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Russian army in chaos as Ukraine prepares to unleash F16 'armada' on Crimea Russian military bloggers fear Ukraine is preparing to unleash a massive aerial bombardment on Crimea. By JOHN VARGA, Jun 13, 2024 Russia's best air-defence system is proving useless in shooting down deadly US missiles, as fears grow in the Kremlin that Kyiv is preparing a massive aerial assault on Crimea. The White House has been supplying Ukraine with ATACMS, a tactical ballistic missile that can hit targets as far away as 186 miles. Kyiv's military has used the deadly rockets in particular to target Russian bases in the Crimea to devastating effect. In May, they destroyed a radar and two launchers from an S-400 air-defence battery at the Belbek base near Sevastopol - an important military hub. Putin's generals rushed in replacements in an attempt to protect the base from further attacks. However on Tuesday Ukraine fired another barrage of ATACMS at the military base, wiping out an S-400 as well as a shorter-ranged S-300. The Ukrainian Center for Defence Strategies said: “At least 10 ATACMS missiles were used in the strike, with the Russian air-defence system failing to intercept any of them.” Ukraine's military is still clarifying whether a third air-defence system was hit, but noted the detonation of munitions in "all three areas where the anti-aircraft missile systems were stationed". Defence analysts at Oryx estimate that prior to Tuesday's attacks Russian had lost two S-400 command posts, four radars and 16 launchers. The S-400 is considered to be Russia's most formidable air-defence system and has better mobility and deployment speed than the Patriot. It also stands out due to its capacity to handle multiple targets at varied distances, all at the same time. Yet it appears to be no match for the US-made ATACMS David Axe, a military correspondent for Forbes, said: "The S-400 was designed to have an anti-missile capability, but it obviously doesn’t work. "Russia’s S-400s can’t defend nearby friendly forces - and they also can’t defend themselves. The more S-400s the Russians stage in Ukraine, the more they’re likely to lose."

NATO says its Aegis Ashore missile defense site in Poland is operational A new US ballistic missile defense site is located in Redzikowo WASHINGTON DC, July 11/ The United States’ Aegis Ashore missile defense site in Poland is already operational, NATO said in a press statement. "A new U.S. ballistic missile defense site in Redzikowo, Poland is now operational and available for the defense of the Alliance. Dubbed "Aegis Ashore", the site is part of a larger NATO missile shield and is designed to detect, track and intercept ballistic missiles in flight," it said. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg described the completion of the site’s construction as "an important step for transatlantic security and NATO’s ability to defend against the growing threat of ballistic missiles." The Aegis Ashore site in Redzikowo is part of the program for the deployment of the components of the air defense system in Europe, European Phased Adaptive Approach (EPAA), meant to fend off missile threats from Iran. The system also incorporates ships equipped with Aegis radars, which are based in the Spanish city of Rota, an AN/TPY-1 radar station in Turkey (on combat duty since 2011), and an Aegis Ashore site in Romania’s Deveselu. The construction of the site in Redzikowo began in 2016. According to open sources, the United States spent $859 million on it. Originally, it was planned to commission the site in 2018 but the commissioning was delayed. #business #finance #financialservices

Consequences So Far says RBC-UKRAINE Report on Missiles Attack of Russia against Ukraine July 8 Today, on July 8, Russian troops launched a massive combined attack on Ukraine using various types of missiles. Russia targeted civilian infrastructure. The first consequences already reported, in particular, fires broke out in Kyiv, and there were victims. What Russians are attacking with According to monitoring networks and the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russians are using a wide range of weapons. It is reported that cruise missiles were launched from Tu-95 bombers, ballistic missiles were used, and Kinzhal and Kalibr missiles were launched. The network also reported the departure of a group of Tu-22M3 aircraft and the threat of Kh-22 missiles ....... Russia had already attacked Ukraine the night before. Then the Russian occupiers used 4 Kh-101 missiles from Tu-95MS strategic aviation aircraft (launched from the airspace of the Saratov region of the Russian Federation) and 2 Iskander-M ballistic missiles (launch areas - Kursk region - Crimea). As a result of combat operations, Ukrainian air defense destroyed 3 Kh-101 cruise missiles in Zhytomyr and Cherkasy regions https://lnkd.in/g-7RiwPT

The newest Iranian missiles used against Israel on Oct. 1 reveal key changes in missile design and guidance systems by Iran, that US and NATO forces could be exploiting, but are not yet. These and subsequent attacks - as with the Russian military attacks on the Ukraine - also reveal, again and again, the critical need to secure US and European navigational systems against enemy and terrorist use. Our US and EU military GPS and Galileo networks (primarily US Air Force GPS from Colorado Springs) are still being used worldwide to attack us and to kill innocent civilians. Putin used US GPS signal for over 85% of his drone, jet, naval and missile attacks on the Ukraine. This is worse than absence of gun control: it is absence of US and EU navigational signal control. If we build and own signal, and we need to deny commercial air traffic or cellular companies or the entire world its free use, just to keep out terrorists and Putin and Iran -- then so be it. But there are easier, better alternatives readily available - my prototype, endorsed by Northrop Grumman and Brookings since 2020; other engineering prototypes still are workable to secure US and NATO signal against Russian, Iranian, or terrorist use. It's just like gun control - are we willing to make the monetary sacrifice and anger those who have been freeloaders for decades on our US military signal? And GPS is just the start. #Military #Iran #innovation #GPS #NATO #spaceandsatellite

#Iran's latest #offensive against #Israel was characterized by the use of #HypersonicMissiles like the #Fattah2, aimed at critical #Israeli #defense #infrastructure, including the #Arrow #MissileDefenseSystem. Iran has been focusing on the development of various #MissileSystems. Key among them are ballistic missiles, which have a range of up to 2,000 kilometers. Iran's missile development has included the Ghadr-110, a #BallisticMissile with a range of 1,800 kilometers, and the Emad, which is capable of precision strikes. https://lnkd.in/g5BXgRxB

Visual explainer: Israel's air defence against Iran's hypersonic missiles - India Today: India Today's OSINT team explains how Israel's multi-layered air defence system functions to thwart missile attacks. /. Must Read. New PPF rules ...

The United States deployment of the Mid-Range Capability system in Salaknib drills is the first in the Asia-Pacific. === Analysts: US missile deployment expected to assist Philippines in its territorial defense Bryant Macale, BenarNews Philippines 2024.04.23 The U.S. Mid-Range Capability (MRC) Launcher arrives for deployment in Northern Luzon during the Salaknib drills involving Philippine and U.S. troops, April 8, 2024.   The U.S. Army’s deployment of a mid-range missile launcher in the Philippines earlier this month is expected to help Manila prepare to defend its territories amid geopolitical tension over the South China Sea, security analysts said. It’s the first time the United States has deployed the Mid-Range Capability (MRC) missile system – also known as the Typhon System – in the Asia-Pacific region, but it was not immediately clear whether the Americans would keep this easily transportable system in the northern Philippines only as part of joint military drills or for longer. The MRC is a land-based, ground-launched system that can fire the Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) and Tomahawk missiles and support strike capabilities from land to sea to air, according to the U.S.  Congressional Research Service.

#RTX #Raytheon #PatriotAirDefenseSystem #BenHodges "In the dead of night in May, Russia launched a Kinzhal hypersonic missile at the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. The air-launched weapon can reach speeds up to Mach 10, which equates to about 7,700 mph. Less than a month earlier, the U.S. had sent a Patriot air defense system to Ukraine to help it fend off the barrage of complex missiles Russia was using. But the system had never proved itself against a missile like the Kinzhal. Even so, the Patriot system blocked the incoming missile, defusing the weapon and several others, according to U.S. officials. Since then, the Patriot system has continued to successfully intercept a wide range of Russian weaponry. It has shot down Russian aircraft like Su-34 fighters flying nearly 100 miles away, and intercepted missiles as far as 130 miles away, according to Oleksandr Musiienko, head of the Kyiv-based nongovernmental organization the Center for Military and Legal Studies. The success of the RTX-made Patriot system in Ukraine comes as the U.S. Army aims to replace the Patriot with an integrated air and missile defense system better able to connect with other equipment on the battlefield and equipped with a more capable radar. But the Patriot system’s dominance in Ukraine has attracted fresh attention and potential customers from around the world. What might have looked like an aging system not long ago now appears to be a workhorse that could be used for years to come. “Patriot has prove[d] to be a very reliable system,” said Ben Hodges, a retired three-star general who commanded U.S. Army forces in Europe following Russia’s annexation of Crimea. “The Ukrainians learned very quickly how to operate it, and even more impressively they learned very quickly how to employ it to great effect.” ... Despite these failures, the U.S. Army has long relied on the system. Indeed, its Patriot units for years maintained the highest operational tempo across any units in the service with the longest deployments. Despite the incidents in Iraq, it was heavily used there and successfully countered ballistic missile threats. And plenty of other countries also use the system, which is made up of eight truck-mounted launchers, a ground radar, a control station and a power generator. The launchers can each hold four interceptors. According to Raytheon, an RTX company that manufactures the Patriot system, 19 countries have purchased the weapon and there are more than 250 Patriot fire units around the world. ... The Army is slated to build a new Patriot battery to replace the one sent to Ukraine and to secure one more battalion’s worth of systems. But the service will gradually replace individual elements of the Patriot system over the next several decades. Eventually, all of those upgraded elements will become a new system known as Integrated Air and Missile Defense. ..."

Over the past few months, the Russian Federation may have accumulated approximately 120 Kalibr missiles, according to Defense Express. Referring to data from the Defence Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine for November 2023, the agency states that Russia had an accumulated stockpile of 165 Kalibr missiles at that time. Additionally, the production rate could fluctuate between 20 to 35 units per month. Based on the aforementioned data, it is possible that over the last four months, the adversary has accumulated 80 to 120 missiles. Alternatively, considering the potential overall stockpile of terrorists, it could range from 245 to 285 missiles. "For comparison, just to illustrate the trend - as of November 2023, Russian aggressors had only 160 air-launched cruise missiles of Kh-101/555/55 types in stock, so here the quantity of air-launched cruise missiles turned out to be slightly less than the number of Kalibr missiles," the agency states. The agency also says that according to the official report of the Air Force, between March 21 and 31, the Russian army employed 133 air-launched cruise missiles Kh-101/555/55. Due to the depletion of air-launched cruise missile stock, the enemy may "unpack" the stockpile of Kalibrs. However, the Russian army may still rely on the Kh-101 missiles to strike our critical infrastructure. Russian Kalibr missiles As spokeswoman for the Defense Forces of the South of Ukraine, Natalia Humeniuk stated, the Russian terrorists currently face difficulties in delivering and servicing missile launchers that deploy Kalibr missiles because logistics and infrastructure remain in Sevastopol bays. Besides, it is challenging for missile carriers to get to the temporarily occupied Crimea, as the trips are associated with an increased threat of surface drone attacks. Moreover, the Chief of the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense Kyrylo Budanov stated that the Russian fleet has accumulated Kalibr cruise missiles, which can be used against Ukraine. The Russian army has decided to use Kh-101 cruise missiles instead of Kalibrs as they are more efficient. Furthermore, the head of the Defense Intelligence added that the Russian army may continue to target Ukraine's energy sector. https://lnkd.in/dq7rTjVy