockheed Martin F-35 jet enters full production
The U.S. Department of Defense has announced that the F-35 has been approved for 'Full Rate Production', with over 900 already having been delivered.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
Yeah sure, Ukraine spent just 3 months attacking and took >3 times as much land as Russia has taken in 7 months, but you think the UAF is losing troops faster than Russia, because running into enemy fire is safer than being in a trench right?
It's time for you to stop reading Hindustan Times.
Zero hits on Google.
Russia's armored assault at Avdiivka started early Oct, of 2023 their starting point was 2km east of the city so it took them almost 6 months and more than a division worth of men and armored vehicles to cross 10kms to take the city center and stopped 2km west of the town and keep getting stopped by Ukraine forces. All this happening while Ukraine is supposedly short on men and ammo.Give me a break, they have a shitload of forces guarding the rest of the border and they have a large surplus of troops preparing for the next offensive. They can take over Russian border towns in the space of a few minutes at will. Russia has spent 7 months taking back less than a third of the territory it lost in 3 months last summer.
WTF? Where do you get that America isn't producing aircraft from?
Lockheed Martin F-35 jet enters full production
The U.S. Department of Defense has announced that the F-35 has been approved for 'Full Rate Production', with over 900 already having been delivered.
Yeah sure, Ukraine spent just 3 months attacking and took >3 times as much land as Russia has taken in 7 months, but you think the UAF is losing troops faster than Russia, because running into enemy fire is safer than being in a trench right?
It's time for you to stop reading Hindustan Times.
Zero hits on Google.
Bakhmut... Russians haven't been able to leave the town center they managed 2-3kms west of the ruins and keep getting hammered every time they try to advance costing them thousands of men and hundreds of armored vehicles and like Avdiivka the Russians armored assault on Bakhmut started a mile +. Bakhmut and Avdiivka were frontline towns when Russia began their assault on them.
Vuhledar... They haven't been able to take it but it has cost them by now over a division worth of men and armored vehicles. This kind of WW1 warfare isn't sustainable for Mordor and eventually something is going to break.
The video shows an assault by a Russian unit, with the support of armored vehicles, on a stronghold of the Ukrainian army in the Novomikhailovka area. The video has been shortened, the dead Ukrainian soldiers are hidden. The Ukrainian army reportedly stormed the stronghold for two days afterwards, but was unable to retake it.
Oh sure, they can't even manage 20 Su-35s or Su-34s. The last batch of Su-34s was two.
You're a comic book. You think we're living in denial but you're living next to China and think Russia will help you.
Russia's offensive has lost ~1 man per square metre.
Where did you pull this fairy tale from? A lot of the occupied territories were evacuated. Not only men are fighting. Lastly, how many North Vietnamese were they? Answer: Half as many as there are Ukrainians.
How many oil refineries does Russia have left in operation? How many drones are Ukraine producing? They're going to kill the Russian economy and that will end the war. This year was worse than last year for strikes inside Russia, and last year was worse than 2022. There's a pattern there. By 2030, the Russian economy will be getting the shit completely kicked out of it and Hrim-2s will be taking out Russian defence HQs in Moscow. Hell Ukraine could even have nukes by then, after all, all the USSR's best rocket designers came from Ukraine.
Russia - 145 million disabled (learning difficulties).
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