re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

A few more pictures from Berdyansk





Video of strike https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1664560955982848001/video/1

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In my opinion, this is a direct precursor to the offensive. Ukraine is creating an environment that will force russia to respond by strengthening its forces in this region. Those are forces Russia won't be able to use:

1) To strengthen their lines in the south
2) As reserves to deploy in front of Ukraianes axis of advance
3) As forces in a counter-attack.

It will weaken any area where Russia removes troops from the battlefield to use them to strengthen the Belgorod region.

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More military buzzwords:

Ukraine is setting conditions (shaping for the youngins) by creating dilemmas for the Russians. A problem has a solution but dilemmas have more than one solution and they all suck. One of the best dilemmas to create is one that splits a finite set of assets.

Early on in this thread, there was a discussion of the usefulness of paratroopers and one of my points in favor of paratroopers is they are extremely good at creating dilemmas. A prime example was Operation Northern Delay when the 173rd jumped into northern Iraq.

Dilemmas put the enemy in a no-win situation and the only correct option is to pick the least bad reaction quickly, the problem is even many military leaders will fail by making errors of omission and delay their reaction usually making the situation worse.


Anyone that has been in the military and likely anyone with some sense can see the guiding hand of the US all over Ukraine's strategy and upper-level tactics.

There are also reports of TU-95MS up again tonight so further missile attacks are expected.

https://twitter.com/Faytuks/status/1665101054235807744

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Faytuks News ?
@Faytuks
Confirmed: 6 russian Tu-95Ms strategic bombers are heading to the Caspian sea. Missile launches against Ukraine is all but certain.

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This is a cool map, and they do some other interesting 3D modeling projects. Should point out though, that image is only the last two months worth of flights.

It has been a while since a good updated set of maps has been posted.

You can right-click on these and choose open in a new tab to zoom in.

ETA: Well that didn't work.

Go here if you want to see them
https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-462-summary/

At the :13 point in the video a system called Artemis is plotted. I haven't ever heard of Artemis so I looked it up.

https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2022/12/inside-armys-newest-spy-plane/380964/

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Inside the Army’s Newest Spy Plane
Already watching over Ukraine, Leidos’ ARTEMIS is part of the service’s growing fleet of contractor-owned intelligence aircraft.

From a distance, the all-white business jet parked neatly in a hangar underneath a giant American flag looks a lot like the other sleek, luxurious private planes arriving and departing from this Virginia airport. But inside, this plane is far more working class.

The cabin, full of server racks, looks more like an IT closet than an executive aircraft. The seats are cloth and two computer consoles are connected to a dozen or so antennas protruding from the plane’s belly.

To the U.S. Army, this plane—or something like it—is a ticket to the future of warfare, built to monitor the complex communications of an adversary nation-state from standoff distance, rather than the simpler chatter of insurgents right below.

Called ARTEMIS, the plane uses its antennas and computers to intercept and decipher enemy communications. The aircraft itself is made by Bombardier, but the specialized modifications are made by Virginia-based defense and technology firm Leidos.

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And another article discussing it
https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2021/11/15/experimental-artemis-aircraft-used-in-real-world-ukraine-operations

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Experimental ARTEMIS Aircraft Used in ‘Real-World’ Operations

ARTEMIS was recently pulled out of the Project Convergence experiments in Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona, to help U.S. European Command keep tabs on a reported buildup of Russian troops on the Ukrainian border, Evans said.

“It was supposed to be here all through the end of last week. We terminated support to PC '21. We put it back in Europe to cover Ukraine,” Evans said.

Project Convergence is the Army’s version of the Pentagon's joint all-domain command and control concept, which calls for a seamless mesh of sensors and shooters connected to a network, all working at computational speeds. ARTEMIS was one of some 100 technologies the Army tested during the months-long experiments.

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ETA: Having a hot war to test and debug, is a gift from Russia to the US.

From the 2nd Article

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Defense contractor Leidos integrated the jet and the sensors, which includes the high accuracy detection and exploitation system, or HADES, which has multiple eavesdropping sensors. L-3 Communications Integrated Systems and Raytheon Applied Signal Technology have provided prototype sensors for the program, which is intended to replace legacy fixed-wing sensor platforms such as the Guardrail.

But the prototypes, along with the aircraft, are being put to good use, Evans said.

“ARTEMIS is ... more than an idea. It's a real-world combat system,” he said.

Yet, “it is still an experiment of sorts. We don't have the central configuration nailed down completely right. But we're getting close,” he added.

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Combine this with AI, Drones, networked artillery & missiles, and Integrated Combat Management Systems (Like the one the US gave Ukraine recently) and you have what the future of warfare will look like.

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"Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself."

Proverbs 26:4

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Sorry, not following you?

Did not mean to respond to you.

I would like to know what was in those 2 warehouses at Berdyansk port. Looks like it was hit with 2 Storm Shadows so it had to be something fairly important to spend $2 million on. It didn’t have a huge secondary explosion like you would normally see from an ammo or fuel depot. You’d think if tanks were in there they would have popped their turrets and be visible. We will never likely know.

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Interesting that Sweden is so active.

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Pulling their weight to show commitment to NATO perhaps?