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That is not what I have read.That decision was actually taken in the autumn of 41, and the Doolittle Raid had nothing to do with it for obvious reasons.
That is not what I have read.
By the way, this is what Kh-59 can do if not intercepted. Just another "victory" of the Russian Air Force. Fresh picture from Avdiivka.For the first time (probably), the Ukrainian Air Force has provided the list of incoming missiles they can or can not shoot down.
According to the spokesman Yuri Gnat.
Intercepted:
Kalibr 3M14
Kh-101/555/55
R-500 (9M728)
Kh-59
Kh-35
Not intercepted:
Iskander-M (9M723)
RS-3B Smerch
Kh-22 (120 launches since Feb 2022)
R-800 Onyx
Kh-47 Kinzhal (said to be the most dangerous)
Kh-31P and similar short-ranged AGM
According to the spokesman, any Russian missile with a ballistic trajectory is impossible or the most difficult to shoot down. He included S-300 and Tochka-U in the "ballistic" list yet did not say clearly whether were they ever intercepted or not.
Original article (in Ukrainian):
Які ракети може збивати Україна та для чого нам F-16: інтерв'ю з Юрієм Ігнатом
Захист неба став одним з найважливіших елементів у війні України з Росією. Від початку повномасштабного вторгнення Росія намагалася придушити українську ППО, але зазнала невдачі, хоча й має набагато кращі літаки й високоточні ракети.24tv.ua
Yes, confirmed from many sources. Probably, one of the most controversial decisions of the General Staff and Zaluzhny. We will see if it is the right one...What's also interesting Ukraine doesn't seem to be committing the new brigades it has been forming into combat.
And now Slovakia. 13 MiG-29. 3 of them are for spare parts, without engines.Delivery timeline for ex-Polish MiGs accelerated?
Poland to send four fighter jets to Ukraine 'in coming days'
Four Soviet-era warplanes will be handed over in the coming days, says President Andrzej Duda.www.bbc.com
Ukraine?Has any eastern European nation found success relying on *any* individual western nation?
Another time comes to mind when people were saying "It will all be over by Christmas".There isn't a single word mentioning Ukraine, yet while reading it it's impossible not to think how a 3 day special military operation muted into a long and deadly war.
The Fallacy of the Short, Sharp War: Optimism Bias and the Abuse of History
War is naturally characterized by uncertainty, and humans are known to exhibit an in-built optimism bias that frequently causes them to overestimate the likelihood of positive outcomes. This bias may have evolutionarily adaptive advantages in many situations. Yet in the dialectic between military plthestrategybridge.org
I won't speculate on its effectiveness but it sure feels good.
... and then the Chosin Reservoir...Another time comes to mind when people were saying "It will all be over by Christmas".
The Doolittle raid on Tokyo forced the Japanese to re-asses their Pacific expansionist policy and to re-group closer to their home islands since this raid exposed their vulnerability. This shifted their focus from the Aleutians to the South.That decision was actually taken in the autumn of 41, and the Doolittle Raid had nothing to do with it for obvious reasons.