Russian losses per 30/11/23 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff.
+1180 men
+13 tanks
+28 APVs
+1 artillery systems
+10 UAVs
Last night, Russia attacked Ukraine with a total of 20 Shahed drones of which 14 were shot down. Additionally they launched 8 S-300 missiles of which the impact is being determined.
Don’t forget “Apes’ Planet”.
Or Essendon’s “Century’s Players”.
Or Tony Barbers, “Century Sale”
Simpson’s Homer
BAE is investing in Ukraine, to produce 105mm light artillery.
Rheinmetal is investing in a repair plant for the Fuchs APC. The intent is to grow this into a production plant capable of producing 400+ APCs per year, with an order of 1000-10000 vehicles to be ordered.
There is reportedly a licencing agreement for Ukriane to produce 1000+ CV90 IFVs.
Most of these will be scaled up after the war, but with Ukrainian cost of production and industrial skillsets, these will make a massive impact to their armed forces over the coming years.
It looks like a miss?
Bump
WASHINGTON, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Ukraine will need to wait until next year before it receives its first big shipment of rocket-propelled bombs the U.S. has adapted to strike at a nearly 100-mile (160km) range, according to the Pentagon and people familiar with the timing.
When the U.S. was first approached by Boeing (BA.N) to buy and ship the Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) to Ukraine last fall, the most optimistic timeline for shipping was around spring of this year, according to a document seen by Reuters at that time. It was reported by Politico in February that delivery wouldn’t take place until later in 2023.
Ukraine needs GLSDB to augment the limited number of 100-mile range ATACMS rockets the U.S. has sent. It will allow Ukraine’s military to hit targets at twice the distance reachable by the rockets it now fires from the U.S.-supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and force Russia to move its supplies even farther from the front lines.
People familiar with current timing say delivery to the U.S. by Boeing, the prime contractor for the GLSDB, will take place in late December - followed by several months of testing before onward shipment to Ukraine.
Nice to see the old FN
Interesting chat about Ukraine defence economics.
**** ***** surely it has not come to this!
New month, new heights. Russian losses per 01/12/23 reported by the Ukrainian general staff.
+1280 men (!)
+13 tanks
+32 APVs
+22 artillery systems
+2 MLRS
+2 AD systems
+22 UAVs
A total of 18 out of 25 Shahed drones were shot down last night. Also one out of two launched Kh-59 missiles were downed.
And yet you can count on the same dumb farks from Lima voting for them again anyway ‘cos Republican’ and ‘something something Democrats elites take our jobs’ or some same old shyte
Just sat in a presentation by someone from the Ukrainian Ministry of Health and a number was presented: >90,000 amputations since 2022.
That is such an enormous amount of suffering.
