Russian military intervention and aid to Syria #12

miketheterrible wrote:Old news. Plus it was "supposed" with no further proof either.

ATLASCUB wrote:More on the airbase attack by Putin:

https://www.rt.com/news/415641-putin-syria-base-attack-turkey/

Big_Gazza wrote:Thats a very nice textbook case of how Russia has used aerial drones in the Syria campaign.  Instead of the US approach of fielding weaponised platforms, Russia uses them as recon assets to provide targeting to PGMs and artillery.

Smart stuff!  

BTW the 2nd hit was said to be the drone workshop where foreign specialists integrated high-tech systems into apparently home-grown amateur drones.  Its hilarious that pro-Jihadi media "experts" discount foreign assistance and really think that local amateurs using off-the shelf electronics can build a small fleet of weaponised drones to fly the best part of 100kms in a loose formation and using a pre-prepared flight plan in an attempt to evade detection.

PapaDragon wrote:

LaVictoireEstLaVie wrote:In face of continued US aggression and provocations in the Middle East, Europe and elsewhere, what will Russia and the rest of the world do to confront this aggressor ?

Will they sit idly by and let the US continue to do what it wants without consequences or will Russia and its allies finally act to confront , oppose, defy and necessarily defeat the aggressor?

Russia will do smart thing and will look after their own interests and security and let Middle East, Europe and rest of the world look after themselves.

If someone has issues with USA aggression then they should deal with it themselves.

Russia has it's own stuff to do, days of USSR charity services are long gone, not that anyone ever shown any gratitude for it... (And why should they? Sheep are meant to be sheared)

GarryB wrote:Yes, no warning possible really... in fact you only know it is a krasnopol shot for the last 3-4 seconds or so when the laser is turned on.

Soviet and Russian laser guided weapons don't use continuous laser marking like the western weapons do... generally a direct fire weapon has 1 second of lasing of the target before impact while indirect fire laser guided rounds have about 3 seconds of target marking so the rounds still have to be aimed at the target, but the target gets rather less warning of the attack.

Unlike its US equivalent of copperhead the Krasnopol has an optical cap that protects its nose mounted optics so it is actually handled and loaded like a standard round. The optical cap is ejected in flight to the target so there is rather less chance of damage and less chance the operator can make a mistake like forgetting to remove the cap before firing.

AFAIK even the French use that round in a 155mm calibre model that is compatible with French laser target markers.

The record range of shooting - 70 or more kilometers - is achieved by supplementing the design of the ammunition with a straight-flow rocket engine of the bottom or head location. The engine turns on after a short time after the shot, at the time when the projectile is already stabilized by rotation, and increases its speed on the trajectory.

JohninMK wrote:Look closely at the 'team hit' video.

After they had decamped from one vehicle and had got into the second waiting for them in front of the building, just before the explosion the shadow of a third vehicle, top left of frame, suddenly jumps as if the film had been edited at a rather crucial point.