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The MOAB (GBU-43), which is comparable to a Grand Slam, was delivered by a C-130.
My mind has now wandered to silly town, but could the RAF's WW2-era 22,000 lb Grand Slam bomb be converted to a JDAM? What size of a wing and what range could be expected?
Why does the US produce both the Apache and the Cobra/Viper? It seems to be needless duplication. Which one would be best for Ukraine?And Vipers for the Czech Republic. Not F-16 but AH-1,
Maybe the USMC needs are a bit different from those of the US Army in attack helos.Why does the US produce both the Apache and the Cobra/Viper? It seems to be needless duplication. Which one would be best for Ukraine?
It must be. Though the Royal Marines make do with the British Army's Apaches. Here's the former RN assault carrier HMS Ocean.Maybe the USMC needs are a bit different from those of the US Army in attack helos.
Why does the US produce both the Apache and the Cobra/Viper? It seems to be needless duplication. Which one would be best for Ukraine?
I like Putin's remarks. They remind me of Baghdad Bob. "The enemy are being repulsed with heavy casualties."Another success for Ukrainian forces in the south...here's hoping they're close to making a decisive breakthrough that unhinges the Russian defences:
Ukraine war: Kyiv claims success as southern fighting intensifies
Ukraine's armed forces say they are solidifying positions after an advance east of Zaporizhzhia.www.bbc.com
Another success for Ukrainian forces in the south...here's hoping they're close to making a decisive breakthrough that unhinges the Russian defences:
Ukraine war: Kyiv claims success as southern fighting intensifies
Ukraine's armed forces say they are solidifying positions after an advance east of Zaporizhzhia.www.bbc.com
But such an action would make passage by following armoured vehicles impossible, I think.Breaking a minefield under fire is a hard task. Pity the Ukrainians cannot drop a MOAB or eight to set off the minefields.
Beat me to it by a moment!
But such an action would make passage by following armoured vehicles impossible, I think.
Staromayorsk, key city in Donetsk liberated. North of the Azov Sea, some 60 miles of Mariupol and 65 miles of Berdiansk. Rusia is pressing on the Oskil river and Kupiansk. M-1 Abrams due in the battlefield by september. Prigozhin in Saint Petersburg (alledgely) and some combat fotage:
Ukraine Situation Report: Key Donetsk City Liberated
Staromayorsk is an important logistics node in western Donetsk Oblast along a main highway in the region and some 60 miles from the Azov Sea.www.thedrive.com
Anand is out. I assume by Trudeau's appointment of an old white guy who once ran such a strictly hierarchal and old school organization as the Toronto police force that any focus on #metoo and diversity recruiting is now on the back burner. But is Bill Blair up to the job of driving DND's support of Ukraine? We'll find out.It's really unfortunate that you make this claim without context. While I, along with many, lament the state of Canada's armed forces, mention of a little-known (internationally) long term mandate announced by Minister Anand 5 months ago when things were very different only serves to further erode any negative preconceptions about our military state. To say that our minister is "focused" on those issues suggests that the pressing issues in Ukraine are taking a back seat to a long-term initiative and that's unfair.
It does seem to be a bridge too far for the Ukrainians. And kudos to the Kerch bridge designer for rapidly throwing up a bridge that is seemingly (to date) indestructible. Truck bombs, boat bombs, throw whatever you have at it, and it still stands and operates. I am reminded of the Thanh Hóa Bridge in Vietnam where as part of 1965's Operation Rolling Thunder the USAF targeted the essential bridge, launching hundreds of attacks but still took until 1972 to finally destroy the bridge - which the Vietnamese quickly rebuilt. Who would have thought that in today's age of PGMs a bridge can still hold out.The closer to the Kerch bridge the better. Its time it falls