Russian special military operation in Ukraine #30

Hole wrote:

Potbelly dinosaur generals 

Read this shit before on Twitter. "We need younger Generals because the current ones don´t know how to use computers". 

Todays Generals started their service back in the 80´s, turning Captains in the 90´s and so on. Does really somebody think that a officer in any army
around the world could manage 30 years of working in the military without using computers? Really? Some of the guys in the Russian General Staff could
build a computer from some garbage while others could write the programs for it.

caveat emptor wrote:Su-35 dropping dumb bombs while flying very low. Endangering sophisticated plane for this, is not the best use imo.
https://t.me/milinfolive/92470

limb wrote:
Either the Ukrainians are lying(unlikely,

limb wrote:This is horrifyingly dumb. This is what I mean by potbelly dinosaur behavior, sending a superexpensive multirole fighter as dumb bomb low altitude bomber like its 1968.

They couldve at least used a Su-25 or Su-24. If the potbelly dinosaurs want to waste planes like that, they should use the Su-17 or MiG-27. I guess GarryB was wrong that supersonic fighters were considered by the russian air force to be inferior for dropping dumb bombs from low altitude, given that someone ordered this Su-35 pilot to do just that.

caveat emptor wrote:

limb wrote:This is horrifyingly dumb. This is what I mean by potbelly dinosaur behavior, sending a superexpensive multirole fighter as dumb bomb low altitude bomber like its 1968.

They couldve at least used a Su-25 or Su-24. If the potbelly dinosaurs want to waste planes like that, they should use the Su-17 or MiG-27. I guess GarryB was wrong that supersonic fighters were considered by the russian air force to be inferior for dropping dumb bombs from low altitude, given that someone ordered this Su-35 pilot to do just that.

A lot of this has to do with a general outlook of Russian government for penny pinching, neoliberal policies. That disease is very widespread throughout whole governing system. I guess,it was better to invest money in USD bonds and other Western holdings.
From a practical standpoint, while sophisticated examples of bombs and missiles are developed, MoD never chose to procure most of them in large numbers. 
Emphasis was put on strategic weapons in procurement process. It looks like they never believed that large scale ground war was possible if they have nuclear wespons. 
Let's see how long will it take to rectify results of those delusions.

Arkanghelsk wrote:Macron at Vatican: US Needs to Sit Down at Negotiating Table to Push Forward Ukraine Peace Process

International

Russia's Special Operation in Ukraine

On February 24, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the people's republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev's forces.

Macron at Vatican: US Needs to Sit Down at Negotiating Table to Push Forward Ukraine Peace Process

The French president traveled to Vatican City on Monday to meet Pope Francis, with the ongoing security crisis in Ukraine the focal point of discussions. According to French media, the president asked the pope to personally reach out to Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden to help resolve the conflict.

French President Emmanuel Macron has urged Washington to start negotiations to stop the Ukrainian crisis.

"We need the United States to sit down at the negotiating table to advance the peace process in Ukraine," Macron said, speaking to reporters after his visit to the Vatican.

Pointing to the relationship of trust between Pope Francis and Biden, who is a Catholic, Macron suggested that Pope Francis "can influence him so that the United States resumes its involvement in resolving the crises in Haiti and Ukraine."

The president also called on the pope to call President Putin and Russian Orthodox Church patriarch Kirill, as well as Biden, "to help bring peace to Ukraine."

It seems many voices in the west, powerful ones are beginning to sue for peace - the pope, Europe, and even democrats are all suing for peace

It seems Russia is winning the war then

I would give it consideration after the winter offensive

calripson wrote:

caveat emptor wrote:

limb wrote:This is horrifyingly dumb. This is what I mean by potbelly dinosaur behavior, sending a superexpensive multirole fighter as dumb bomb low altitude bomber like its 1968.

They couldve at least used a Su-25 or Su-24. If the potbelly dinosaurs want to waste planes like that, they should use the Su-17 or MiG-27. I guess GarryB was wrong that supersonic fighters were considered by the russian air force to be inferior for dropping dumb bombs from low altitude, given that someone ordered this Su-35 pilot to do just that.

A lot of this has to do with a general outlook of Russian government for penny pinching, neoliberal policies. That disease is very widespread throughout whole governing system. I guess,it was better to invest money in USD bonds and other Western holdings.
From a practical standpoint, while sophisticated examples of bombs and missiles are developed, MoD never chose to procure most of them in large numbers. 
Emphasis was put on strategic weapons in procurement process. It looks like they never believed that large scale ground war was possible if they have nuclear wespons. 
Let's see how long will it take to rectify results of those delusions.

Some retard in the Russian Finance Ministry decided to set a maximum amount of defense spending relative to GDP. Never mind they lost $500 billion in seized foreign reserve assets or a couple billion $$ they loaned to Ukraine in 2014. Not to mention they spent the last 20 years investing in the debt of their adversaries to earn 1% interest. The stupidity is limitless.

This is low-altitude penetration bombing

You can't use the SVP-24 from range as that would require a lot of altitude - and therefore tracking and engagement by air defence systems.
The SVP-24 or something like it will be used by the Su-35 of course, it will calculate the optimum moment to drop the bombs. They will be quite accurate from this low altitude, even without guidance.

And for this role many platforms have the capability. Su-24s are particularly optimized for it.
Su-25s of course, although their max payload is considerably lower, and they won't be able to detect or defend themselves from enemy fighters.

The problem with using Su-24s or Su-34s however is that if the aircraft is shot down - you can potentially lose 2 pilots instead of 1.

So I can see some some sense in using Su-35s if the target is some way behind the front-lines

lancelot wrote:The Su-35 also has better defenses against anti-air missiles since it comes with MAWS and it features improves stealth characteristics with lower radar signature.

DerWolf wrote:Very few news today, feels like a calm before the storm

limb wrote:A russian S-300 or S-400 launcher was destroyed.

https://twitter.com/Blue_Sauron/status/1583929636500537345

How the **** do ukrainians locate them and manage to film them with shitty drones?  Why cant russians make lots of wooden decoys liken the ukrainians?