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@BNONews @AggregateOsint: There probably is very few to no hostages remaining alive.
@BNONews @AggregateOsint: There probably is very few to no hostages remaining alive.
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@RpsAgainstTrump: She is Melania’s replacement, she’s Trump’s current girlfriend.
@RpsAgainstTrump: She is Melania’s replacement, she’s Trump’s current girlfriend.
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@RpsAgainstTrump: The coolest plane, has she ever seen the inside of an Emirates Airbus A380?
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@RpsAgainstTrump: The coolest plane, has she ever seen the inside of an Emirates Airbus A380?
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@KyivIndependent: Maybe if they gave Ukraine more than one Patriot system then they wouldn’t have to be repairing that much infrastructure. US military aid to Ukraine has been a massive disappointment in the past year. It’s down over 75% on average the past 12 months from what it was before
@KyivIndependent: Maybe if they gave Ukraine more than one Patriot system then they wouldn’t have to be repairing that much infrastructure. US military aid to Ukraine has been a massive disappointment in the past year. It’s down over 75% on average the past 12 months from what it was before
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@Howitzer203: It’s not a single block, but it gives you a good picture of what US has sent. Breaking it down into all blocks and how much was sent
~4,000 Tomahawk Cruise Missiles
+6,500 JASSM-ER, JASSM Cruise Missiles
+2,200 ATACMS Missiles
~650 SLAM-ER Cruise Missiles
Total of all missiles (above): +13,350
All of the above are unitary or cluster missiles without nuclear warheads.
The remaining missiles: US also has a small but unknown number of PRSM missiles that will replace ATACMS. Delivery started last year, and they plan to obtain over 4,000 PRSMs from 1000km to replace all ATACMS missiles, many of which are expired; US has been sending both expired and unexpired ATACMS to Ukraine, and they both work very well. US also has 520 AGM-86B cruise missiles with nuclear warheads, which can be launched from B-52Hs. US also has LRASM anti-ship cruise missiles, likely over 200 of them, and plans for thousands. They may also have some hypersonics and plan to develop more long-range missiles, including cruise missiles. In total, they have 14,000 long-range missiles, with +13,350 long-range missiles listed in detail above. This does not include any of the long-range intercontinental ballistic missiles.
US initially gave Ukraine in October of 2023 around 15-20 of their oldest ATACMS missiles for 165km. Then, they did not send any additional ATACMS until March, when they gave 100 missiles. Ukraine started using them twice a week successfully, destroying air bases, S-400s, radars, and command posts. Then there were two more packages where US had a couple dozen more ATACMS. The strikes have drastically decreased in the previous three months and stopped in the past month. This month, the US gave the least direct military aid they have ever sent in 2022 through mid-2023.
Overall, military aid has drastically decreased, and ATACMS deliveries have also noticeably decreased. The reason for pointing out 1.4% shows how little the US has sent of its long-range missiles to Ukraine; they have sent only one type of missile to Ukraine and now deliver it in small quantities. Just like more deliveries in the war, they appear not to be done to make a difference, for example, 31 tanks, 6 F-16s in 2.5 years, and 1 Patriot system, but instead, as a gesture of goodwill to checkmark a box that they sent the weapons Ukraine asked for but in insignificant quantities. If US were serious about Ukraine aid, they would continue ATACMS deliveries, increasing them and allowing for many ATACMS, JASSM, and SLAM-ER to be sent. Instead, they are doing the bare minimum in overall aid and long-range missile shipments. They are sending such a small level of aid that Ukrainian lines are nearly collapsing in the Donetsk region; they are outnumbered in everything.
@Howitzer203: It’s not a single block, but it gives you a good picture of what US has sent. Breaking it down into all blocks and how much was sent
~4,000 Tomahawk Cruise Missiles
+6,500 JASSM-ER, JASSM Cruise Missiles
+2,200 ATACMS Missiles
~650 SLAM-ER Cruise Missiles
Total of all missiles (above): +13,350
All of the above are unitary or cluster missiles without nuclear warheads.
The remaining missiles: US also has a small but unknown number of PRSM missiles that will replace ATACMS. Delivery started last year, and they plan to obtain over 4,000 PRSMs from 1000km to replace all ATACMS missiles, many of which are expired; US has been sending both expired and unexpired ATACMS to Ukraine, and they both work very well. US also has 520 AGM-86B cruise missiles with nuclear warheads, which can be launched from B-52Hs. US also has LRASM anti-ship cruise missiles, likely over 200 of them, and plans for thousands. They may also have some hypersonics and plan to develop more long-range missiles, including cruise missiles. In total, they have 14,000 long-range missiles, with +13,350 long-range missiles listed in detail above. This does not include any of the long-range intercontinental ballistic missiles.
US initially gave Ukraine in October of 2023 around 15-20 of their oldest ATACMS missiles for 165km. Then, they did not send any additional ATACMS until March, when they gave 100 missiles. Ukraine started using them twice a week successfully, destroying air bases, S-400s, radars, and command posts. Then there were two more packages where US had a couple dozen more ATACMS. The strikes have drastically decreased in the previous three months and stopped in the past month. This month, the US gave the least direct military aid they have ever sent in 2022 through mid-2023.
Overall, military aid has drastically decreased, and ATACMS deliveries have also noticeably decreased. The reason for pointing out 1.4% shows how little the US has sent of its long-range missiles to Ukraine; they have sent only one type of missile to Ukraine and now deliver it in small quantities. Just like more deliveries in the war, they appear not to be done to make a difference, for example, 31 tanks, 6 F-16s in 2.5 years, and 1 Patriot system, but instead, as a gesture of goodwill to checkmark a box that they sent the weapons Ukraine asked for but in insignificant quantities. If US were serious about Ukraine aid, they would continue ATACMS deliveries, increasing them and allowing for many ATACMS, JASSM, and SLAM-ER to be sent. Instead, they are doing the bare minimum in overall aid and long-range missile shipments. They are sending such a small level of aid that Ukrainian lines are nearly collapsing in the Donetsk region; they are outnumbered in everything.
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@SteveCo64124536 @KyivIndependent: That’s IRIS-T and they don’t have enough cruise missile air defense systems. Even if their entire country was defended by IRIS-Ts, they wouldn’t be able to intercept Iskander-M, Kinzhal, or Kh-22. They need Patriots for that, Patriot also can intercept both cruise and ballistics.
@SteveCo64124536 @KyivIndependent: That’s IRIS-T and they don’t have enough cruise missile air defense systems. Even if their entire country was defended by IRIS-Ts, they wouldn’t be able to intercept Iskander-M, Kinzhal, or Kh-22. They need Patriots for that, Patriot also can intercept both cruise and ballistics.
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@rulepanic @KyivIndependent: Out of those main ones, 1 Patriot was delivered by the US, 4 to 10 Vampire systems (4-10 small trucks), 4 NASAMS systems, and maybe 1 to 2 ancient Hawk systems after 2.5 years of war. Of over 1,300 Iskander-Ms launched, only ~4% were intercepted because they lack Patriot systems.
@rulepanic @KyivIndependent: Out of those main ones, 1 Patriot was delivered by the US, 4 to 10 Vampire systems (4-10 small trucks), 4 NASAMS systems, and maybe 1 to 2 ancient Hawk systems after 2.5 years of war. Of over 1,300 Iskander-Ms launched, only ~4% were intercepted because they lack Patriot systems.
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@ukraine_map @rulepanic @KyivIndependent: What US sent is enough to defend Kyiv from ballistics, and 2-3 other cities from cruise missiles. That’s it. If US would be serious about sending aid, they’d send 5 Patriots, order them for Ukraine too, send more than 20 Avengers to launch Stingers, which US has hundreds of, etc.
@ukraine_map @rulepanic @KyivIndependent: What US sent is enough to defend Kyiv from ballistics, and 2-3 other cities from cruise missiles. That’s it. If US would be serious about sending aid, they’d send 5 Patriots, order them for Ukraine too, send more than 20 Avengers to launch Stingers, which US has hundreds of, etc.
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@SteveCo64124536 @KyivIndependent: Mainly the delivery of 10 Patriot and SAMP-T batteries (at least 5 more being PAC-3), on top of the ones pledged from other countries, bringing Ukraine to 18 Patriot Batteries. The delivery of all remaining 9 NASAMS and 8 IRIS-T SLM systems. The delivery of dozens more Hawk systems, Vampire air defense launchers, many more anti-drone systems including electronic warfare against recon drones, and the delivery of dozens more well-equipped F-16s.
That would be enough for Ukraine to defend its most important cities and assets from Russian cruise and ballistic missiles. Right now, Ukraine has 3 Patriots and 1 SAMP-T, half of them defend Kyiv. Meaning only 1-2 other areas are defended at times. The vast majority of the country, over +90% of the populated cities, air bases, and infrastructure is not defended at all against Russian ballistic missiles.
With cruise missiles, Ukraine has much stronger defense but it is not enough, of the 13 pledged NASAMS only 4 were delivered, the production is taking much longer than it was supposed too. The same situation is with IRIS-T SLM where 4 batteries of 12 have been delivered. With F-16s only 6 of +80 of them have been delivered. At least 24 Vampire Trucks were pledged by US, which is a very low number, and 4 to 10 have been delivered. The deliveries are taking forever, and US is not pledging more Patriot systems or ordering any new ones.
Ukraine’s main air defense needs are
1. Patriot, SAMP-T for Ballistics
2. Hawk, Vampire, Avenger, and Electronic Warfare Systems for recon drones
3. NASAMS, IRIS-T SLM, F-16s for cruise missiles
This does not take into account glide bombs, for which F-16s would need to be upgraded and equipped with the best AMRAAMs to intercept Russian jets, and Ukraine would need to be allowed to strike Russia with ATACMS, JASSM, Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG to take out fighter jets and other storage and platforms launching missiles. Europe and US could easily take care of at least one of those problems in air defense by sending several more Patriot and SAMP-T systems which they have around 90 of, as well as quickly delivering the ones they have recently pledged. Ukraine only needs 10 additional Patriots to have a much stronger defense. They could increase training on F-16s and do more upgrades. US could send many more Avengers and Hawk systems. But instead the US is doing the bare minimum in all types of aid for Ukraine including ammunition, cluster munitions.
@SteveCo64124536 @KyivIndependent: Mainly the delivery of 10 Patriot and SAMP-T batteries (at least 5 more being PAC-3), on top of the ones pledged from other countries, bringing Ukraine to 18 Patriot Batteries. The delivery of all remaining 9 NASAMS and 8 IRIS-T SLM systems. The delivery of dozens more Hawk systems, Vampire air defense launchers, many more anti-drone systems including electronic warfare against recon drones, and the delivery of dozens more well-equipped F-16s.
That would be enough for Ukraine to defend its most important cities and assets from Russian cruise and ballistic missiles. Right now, Ukraine has 3 Patriots and 1 SAMP-T, half of them defend Kyiv. Meaning only 1-2 other areas are defended at times. The vast majority of the country, over +90% of the populated cities, air bases, and infrastructure is not defended at all against Russian ballistic missiles.
With cruise missiles, Ukraine has much stronger defense but it is not enough, of the 13 pledged NASAMS only 4 were delivered, the production is taking much longer than it was supposed too. The same situation is with IRIS-T SLM where 4 batteries of 12 have been delivered. With F-16s only 6 of +80 of them have been delivered. At least 24 Vampire Trucks were pledged by US, which is a very low number, and 4 to 10 have been delivered. The deliveries are taking forever, and US is not pledging more Patriot systems or ordering any new ones.
Ukraine’s main air defense needs are
1. Patriot, SAMP-T for Ballistics
2. Hawk, Vampire, Avenger, and Electronic Warfare Systems for recon drones
3. NASAMS, IRIS-T SLM, F-16s for cruise missiles
This does not take into account glide bombs, for which F-16s would need to be upgraded and equipped with the best AMRAAMs to intercept Russian jets, and Ukraine would need to be allowed to strike Russia with ATACMS, JASSM, Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG to take out fighter jets and other storage and platforms launching missiles. Europe and US could easily take care of at least one of those problems in air defense by sending several more Patriot and SAMP-T systems which they have around 90 of, as well as quickly delivering the ones they have recently pledged. Ukraine only needs 10 additional Patriots to have a much stronger defense. They could increase training on F-16s and do more upgrades. US could send many more Avengers and Hawk systems. But instead the US is doing the bare minimum in all types of aid for Ukraine including ammunition, cluster munitions.
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@ukraine_map @SteveCo64124536 @KyivIndependent: They could also help by shooting down drones and missiles like they did with Israel but they fear Russia too much for that. They treat Ukrainian air space like it is Russian air space and would cause some sort of escalation.
@ukraine_map @SteveCo64124536 @KyivIndependent: They could also help by shooting down drones and missiles like they did with Israel but they fear Russia too much for that. They treat Ukrainian air space like it is Russian air space and would cause some sort of escalation.
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@TreasChest: They absolutely did not shoot down 46 UAVs over the region of Kursk. If anything most appeared to be fired at Moscow.
The Kremlin is trying to provide a false sense of security to the Kursk Region after losing 1,400km2 of it.
@TreasChest: They absolutely did not shoot down 46 UAVs over the region of Kursk. If anything most appeared to be fired at Moscow.
The Kremlin is trying to provide a false sense of security to the Kursk Region after losing 1,400km2 of it.
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@SteveCo64124536 @KyivIndependent: The Iron Dome would help too, not as good as NASAMS, but mainly to intercept Shahed Kamikaze Drones and it possibly could be good against cruise missiles, but would do nothing against ballistics. It was designed to be a cheap alternative to intercept small unguided Hamas rockets.
@SteveCo64124536 @KyivIndependent: The Iron Dome would help too, not as good as NASAMS, but mainly to intercept Shahed Kamikaze Drones and it possibly could be good against cruise missiles, but would do nothing against ballistics. It was designed to be a cheap alternative to intercept small unguided Hamas rockets.