Russian special military operation in Ukraine #46

Big_Gazza wrote:AFAIK 4G+ jets (from any nation) can't supercruise, at least not to any worthwhile degree. Gripen has been spun as a "Sukhoi killer" but its just empty hot air and marketing bullsht.

Eurofighter can supercruise at like Mach 1.2. The EJ200 engine has turbine inlet temperature and thrust-to-weight ratio figures not that far from F119 engine in F-22. The Rafale can do the same.

It might not be much but at least it is better than what the F-35 can do with its clunky airframe.

ALAMO wrote:
Oh ... can it be ... oh ... no way !

Oh yes it can and photo of the handful of cubes should never have passed the censor as it is the giveaway.

Also there is a video out there of the explosion and it follows the track of a SAM to the church which is lit up by it.

Did someone leave some 'stuff' behind from when it was trading between Turkey and Odessa?

Zlatti71
@djuric_zlatko
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The FSB announced the discovery of explosives in the hold of a ship en route from Turkey to Russia

The agency will check all ships that go through the Kerch Strait.

Counterintelligence officers said that on July 22, traces of explosives were found in the hold of a ship heading to Rostov-on-Don from Turkey during an inspection while loading grain. Also, experts revealed the facts of interference in the design of the ship. In May, this ship was in the port of Kiliya in Ukraine. In June, the ship completely changed the crew, which previously consisted of citizens of Ukraine. This happened in the port of Tuzla in Turkey.

All this may indicate, according to the FSB, that someone could use a foreign vessel to deliver explosives to the territory of Ukraine. The ship was banned from passing through the Kerch Strait and left the Russian Federation.

Also, to prevent sabotage and terrorist attacks, the FSB will intensify inspections of ships that pass through the Kerch Strait

#source
@Slavyangrad

Not just hitting the grain exports etc out of Odessa.

Zlatti71
@djuric_zlatko
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This night, an almost 4-hour attack by Geran drones was directed at the port infrastructure of the Danube in the Odessa region

Hangar destroyed as a result of hits grain storage, administrative buildings and port infrastructure were damaged

#source
@Slavyangrad

Reni Commercial Sea Port is a port located on the left bank of the Danube River. It is an important transport hub of Ukraine, in which the work of river, sea, road and rail transport is closely intertwined.

Yesterday it was considered as an alternative to Odessa and was planned to be used for exporting grain.

In the city of Izmail, Odessa region, explosions thundered at night

The city has a large commercial port of international importance, located on the coast of the Danube River, writes the First Kharkov.

The port can receive ships with a length of up to 150 m, a width of 30 m, a draft of 6.5 - 7.0 m.

In the port of Reni, tanks with Romanian oil were hit - this is the main source of raw materials for Ukrainian refineries. The infrastructure of the Danube port was also destroyed.

It is difficult to overestimate the significance of the destroyed targets - this is not about grain, but about the supply of Western weapons and fuels and lubricants to Ukraine.

@Slavyangrad

Zlatti71
@djuric_zlatko
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A series of powerful explosions in Berislav.

It appears that with the help of KAB-500 and FAB-250/500 aerial bombs, the clearing of positions, deployment points and ammunition depots of the Ukrainian armed forces in the industrial zone of the Beryslav machine-building plant and the coastal strip on the right bank of the Dnieper River is continuing.

Oh ... can it be ... oh ... no way !

Western MSM:
Ukros would never hit a church!
They´re strong believers, unlike the godless russian commies!
And their President is a Jew!

Supercruise is not a thing, it's a marketing term invented by Americans in the 80s when requirement for ATF was sustained supersonic flight without afterburner as a means to keep the thermal signature low.

Just saw this article and it says Russian jets don't have the ability to supercruise. I want to know is that true? And should Russia be concerned with the Ukraine obtaining the Gripen jet?

Hahaha... hilarious... their side is getting creamed but they think the ability of Russian aircraft to fly at supersonic speeds without using after burner makes any difference at all.

Even if the west gave them F-35s what exactly is a small number of totally unfamiliar fighters going to do without all the support platforms they normally operate with get on?

They would be dead no matter what shiny badge is fitted to them.

A small hint... no aircraft on the planet can supercruise at low altitude and any aircraft flying at medium to high altitude over Ukraine is dead whether it is flying subsonically, hovering, or flying at mach 4.

Eurofighter can supercruise at like Mach 1.2. The EJ200 engine has turbine inlet temperature and thrust-to-weight ratio figures not that far from F119 engine in F-22. The Rafale can do the same.

They can't do it at low altitudes and trying at medium or high altitudes will definitely get them shot down over Ukraine.

9N314 warhead of Buk contains two types of fragments, smaller and bigger, yet all cubes.
9N314M of later modification has three - two cube of a different size and "butterfly", so all three of them.

You sure? I seem to remember that the butterfly fragments found in that airliner that Kievs forces shot down was used as proof that the Orcs did it because they used the old model system that was only used by the Orcs, the Russians no longer using that model and the newer models they did use only had cubes.

Putin was talking about a new grain deal with the countries of Africa and Asia and central and south America that the original grain deal with the west was supposed to help. Sounds like Russia is going to supply them with grain and fertiliser and they are going to supply ships and insurance to move the products...

the Gestapo in Odessa might be hunting everyone that holds a camera when the explosions start happening.

But not the Romanians

RF geran Drone strikes on Reni commercial sea port on the Danube,Odessa region. 24th of July.

So a Wikipedia entry on the Odessa cathedral was revised to claim a Russian missile had hit it, before the event occurred.   So this was not
collateral damage by an Ukr SA missile but a deliberate attack on an Orthodox target by the Kiev regime.   We also see that it is the Ukr
freaks who are using SA missiles to deliberately attack ground targets.

zare wrote:Supercruise is not a thing, it's a marketing term invented by Americans in the 80s when requirement for ATF was sustained supersonic flight without afterburner as a means to keep the thermal signature low.

So are you saying it has no benefit? there are other ways to achive it, sure. Like mig-25 did. But sustained supersonic speed does have tactical value.

The number of published applications of the Lancet in July 2023 is steadily approaching 100.
In the last few days, from 5 to 10 new strikes with this loitering ammunition have been published daily.
https://t.me/lost_armour/1277

zare wrote:Supercruise is not a thing, it's a marketing term invented by Americans in the 80s when requirement for ATF was sustained supersonic flight without afterburner as a means to keep the thermal signature low.

Then they got the F-35 so Marketing quietly buried the term

ALAMO wrote:Something interesting from Politico. Data obtained from custom declarations.

Russia imported unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) worth over $100 million from China this year, which is 30 times more than what Ukraine imported.
Moreover, China exported 69% more ceramics used in body armor to Russia, amounting to over $225 million.
In contrast, China's ceramic exports to Ukraine plummeted by 61%, reaching a total of only $5 million.

A small help for the trade imbalance due to NG supplies.