Russian special military operation in Ukraine #5

teh_beard wrote:

Current situation in Ukraine summarised in one picture. Can`t make this up.
There will be memes of it.

JohninMK wrote:

It’s a short range air defence system (SHORAD), so anything within 10km is game. You basically line up the optical sight with the target, fire the missile at it, then continue tracking the target with the optical sight. It uses a variation of the semi-automatic command line of sight (SACLOS) guidance system. The command unit paints the target with a pair of modulated lasers. When fired the missile assembly releases the three darts. Each dart measures the delta between the command unit’s tracking angle and the missile. It will then steer the dart to minimise the delta angle. Where it will then hit the target with the darts.

Due to the Mach 4+ speed of Starstreak, the closure speed is enormous, so the time of flight to hitting the target is relatively short. This means that a target flying over you will remain painted by the command unit and not have much chance of evading it. The system was predominantly designed to counter attack helicopters that do pop-up attacks from cover. As the WARSAW PACT Mil24s used wire guided missiles (much like TOW), this meant they had to hover in place when firing at a target. Therefore, the missile’s high speed was required to hit the helicopter before it could track the target. Once the helicopter was hit, the wired guided missile would go ballistic and miss the moving target. The missile’s high speed also meant that high speed low flying fixed wing aircraft, were easier to defend against. Roll on twenty years, Starstreak has been given more range. It is still very deadly against attack helicopters, but also against UAVs.

As it uses lasers to paint the target, unless the aircraft has a laser warning system, it won’t detect the launch. The missile does not leave a noticeable smoke trail, so a visual warning is also not likely, unless you are flying directly or looking at the right spot when its launched. The system is very difficult to jam and next to impossible to decoy.

As Ukraine will only be getting the MANPAD version. This system uses predominantly the operator’s visual searching to detect targets. It does have a thermal detection optic. I don’t know if they will be getting the additional air defence alerting device (ADAD). The ADAD is a development of the Typhoon’s PIRATE IRST. It provides the operator with both day and night passive searching and extends the search range.

The tripod mounted control unit can also fire the LMM Martlet missile.

If Ukraine get the system, it will be the first time its really been used in anger. It was taken to the Gulf War 2. Though I can’t remember if was used? During training days, the system was very reliable in both use and hitting the target.

Unlike Stinger, Starstreak is not a fire and forget weapon system. The operator must remain tracking the target all the way until it hits. However, the missile is nearly twice as fast as the Stinger and has double the range. It is also a lot more robust, as you don’t have be so careful handling it, due to the lack of cryogenic cooling for the Stinger’s IR sensor.

In Ukraine’s hand Starstreak will be deadly to Russian manned aircraft and UAVs.[/i]

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/britain-sending-anti-aircraft-and-javelin-missiles-to-ukraine/

Sujoy wrote:

lyle6 wrote: These people call Ukraine home back when its mostly safe and prosperous - well relative to the shitholes they came from.

How quickly they change tunes when its all gone to shit - and even have the audacity to demand special treatment, when they refuse to do their part for their so-called "home".

Sorry, these parasites get zero sympathy from me.

How exactly are foreign students parasites in Ukraine? They contribute billions of $$ to Ukraine's economy. Ukraine is not doing a favor by inviting them to their universities.

Majority of students from Asia go back to their own country after graduation since jobs in Ukraine are few and far between. In fact hundreds of thousands of Ukranians themselves work in foreign countries.

Re the "shithole" part a country filled with Nazis like Ukraine is no different. Even their benefactor the U.S describes them as one of the most corrupt country in the world, lower in  ranking  than even India & China.

Margelov: Pan-African Parliament supports Russia’s stance on Crimea

JOHANNESBURG, March 19 (2014), /ITAR-TASS/. The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) has voiced support for Russia’s stance on Crimea, saying no one has the right to call the will of the Crimean people expressed at a referendum into question, Mikhail Margelov, the Russian president’s special envoy for cooperation with Africa and the head of the Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs, told Itar-Tass on Wednesday.

Margelov, who is attending a PAP session, said that Ghana’ s former president Jerry Rawlings had been the first to set the tonality for the discussion.

“He gave his full and absolute support to Russia’s stance on Crimea. The deputies applauded him. After that, he came up to me and shook my hand. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said the same in a private conversation,” Margelov said, noting that the Pan-African deputies told him that the days of the uni-polar world were over because Russia was strong again.

“You are our hope,” the deputies stressed.

The Pan-African Parliament, which unites 54 African countries and is the main legislative body of the African Union, noted a positive tonality of a speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin devoted to Crimea which all Pan-African deputies listened to with great attention.

“The deputies stressed that no one could challenge people’s will expressed at the referendum and that no one had cancelled the right of nations to self-determination. The African MPs criticized the West for its policy of double standards, which the African states could also feel on themselves,” Margelov went on to say.

The Russian lawmaker became convinced once again that countries whom Russia had been helping since the times of the Russian Empire and the former Soviet Union remained reliable partners.

“It is vitally important for them that Russia is not dancing to anybody’s tune but is defending its national interests. This is my biggest emotional impression from this session,” Margelov emphasized.

He has also met Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who is the African Union’s current chairperson.

“Africans are willing to participate in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. If the West decides to cut relations with Russia, they are ready to discuss how to re-orient us to Africa and continue a dialogue which Russian President Vladimir Putin started with 20 African leaders on the sidelines of the BRICS summit held in South Africa last year. Africans believe that we have what to offer each other in the sphere of economy and trade,” the Russian lawmaker stressed.

https://tass.com/russia/724439

Isos wrote:They are starting using Krasnopol and probably more drones. I guess they pushed the ukrainians to use the same positions and tactics as the "syrian rebels" against which they are used to fight. Now the losses among ukrainians will be catastrophic.

IMO 80% of the fighting forces are trapped in Donbass and Kiev area. They can't flee anymore.

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Dr.Snufflebug wrote:Those international mercenaries from a few days ago seem to have an awful lot of FN FNC's. Strikes me as a bit odd, given that 5.56x45 supply is bound to be limited. Also, wonder who supplied them.

PS. Even if some of them are veterans from the ME or wherever, they've never been on the receiving end of cruise missiles, loitering munitions, huge artillery barrages and, as I suspect we'll see eventually, actual strategic bombing. I think they're in for a rude awakening.

Jason and ten soldiers from the Georgian Legion took cover in woodland. Jason, who served with the Mercian Regiment, added: “We got very close to getting whacked. I’ve never experienced firepower like that, I don’t think anyone of this generation ever has.

“Iraq and Afghanistan was totally different. The Russians are a conventional modern army.”

andalusia wrote:US Vice President Harris wants Russia investigated for war crimes.

I want to know is it true that Russia attacked a maternity hospital?


I live here in America so I wanted to ask you guys who might know more about it.






https://www.yahoo.com/news/harris-thanks-poland-helping-1-114635502.html

Isos wrote:They are starting using Krasnopol and probably more drones. I guess they pushed the ukrainians to use the same positions and tactics as the "syrian rebels" against which they are used to fight. Now the losses among ukrainians will be catastrophic.

IMO 80% of the fighting forces are trapped in Donbass and Kiev area. They can't flee anymore.

andalusia wrote:US Vice President Harris wants Russia investigated for war crimes.

I want to know is it true that Russia attacked a maternity hospital?


I live here in America so I wanted to ask you guys who might know more about it.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/harris-thanks-poland-helping-1-114635502.html

magnumcromagnon wrote:

diabetus wrote:Bizarre posts like these are usually the consequence of forgetting to take one's medication.

This coming from a guy with multiple personalities disorder...a personality for every account you have BitTurdBurgler, and your response sounds like it came from the same place where you store your suppositories. In fact from the sound of your posts, I'm guessing this current personality/alias underwent lobotomization?