This happened a year ago, wonder why it is news now?
The Polish Defense Ministry, in response to a request from Rzeczpospolita, said that the agreement was terminated on Aug. 20, 2023, due to "problems with the subcontractor's execution."
Russian ally has decided to cut off Europe.
South Africa blocks artillery shell delivery to Poland due to fear of them being transferred to Ukraine
They are running low on at sea targets to hit.Seems Ukraine has successfully adapted their Neptune cruise missile to attack land targets. An ammo dump was hit in the Voronezh region.
david D is reporting that Telegram is melting down from all the Russians reporting multiple attacks in Kherson area;
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Russian Jets Damaged In Ukrainian Long-Range Drone Attack On Air Base
Satellite images and post-strike photos emerging in the aftermath of a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Marinovka Air Base show extensive damage to metal aircraft shelters on the flightline and to other parts of the base. Several of the hangers struck contained aircraft that were very likely...www.yahoo.com
Yup, lots of flight hours, welding, riveting, drilling for new mounting points, shock damage from non-fatal hits... That all adds up, and I suspect RU isn't x-raying the frames.I recall how during the Vietnam war, a couple of my friends from back home were repairing and maintaining F-4's and F-100's. One was a crew chief and the other was in avionics. Well, they did make mention how after returning from sorties with holes and structural damage time after time, the pilots grew ever more wary of how far they could push those airframes they were strapping on to the point where they didn't want to fly them anymore because "those aircraft were just plain worn out" and "they felt dangerously sluggish" even after the aircraft went through depot maintenance.
Fast forward to Putin's airframes being damaged by AFU munitions, how those aircraft need to be inspected for the smallest damage that can grow into a crash and the trust issues that occur between maintenance crews and flyers, well, all I can say is given the culture the Russian military is notorious for, if I were an RU pilot flying previously damaged warbirds, I wouldn't feel confident at all going up in those holey spitball repaired buckets.
Ok maybe not Neptune... but maybe a next-gen cheap rocket drone... "Palianytsia"Seems Ukraine has successfully adapted their Neptune cruise missile to attack land targets. An ammo dump was hit in the Voronezh region.
This drone/missile hybrid is... interesting.Ok maybe not Neptune... but maybe a next-gen cheap rocket drone... "Palianytsia"
In Sweden, pilots know how to land Gripens on rural farm roads and hide them in forests. The rest of NATO should catch up.
"These days, NATO worries that Russia might attack its airbases. Almost uniquely within the alliance (Finland has a similar system), Sweden is prepared for such contingencies: It has an extensive network of roads that double as military runways. It also has aircraft capable of landing and taking off on such roads—and officers and soldiers able to service and move the aircraft within minutes. With Western air dominance no longer guaranteed, other NATO members can learn from Sweden’s dual-use roads."
This tactic is more about discouraging an attack than responding to one, methinks.I think wartime highway dispersal programs have value however if the Russians attack NATO we are not going to be sitting on our hands not striking every air base they have like we've made the Ukrainians do. The fight is coming to them.
This tactic is more about discouraging an attack than responding to one, methinks.
I like the Grippen..In Sweden, pilots know how to land Gripens on rural farm roads and hide them in forests. The rest of NATO should catch up.
"These days, NATO worries that Russia might attack its airbases. Almost uniquely within the alliance (Finland has a similar system), Sweden is prepared for such contingencies: It has an extensive network of roads that double as military runways. It also has aircraft capable of landing and taking off on such roads—and officers and soldiers able to service and move the aircraft within minutes. With Western air dominance no longer guaranteed, other NATO members can learn from Sweden’s dual-use roads."
From what I read Sweden has the infrastructure to accommodate this so it will not be an issue^^^ It's a problem for maintenance, fueling, arming and so on.
As I recall, at least some of these planes use as much or more fuel on take-off than during the bulk of the mission. In flight fueling requires control of the airspace.
I like the Grippen..
Cheap. Easy to maintain…very capable and carries a meteor missile..
The meteor missile is an extremely good and I heard the USA wants it. Note it is going to be fired by the f35 in. Couple years
That would mean planned and hardened locations with support systems, so not just random forest hiding places along purpose built roads.From what I read Sweden has the infrastructure to accommodate this so it will not be an issue
It is being integrated for internal carriage at European customer request. US is developing the AIM-260 which will eventually replace the AIM-120 series.
Thats like battlefield lingerie
Aw pishaw, we got F-35's that can land and take off vertically, and they only cost 50 times as much as a Gripen. (just an outragious guess for an outrageous program)In Sweden, pilots know how to land Gripens on rural farm roads and hide them in forests. The rest of NATO should catch up.
"These days, NATO worries that Russia might attack its airbases. Almost uniquely within the alliance (Finland has a similar system), Sweden is prepared for such contingencies: It has an extensive network of roads that double as military runways. It also has aircraft capable of landing and taking off on such roads—and officers and soldiers able to service and move the aircraft within minutes. With Western air dominance no longer guaranteed, other NATO members can learn from Sweden’s dual-use roads."
I think Russia is due to revive the iron curtain, just surround the whole country with a cope net and call it gravy.
Aw pishaw, we got F-35's that can land and take off vertically, and they only cost 50 times as much as a Gripen. (just an outragious guess for an outrageous program)