Life after Guantanamo: 'We are still in jail'

Re:Life after Guantanamo: 'We are still in jail' by cpursley on Monday June 13, 2022 @11:18AM (#31726802)

So all the videos getting posted by Ukrainians of missiles zipping through the sky as well as missile strikes are fakes? The western news showing video clips of Russian missiles hitting Ukrainian infrastructure like bridges and bases are fakes? The Pentagon openly saying that Russia has been using hypersonics - fakes? The Russian RD-180 rocket engines powering NASAs Atlas V are fakes?

Do you have access to a computer and basic Google skills?

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Re:Life after Guantanamo: 'We are still in jail' by reitanqild on Monday June 13, 2022 @12:15PM (#31727559)

I've heard talk of one hypersonic that hit a weapons cache early in the war. The rest of what I have seen has been ordinary missiles of various kinds, often either aimed at civilian infrastructure or extremely imprecise.

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Re:Life after Guantanamo: 'We are still in jail' by cpursley on Monday June 13, 2022 @12:30PM (#31727794)

They haven't appeared to use a lot of hypersonics (no need, really); probably just testing and calibration. With just the kinetic energy alone, they can do massive damage. And make no mistake, the US will have them soon enough. There's a reason Russia made their moves now (during that gap).

As for preciseness, the newer ballistics have precision of over 90% (thanks, US designed chips). Older ones probably 75%. Their biggest weakness is access to chips.

And the imprecise hits are coming from the Tochka-Us, an old system that mostly the Ukrainians are fielding - but maybe pro-Russian Ukrainian separatists forces some, too.

Check out this book: https://www.amazon.com/Losing-Military-Supremacy-American-St...

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Re:Life after Guantanamo: 'We are still in jail' by reitanqild on Monday June 13, 2022 @12:32PM (#31727829)

> As for preciseness, the newer ballistics have precision of over 90%

Ok, so they are bombing civilians on purpose, is that what you say?

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Re:Life after Guantanamo: 'We are still in jail' by cpursley on Monday June 13, 2022 @12:51PM (#31728123)

What do you think?

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Re:Life after Guantanamo: 'We are still in jail' by reitanqild on Monday June 13, 2022 @12:58PM (#31728216)

A combination:

It is no secret that much of the good Soviet tech was produced in Ukraine, both tanks and missiles, and without maintenance they won't be as precise as they were supposed to be. And for some reason Ukrainians hasn't wanted to do maintenance on Russians tech the last few years.

That said we've also seen plenty enough evidence that Russians shoot civilians on purpose.

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Re:Life after Guantanamo: 'We are still in jail' by trasz on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @01:05PM (#31742479)

If I remember correctly, the weapons cache turned out to be a barn.

Thus far, Russian stuff that actually works is the one from USSR times.

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