"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (31 Viewers)

[Jabberwocky]

Heck, how many flight worthy airframes of F-15Cs or Es are in the boneyard? That'd be way funner than A-10s.

Flight worthy? No idea.

But there are currently 184 F-15C and a single F-15E stored at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG).

You can search the inventory here: The AMARC Experience - The AMARC Experience

 

[Denniss]

The vid is not wrong - the A-10s rather low speed, long loitering time and good maneuverability makes this in theory an interesting Anti-Shahed platform. If it does not have an air search radar may negate many of the good aspects.

 

[special ed]

Remember, the pilots in Gulf war or Afganistan used the radar in the weapons carried as search radar.

 

[SaparotRob]

Remember, the pilots in Gulf war or Afganistan used the radar in the weapons carried as search radar.

Smart weapons dumb pilots?

 

[Lucky13]

Can't remember if the Ukrainians are using these....

Czech Army threatens to halt payments for Caesar howitzers – Defence Blog

 

[GTX]

Can't remember if the Ukrainians are using these....

Yes they are

 

[GTX]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS3rMIQsLfI

 

[GTX]

Exclusive Report: Russia intensifies Geran-2 kamikaze drone production with new mobile launcher on civilian all terrain vehicles

Exclusive Report: Russia intensifies Geran-2 kamikaze drone production with new mobile launcher on civilian all terrain vehicles

www.armyrecognition.com

 

[GTX]

Money Is The Secret Weapon In Ukraine’s Battlefield Robot Surge

Ukrainian makers Tencore have brought a versatile new robot to the battlefield at speed.

www.forbes.com

 

[GTX]

Russia uses new stealth missile in Kyiv raid

Ukrainian authorities have confirmed the discovery of wreckage from Russia’s latest stealth cruise missile, the Kh-69, following a large-scale airstrike on Kyiv. Ukraine’s State Emergency Service (DSNS) reported that bomb disposal teams safely neutralized the warhead of the downed Kh-69 missile...

defence-blog.com

 

[GTX]

Czechs raise millions to buy howitzers for Ukraine

A Czech charity initiative has successfully raised €2.4 million to purchase six new 122mm D-30 howitzers for Ukrainian forces fighting Russia’s invasion. The campaign, called Dárek pro Putina (“A Gift for Putin”), announced the completion of its fundraising drive on its official website this...

defence-blog.com

 

[GTX]

Russia claims it downed Ukrainian drone carrier

Russian forces have released footage purporting to show the interception of a Ukrainian “drone carrier” aircraft over southern Ukraine. The incident reportedly took place in airspace above the Russian-occupied Kherson region, according to statements from pro-Kremlin bloggers. The video...

defence-blog.com

 

[GTX]

Russia launches aerial attack on Kyiv, says it's open to more peace talks

The overnight attack on Monday local time comes as the Kremlin said Russia was in favour of a new round of peace talks with Ukraine but there was "lots of work" to be done before an agreement.

www.abc.net.au

 

[GTX]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeVakiDL2Og

 

[GTX]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKSA_OlFr5Y

 

[GTX]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOhQUp3zxKs

 

[Dimlee]

The vid is not wrong - the A-10s rather low speed, long loitering time and good maneuverability makes this in theory an interesting Anti-Shahed platform. If it does not have an air search radar may negate many of the good aspects.

As I understand, there are those types of airborne manned anti-drone platforms today:
1. Jet fighters, Soviet and Western.
2. Old light prop a/c as Yak-52 with various armament tested.
3. New light a/c as Shark. Probably, only for jamming.
Probably, A-10 could do everything that those three types do. Not sure about the operational costs, if they can be lower than those of F-16 and Mirage 2000. Also, the training...

 

[GTX]

Ukraine’s state security hunts for Russian moles inside anti-corruption agency

More than 70 searches were conducted on Monday.

www.politico.eu

 

[GTX]

Putin is stepping up ‘aggressive’ hybrid attacks on Germany, spy chief warns

Russia’s attempts to disrupt German society have grown significantly this year, according to Germany’s military counterintelligence chief. “We are talking about a sharp increase in cases of e…

www.politico.eu

 

[Dimlee]

Summary of the latest Ramstein group meeting.

New US-NATO financing, Patriots and funds for drones from Germany, Canada in the "Danish" model, Dutch and Norwegian contributions to air defence, a lot of stuff from Sweden.

Patriot, shells, money for interceptors and drones. Shmyhal summarizes the results of Ramstein

The Netherlands will provide €200 million for interceptor drones and €125 million for F-16 maintenance, says Defense Minister

news.liga.net

Ah, and more ammo for the lovely cat - Gepard - top 1 in anti-drone city defence today, and one of the iconic pieces of hardware. At least for the "old school" public. Her Brrrr is not so famous as of A-10, probably, but it's very reassuring for the civilians at night.