The American left mocked “Star Wars.” You know who didn’t? The Soviet Union.
Posted on 05/16/2023 11:13:53 PM PDT by dennisw
The interceptions are an embarrassment for the Russian military. Back in 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin billed the Dagger, or Kinzhal in Russian, as a “next-generation” Russian weapon. Russian officials claimed that the missile can go 10 times faster than the speed of sound, reach any point in Ukraine, and is able to evade all but the most sophisticated air defense systems. Experts questioned those claims, arguing that the missile is just a modification of an existing missile that Putin was trying to rebrand.
Russian officials must be reeling in utter disbelief after seven of their most sophisticated missiles were blasted out of the sky in an incredible night of drama over Kyiv.
When Ukraine’s Defense Express outlet reported that just one Kh-47 “Dagger” missile had been shot down with a U.S.-made Patriot air defense system earlier this month, it prompted fury in Russia.
On Saturday, U.S. officials told CNN that the Russian missile attack on May 5 was targeting the Patriot itself. The Kremlin (Clowns) had believed these weapons were all but “unstoppable.”
Those Russian claims were left in disarray early Tuesday when a further six Kh-47s were reportedly shot down in a single night.
In one of the most intense aerial assaults on the capital since the war began, Ukrainian air defenses took down 18 missiles that were targeting the city.
The night sky over Kyiv was rocked by explosions as the new Patriot missile defense system responded to an unprecedented, coordinated barrage of missiles.
Six of the highly acclaimed Kh-47 missiles were launched from MiG-31K aircraft, three S-400 cruise missiles were fired from land, and a further nine Kalibr cruise missiles were launched from the Black Sea.
All of them were taken out, according to the Ukrainian air force, with no casualties reported.
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More humiliation for Putin.
I wonder how he can stand it.
“When Ukraine’s Defense Express outlet reported...”
Ok there, then it must be true!
I would remind you of the Fog of War.
In WW2, during the D-Day invasion of Europe, *every* German tank reported (especially destroyed) was a “Tiger”, Hitler’s supertank. Germany would really have loved to have had as many Tigers as was reported. After the front had moved on, those destroyed tanks were surveyed - few of them were Tigers, most were Panzer IIIs and IVs.
There is every possibility that these were *not* hypersonics.
You mean that MSN might not report accurate information? How can that be possible? /s
The American left mocked “Star Wars.” You know who didn’t? The Soviet Union.
‘There is every possibility that these were *not* hypersonics.”
Putin’s dumbass army was over-hyped. Same for his trashy hypersonic missiles.
The Ukies are righteous so they fear not >>>>>>
What does the Bible mean when it tells us to fear not?
https://www.gotquestions.org/fear-not.html
WebWhen the Bible tells us, “Do not fear,” it means we are not to allow anxiety or fretfulness to rule our lives or take root in our hearts. We are not to be people of panic. We are to be …
Dunce. You stand with Russian corruption that is 10x more vast than Ukraine corruption. Dunce. Everyone knows that Russian army is so corrupt, that it effed up Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
This would be Tsar of invasions was so stupid/uniformed about the pathetic state of his Russian army, that was supposed to conquer Kiev in 3-7 days. Rest of Ukraine within a month.
The problem with that assumption is that the debris from shot down ‘hypersonic missiles’ isn’t necessarily matching the Khinzal hypersonic missiles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kh-47M2_Kinzhal#Russo-Ukrainian_War
Both sides have been found to be using propaganda in this fight. I would question *anything* said about the war until otherwise verified.
“The difficulty in understanding the Russian is that we do not take cognizance of the fact that he is not a European but an Asiatic and therefore thinks deviously. We can no more understand a Russian than a Chinaman or a Japanese and, from what I’ve seen of them, I have no particular desire to understand them except to ascertain how much lead or iron it takes to kill them. In addition to his other amiable characteristics, the Russian has no regard for human life and is an all out son of a bitch, a barbarian, and a chronic drunk.”. - Gen. George S. Patton
When Neocons like you quote articles from The Daily Beast and the Bible in the same post, you know Putin won.
I actually get you. That the shot down Russian missiles were not really Putin’s much vaunted hypersonics. We shall see.
Russians cannot buy the Western/Asian electronics they need to manufacture and refine their hypersonic missiles. Russians can make their own 90nm processors and nothing better. Russia is a technology parasite nation. They should stick to being the gas fill up station to Europe and the world. But this was not good enough for the stupid, cancerous Tsar Putin. Putin likes war and conquest, same as the Russian Tsars of old.
At this hour, Coast to Coast w George Noory is more interesting. I learned something from his first guest. That keeping your connective tissue healthy, makes for good overall health. You should ask yourself what connective tissue is.
Sodium ascorbate does this.
“Both sides have been found to be using propaganda in this fight.”
I have a Ukrainian friend (American now) that said the same - who knows what or who to believe. Although she said that lots of her friends back home fled the country. Some leaving their husbands behind who were not allowed to leave due to needing to be available to serve in the war if necessary.
Um, Russians can very well get their hands on Asian electronics. China’s funneling what they can to the Russians, and India hasn’t interdicted Russian trade with them or through them.
Would also point out that recent Russian weapons, when tested by others, have sometimes shown that they actually do work as advertised on the box - the tandem warhead heavy ATGMs gutting NATO-spec tanks in Syria, the supercavitating torpedoes that the US is unable to duplicate (we just canceled our latest attempt) and that’s just the two I can think of right before bed.
I would not be so quick to dismiss them.
Mind, I’m not saying they *aren’t* either - however, given the known limitations of the systems in and provided to Ukraine, it seems unlikely. That said, neither side is trustworthy in their reporting (and to be fair, in war that’s common even *without* propaganda) so a “show me the evidence” stance is what we should be taking.
So I’ll add Art Bell to your Daily Beast and Bible quotes. It’s no wonder you’re carrying Demented Joe’s war on your back.
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