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War in Ukraine
Multiple Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs) issued by Russia, alongside US warnings, indicate that Moscow might soon conduct a “test launch” of its new “Oreshnik” missile again.
Dec. 12
F-16
A former Deputy Chief of Ukraine’s General Staff says the fighters can destroy cruise missiles and Shahed drones but don’t have weapons capable of ability to taking on long-range Russian targets.
Dec. 12
Social media
The charitable foundation has financed the modernization of all of Ukraine’s Soviet-era 9K33 Osa wheeled surface-to-air missile systems (SAMs) at a cost of only $340,000.
Dec. 12
HUR
Russian milbloggers are bemoaning the quantities of modern military kit left behind by Russian forces in Syria, the latest being a ‘state of the art’ air defense radar.
Dec. 5
NATO
Sybiha emphasized the urgent need for at least 20 additional air defense systems, including Hawk, NASAMS, and IRIS-T, to help Ukraine prevent a potential blackout.
Dec. 3
War in Ukraine
After Moscow’s latest strikes on Ukraine’s power grid, Biden drives home a message of urgency; More drone attacks on Kyiv; As Russian economy goes into full meltdown, oligarchs are furious.
Nov. 29
NATO
The White House says it takes Moscow’s threats seriously after Russia’s Foreign Ministry said the base has been “included on the list of priority targets for potential strikes.”
Nov. 27
Russia
HUR drones hit a fuel depot in Kaluga, Russia, sparking massive explosions and fire. Local videos show air defenses failing to stop the precision strikes.
Nov. 25
War in Ukraine
The S-400 surface-to-air missile system is considered roughly equivalent to the American-made Patriot air-defense system
Nov. 24
Iran
Thermobaric “aerosol or vacuum bomb” warheads are capable of breaching bunkers, destroying fortified walls and inducing burst lungs and ruptured eyeballs in its victims.
Nov. 20
Kyiv
Ukraine’s border guards posted a video of its Zhytomyr detachment’s air defense unit engaging and destroying a Kh-101 cruise with a MANPADS missile somewhere over the Kyiv region on Sunday.
Nov. 19
War in Ukraine
The Americans want a quick end to the war. The Ukrainians want to be sure Russian missiles, bombs and drones won’t be able to hit Ukrainian homes ever again. That’s a problem.
Nov. 18
Zelensky
Three years ago, Natalia Hrabarchuk was a preschool teacher but on the morning of Sunday, Nov. 17 she took out a Kh-101 missile with an “Igla” MANPADS missile.
Nov. 18
Drones
The drone strikes persisted intermittently for multiple hours on Sunday morning, followed by dozens of missiles, including the Kinzhal hypersonic missiles.
Nov. 17
Drones
Kyiv Post examines the threat Ukraine faces from waves of Russian kamikaze drones and other aerial weapons and what Kyiv and its Western allies can do to counter them.
Nov. 9
Zaporizhzhia
Images shared on social media of a Russian cruise missile that came down over Ukraine showed it had replaced its seeker head with a counterweight and its motor with one from an older system.
Nov. 7
A former Deputy Chief of Ukraine’s General Staff says the fighters can destroy cruise missiles and Shahed drones but don’t have weapons capable of ability to taking on long-range Russian targets.
Dec. 12