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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/28/us/po...ussia.html

Some really good info in that article.

First, interesting bit on the Neptune missile that sunk the Moskva.

They appear to have mounted the Neptune missiles onto one or more trucks, according to one senior American official, and moved them within range of the ship, which was around 75 miles from Odesa. The striking of the Moskva was, in essence, the Neptune’s proof of concept; it was the first time the new Ukrainian weapon was used in an actual war, and it took down Russia’s flagship in the Black Sea.

second, confirmation that the HARM’s were mounted onto MiG’s.

A senior Pentagon official said Ukrainian forces had put American-supplied HARM anti-radiation missiles on Soviet-designed MiG-29 fighter jets — something that no air force had ever done. The American HARM missile, designed to seek and destroy Russian air defense radar, is not usually compatible with the MiG-29 or the other fighter jets in Ukraine’s arsenal.

I skipped over the bit about the Bayraktar drone because it didn’t answer the question Of why a radar visible drone operating at 80 mph was still recking havoc on the Russians 6 months into the war.

Lastly, this bit about the attack on the Crimean base…

In a Telegram post after the Saki strike, Andriy Tsaplienko, a Ukrainian military journalist, said the damage suggested that a truck-mounted heavy missile launcher called the Grim, or Sapsan, had been used in the attack. That system was developed by Yuzhmash, a state-owned Ukrainian aerospace manufacturer.

Anyone know anything about the Grim?

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[BostonCard]

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/28/us/po...ussia.html

Some really good info in that article.

First, interesting bit on the Neptune missile that sunk the Moskva.

They appear to have mounted the Neptune missiles onto one or more trucks, according to one senior American official, and moved them within range of the ship, which was around 75 miles from Odesa. The striking of the Moskva was, in essence, the Neptune’s proof of concept; it was the first time the new Ukrainian weapon was used in an actual war, and it took down Russia’s flagship in the Black Sea.

second, confirmation that the HARM’s were mounted onto MiG’s.

A senior Pentagon official said Ukrainian forces had put American-supplied HARM anti-radiation missiles on Soviet-designed MiG-29 fighter jets — something that no air force had ever done. The American HARM missile, designed to seek and destroy Russian air defense radar, is not usually compatible with the MiG-29 or the other fighter jets in Ukraine’s arsenal.

I skipped over the bit about the Bayraktar drone because it didn’t answer the question Of why a radar visible drone operating at 80 mph was still recking havoc on the Russians 6 months into the war.

Lastly, this bit about the attack on the Crimean base…

In a Telegram post after the Saki strike, Andriy Tsaplienko, a Ukrainian military journalist, said the damage suggested that a truck-mounted heavy missile launcher called the Grim, or Sapsan, had been used in the attack. That system was developed by Yuzhmash, a state-owned Ukrainian aerospace manufacturer.

Anyone know anything about the Grim?

BC