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So they used a SAM to strike a ground target?

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aggiehawg said:

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So they used a SAM to strike a ground target?

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I'm confused as well.

What are hypersonic missiles designed to do?

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aggiehawg said:

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So they used a SAM to strike a ground target?

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I'm confused as well.

What are hypersonic missiles designed to do?

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aggiehawg said:

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So they used a SAM to strike a ground target?

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I'm confused as well.

What are hypersonic missiles designed to do?

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Hypersonic weapons are supposed to be the next generation in missile technology. The kind of damage they do will be based on the payload of the warhead attached to the missile. It could be conventional or nuclear. Delivery would be limited by the range of the missile.

I have not seen any independent confirmation that the Russians have actually used a hypersonic missile. Even if they have, it would have been one of their experimental, prototype units. They will not have many of these and they were probably developed at huge expense. This seems counter to various reports of the Russians holding back on use of precision guided munitions because of the limited supply and large cost of the weapons.

I think this is probably a propaganda statement trying to pump up Russian military capability.

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Using these advanced weapons would be a tacit admission that their current weapon supplies are running low and/or are ineffective, no?

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agent-maroon said:

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Using these advanced weapons would be a tacit admission that their current weapon supplies are running low and/or are ineffective, no?

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RebelE Infantry said:

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Using these advanced weapons would be a tacit admission that their current weapon supplies are running low and/or are ineffective, no?

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Not necessarily. We have had over 2 decades of constant war to test our new weapons technologies in real world environments. This is Russias chance to combat prove their new weapons.

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U.S. Air ForceAGM-183 Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW pronounced "arrow")

The Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) is an air-launched hypersonic missile carried first by a rocket motor before deploying a hypersonic glide vehicle with a conventional warhead. The ARRW is said to have a maximum speed of better than Mach 20 and a range of approximately 575 miles.

Projected Deployment: 2022-2023

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Using these advanced weapons would be a tacit admission that their current weapon supplies are running low and/or are ineffective, no?

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Not necessarily. We have had over 2 decades of constant war to test our new weapons technologies in real world environments. This is Russias chance to combat prove their new weapons.

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I assume the FIM-92 Stinger is one of the new toys?

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agent-maroon said:

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Using these advanced weapons would be a tacit admission that their current weapon supplies are running low and/or are ineffective, no?

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Not necessarily. We have had over 2 decades of constant war to test our new weapons technologies in real world environments. This is Russias chance to combat prove their new weapons.

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agent-maroon said:

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Using these advanced weapons would be a tacit admission that their current weapon supplies are running low and/or are ineffective, no?

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Not necessarily. We have had over 2 decades of constant war to test our new weapons technologies in real world environments. This is Russias chance to combat prove their new weapons.

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Fair point. Would think that they would delay a demonstration until they weren't struggling against a supposedly inferior fighting force & without a relatively high risk of further embarrassment, but that's just my opinion.

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WesMaroon&White said:

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Some of the footage from yesterday's TV broadcast of the #Luzhniki concert strikingly matched a video from a year ago. pic.twitter.com/VQnJNsqVU1

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) March 19, 2022

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Ag In Ok said:

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At that speed, is a warhead even needed? The energy at impact would be extraordinary, it's as if a warhead would slow it down and reduce the impact.

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562 #Russian servicemen are now in #Ukrainian captivity

This was stated by the Minister of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories, Iryna Vereshchuk, on the TSN TV channel. pic.twitter.com/EcvzkfAIjl

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) March 19, 2022

"Every product and every euro that feeds the Russian economy kills Ukrainians," the activists say.https://t.co/gDqxRXrPWw

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 19, 2022

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So they used a SAM to strike a ground target?

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I'm confused as well.

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The Ukrainians continue to flood the Irpin River floodplain in order to block the Russian advance into Kyiv.

This is what it looks like now in the village of Demydiv. pic.twitter.com/9G6IhscJOZ

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) March 19, 2022

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Isn't the M14 full auto?

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⚡️ NATO to send air defense systems to Slovakia.

Germany and the Netherlands will deliver MIM-104 Patriot PAC-3 air defense systems to Slovakia.

Prior, Slovak Defense Minister said that his country would transfer the Soviet-made S-300 air defense systems to Ukraine.

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 19, 2022