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#AirDefense

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#Russia responds to #Ukraine's call for a #truce in the air with a massive air #attack, around 200 #missiles and #drones targeting purely civilian targets all across the country.

With #Trump having cut off Ukraine's #airdefense shipments, #putin will now scale up missile attacks to bring about one of the worst massacres in human history.

This is all on #Americans now. You voted this guy in, and the #US will never live it down.

Reminder, Ukraine WAS the most pro-American nation in #Europe.

A review of what #Trump did to #Ukraine in the past 24 hours should be a big lesson to any #US #ally or purchaser of US #weapons systems.

- halted congressionally authorized #ammo and weapons deliveries
- halted #intelligence sharing, alerts, which save lives every day
- pressuring European #allies to abandon Ukraine
- halted targeting abilities of Ukraine's most advanced weapons systems at the #front

Now Ukrainians wait until #airdefense systems run out of ammo.

This is Nataliia Hrabarchuk

She was a kindergarten #teacher before the #UkraineWar

Here she is on the morning of November 17 using a #SAM (9K38 Igla #MANPADS) to destroy a #Russian #cruisemissile

It was her first live combat launch, and first hit, after a five month course in portable #airdefense systems

#Russia since the beginning of the war constantly targets its missiles drones and mortars at civilians and civilian infrastructure

tvpworld.com/83545115/rookie-s

#Ukraine has received just 10% of US aid approved earlier this year

If you give your word, keep it

Zelensky also said #NATO had promised to provide “six or seven” #AirDefense systems to protect Ukraine’s #airspace

“But today, we haven’t received this number. If we still haven’t received it and we can’t count on this great support for air defense during the heating season, which has already begun in Ukraine… What can we do?”

kyivindependent.com/ukraine-ha

The Kyiv Independent · Ukraine has received just 10% of US aid approved by Congress earlier this year, Zelensky says"You do your job. You count on reserves, you count on special brigades, you count on such equipment. And if you get 10% of all the package (that) has already been voted on... It's not funny," Zelensky said.

There is a very large number of Fighter Jets and refueling planes in the skies of #Palestine, on their way to Iran.


The strikes heard in #Iran seem to be initial, it seems that the IDF was testing Iran's Air-Defenses before launching its main attack, or perhaps targeting Air-Defense assets.

Full #IDF statement:
- The IDF is currently attacking military targets in Iran in a targeted manner in response to the Iranian regime's ongoing attacks against the State of Israel over the past few months.

  • The IDF is on alert offensively and defensively as we monitor developments from Iran and its proxies.
  • The IDF is constantly assessing the situation and at this stage there has been no change in the Home Front Command's instructions.
  • We must continue to be vigilant and obey the Home Front Command's instructions so that we can update the public immediately on any new developments.

#Military #Airdefense #US #Politics #StopIsrael #NoWarWithIran

@paleodons @israel @lebanon

Germany orders 17 IRIS-T air defense systems for Ukraine

17 new units will be sent to #Ukraine on top of the seven other systems that have already been delivered. Ukraine can expect to receive four more IRIS-T systems of different ranges by the end of 2024, government spokesperson Wolfgang Buchner said in August.

By 2026, Ukraine should receive 24 IRIS-T systems from #Germany — 12 of medium-range versions and 12 short-range

kyivindependent.com/germany-or

The Kyiv Independent · Germany orders 17 IRIS-T air defense systems for Ukraine, Scholz saysBy Kateryna Denisova
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#Russians have criticized #RussianAuthorities for not using #AirRaid sirens to warn #civilians of the danger.

Several Russian military bloggers have also criticized their authorities for failing to detect and destroy all the missiles before they approached #Sevastopol, and for failing to build shelters near the beach. #Crimea #Ukraine

Russians criticize Russian #DefenseMinistry for #AirDefense operations in Crimea - ISW
newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russia

RBC-Ukraine · Russians criticize Russian Defense Ministry for air defense operations in Crimea - ISWBy Daryna Vialko

For those not following the #UkraineWar

#Ukraine just hit an #Su57

with 3 slow loud #drones, 600km from the front on the airfield

where is the #airdefense?

it's the first time in history an a Su-57 was hit

Sukhoi Su-57 is the most advanced fighter jet #Russia has, it's fifth generation. and Russia does not have a lot of them

damaged/ taken out (the photos are blurry) with what amounts to nothing more than cessnas packed with explosives

amazing

#SlavaUkraini

theaviationist.com/2024/06/09/

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This is #France flexing it's military muscles to show that the #EU too has fighter jets (& training capacity) to offer
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The type’s merits are well-known. “The dash-five is a rather old aircraft, but it is also specialized,” French air force Col. #AnneLabadie told Combat Aircraft. “It is an aircraft exclusively dedicated to #AirDefense, and its pilots are specialized in this.” #UkraineWar

#Ukraine Will Get Ex-French #Mirage2000-5 Fighters | David Axe
forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024

Iranian military sources reporting that Iranian military and IRGC have deployed several Nour (renamed from Khordad-15) with ComandCintril 2031-1 domestic designed and produced air defense system each capable of carry 10 SAMs and launch 8 simultaneously against 4 targets.


This is the first large scale use of the Iranian copy of Russian S-200 air defense system with an upgraded electronic command center and anti jam radar units (IRGC claims).

The units are all parts of the largest military exercise planned to be happening tomorrow or the next day.

Somehow accurate Wikipedia of Khordad-15 SAM cam be found here: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khorda…en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khorda…
#Iran #Military #AirDefense #Nour #SAM #Israel #Politics