lb3 said:

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Or just restrict the movements of saboteurs.

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That's a lot of political risk and potential internal backfire for something that, to this point, has been a relatively minor factor in the grand scheme of things.

Rossticus said:

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Location: 48.6218, 38.3605 pic.twitter.com/C3TlYJoXbb

— Def Mon (@DefMon3) October 18, 2022

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We sure that's not this?

The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the Russian ammunition depot in Popasna: a powerful explosion was captured on the video - Militarnyi

Since they've been paying for the sat images out of pocket I'd assume that they confirmed that this specific crater wasn't there prior to September. Doubt they'd have specified a date range if they didn't have a prior sat image that supported it.

Rossticus said:

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Since they've been paying for the sat images out of pocket I'd assume that they confirmed that this specific crater wasn't there prior to September. Doubt they'd have specified a date range if they didn't have a prior sat image that supported it.

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Agree. Just weird something like that occurred and there was no mention of it? But if you search for an explosion in Popasna there are countless discussion wrt how massive that ammo depot explosion was.

Ducks4brkfast said:

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Rossticus said:

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Since they've been paying for the sat images out of pocket I'd assume that they confirmed that this specific crater wasn't there prior to September. Doubt they'd have specified a date range if they didn't have a prior sat image that supported it.

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Agree. Just weird something like that occurred and there was no mention of it? But if you search for an explosion in Popasna there are countless discussion wrt how massive that ammo depot explosion was.

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I'm thinking that maybe some things just fall through the cracks with the sheer volume involved at this point.

ISW's @nataliabugayova: Military setbacks will likely worsen schisms in #Putin’s regime, but Western leaders shouldn't underestimate Putin's ability to get his regime or the Russian people “in line” nor #Russia’s ability to normalize a new worse reality.https://t.co/lKgKEPoTix pic.twitter.com/HFZN3k0Elf

— ISW (@TheStudyofWar) October 18, 2022

"The battle for #Kherson will begin in the very near future," said collaborator Stremousov.

He also called for the evacuation of all residents to the other side of the Dnipro river.

The collaborator recorded his last video from the occupied city. pic.twitter.com/vFTDfHhfrB

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) October 18, 2022

Ukrainian volunteers equipped the drone with a machine gun.

Rashists, run! pic.twitter.com/B2EdccXAp3

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) October 18, 2022

The second they attempt this & Russian troops begin leaving their fixed positions, the UAF should assault & massacre them. Destroying those trapped formations will be critical to the overall war effort. https://t.co/thuWVNFVIk

— Patrick Fox (@RealCynicalFox) October 18, 2022

Private PoopyPants said:

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Ukrainian volunteers equipped the drone with a machine gun.

Rashists, run! pic.twitter.com/B2EdccXAp3

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) October 18, 2022

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Looks like a droid from Star Wars

BigOil said:

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Private PoopyPants said:

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Ukrainian volunteers equipped the drone with a machine gun.

Rashists, run! pic.twitter.com/B2EdccXAp3

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) October 18, 2022

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Looks like a droid from Star Wars

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Or Call of Duty.

Before going to bed and having all that chatter of Kherson in mind, let me remind you of one word:

Balakliya

The rest I will leave to your imagination. Good night…

— (((Tendar))) (@Tendar) October 18, 2022

Ducks4brkfast said:

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Rossticus said:

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Since they've been paying for the sat images out of pocket I'd assume that they confirmed that this specific crater wasn't there prior to September. Doubt they'd have specified a date range if they didn't have a prior sat image that supported it.

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Agree. Just weird something like that occurred and there was no mention of it? But if you search for an explosion in Popasna there are countless discussion wrt how massive that ammo depot explosion was.

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I think this building was fertilizer storage and not ammo. You can see the elevator and trailers in pre explosion pics typically used for fertilizer.

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BREAKING: Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet says the company has met with its long-lead supply chain to increase HIMARS production to 96 units annually.

"We advanced funded ahead of contract, $65 million to shorten the manufacturing lead time and that was without a contract."

— Lee Hudson (@LeeHudson_) October 18, 2022

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It's a prudent business decision. Ukraine has been an unimaginably effective advertising grounds for HIMARS. A ton of countries are probably showing interest.

Just like how the Patriot missile systems were sold around the world after continuously intercepting Scuds.

Rossticus said:

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It appears as if Poland will purchase 300 K239s and 200 HIMARS

Poland is a critical client for South Korea's arms industry, along with the UAE which also purchased K239s

— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) October 18, 2022

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I guess they concluded drone guided precision artillery is the future of war in potential eastern European battle grounds.

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Rossticus said:

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BREAKING: Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet says the company has met with its long-lead supply chain to increase HIMARS production to 96 units annually.

"We advanced funded ahead of contract, $65 million to shorten the manufacturing lead time and that was without a contract."

— Lee Hudson (@LeeHudson_) October 18, 2022

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It's a prudent business decision. Ukraine has been an unimaginably effective advertising grounds for HIMARS. A ton of countries are probably showing interest.

Just like how the Patriot missile systems were sold around the world after continuously intercepting Scuds.

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The Patriots used in the gulf war were terrible against the Scuds. Israel finds no evidence that any Patriot ever took out a scud missile and is why they developed the Arrow Missile. At best, the Patriots used in the liberation of Kuwait had about a 6% success rate against Scuds targeting Israel. The PAC-3 missiles have come a long way since the PAC-2s however.

The "stealthiest" drone wins.

If Russia pulls its forces from the other side of the Dnipro it will:
1) Be an impressive and hard fought victory for Ukraine
2) Make it less likely we'll Russian forces collapse in the near term because they'll have more defensible lines.

— Rob Lee (@RALee85) October 18, 2022

Treasury releases a fact sheet on the impact of sanctions on Russia: "Russian hypersonic ballistic missile production has nearly ceased due to the lack of necessary semiconductors used in the manufacturing process." https://t.co/f0wS7diMub pic.twitter.com/CUa841Iy60

— CasualtiesOfTheDay 🇺🇦 (@Ayei_Eloheichem) October 19, 2022

Today's SITREP.

Rossticus said:

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Before going to bed and having all that chatter of Kherson in mind, let me remind you of one word:

Balakliya

The rest I will leave to your imagination. Good night…

— (((Tendar))) (@Tendar) October 18, 2022

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The Ukes may want to rethink their identification symbols. Last time I saw those was on German Panzers outside of Warsaw...

Kots says this is what happened to the 27th Motorized Rifle Brigade near Svatove, which is manned with mobilized soldiers. He says some mobilized soldiers arrived at the front without training. He also notes that other units use cloud cover to move.

— Rob Lee (@RALee85) October 19, 2022

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20,000 AMRAAM is roughly five missiles per aircraft in Russia's pre-war inventory, not counting existing stocks. Seems more likely a good excuse to just restock while the purse strings are open, like I said before.

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Taiwan…

74OA said:

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Today's SITREP.

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Denials of weapon usage is why I am convinced all of the Russian reporting is solely for the duping of their own people as it is painfully obvious that they are lying to the rest of the world.

Also, a quick "ACKTUALLY " moment. Cruise missile =\= ballistic missile. Not even close. Always makes me wince to see that assertion that they are equivalent , like that article does. Figured they'd make the distinction.

Ok, off the high horse now.

Thanks for the link

KHERSON/1250 UTC 18 OCT/ UKR launched 22 aviation strikes targeting 18 Russsian troop & logistical concentrations and 3 RU air defense complexes across all axes of contact. UKR air defense interdicted 38 of 43 Iranian-made Shahed-136 suicide drones, an interception rate of 88%. pic.twitter.com/zQcVcxKqbn

— Chuck Pfarrer | Indications & Warnings | (@ChuckPfarrer) October 18, 2022

Girkin said on his Telegram channel that he was sent to the front line in Ukraine. Girkin is a former Russian FSB agent and a key figure in the start of Russia’s war against Ukraine when he helped seize Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast, in 2014. Ukraine announced a $100,000 bounty.

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) October 18, 2022

MouthBQ98 said:

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GAC06 said:

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20,000 AMRAAM is roughly five missiles per aircraft in Russia's pre-war inventory, not counting existing stocks. Seems more likely a good excuse to just restock while the purse strings are open, like I said before.

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Taiwan…

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My thinking exactly. This is literally the perfect opportunity to stockpile our advanced munitions for our next conflict. For it is definitely coming. It is simply our nature at this point. Stockpile under the guise of arming Ukraine. Even with the capabilities of our best goodies, war is still war and we will never have enough of them. We also have a history of starting major conflicts completely flat footed (at least on the ground) so it would be nice to see the opposite of that.

Not to derail the thread… but could you enlighten a novice on the misconception where it comes to cruise/ballistic?