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| Rare Russian arctic anti-air system destroyed for first time by Ukraine |
| 2023-02-08 |
| [Jpost] Rare Russian air defense systems have been shot down by Ukrainian forces. A rare Russian Arctic TOR-M2DT air defense system was destroyed for the first time in the platform's service history by Ukrainian artillery, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said on Thursday. Ukrainian artillerymen hit the TOR-M2DT with shells after the location of the system was scouted by a drone, the ministry said, posting a video mocking how the anti-air platform had been extolled in Russian media. "The Arctic TOR-M2DT air defense system became the star of Russian television when it was sent to Ukraine," said the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. "It burned brightly, the fire extinguisher did not help." WAS THIS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT? A second TOR-M2DT was destroyed on Friday, claimed Ukraine Weapons Tracker, an open-source intelligence project of Calibre Obscura arms research. It claimed that these incidents were the first confirmed kills of the systems. The project said that both Tor-M2DT were destroyed in Kherson using M982 Excalibur-guided projectiles. Excalibur rounds are GPS-guided 155 mm projectiles that were provided to Ukraine in US defense packages. The Tor-M2DT is the arctic version of the Tor-M2 surface-to-air missile system. The Tor-M2 was designed to intercept attacks from cruise missiles, gliding bombs, aircraft, helicopters and drones, according to Russian state media outlet TASS. It has a range of 12km and altitude range of 10km. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #9 Fat Bob, you gonna put your own ass on the line at Stalingrad? Your comments are getting tedious. We wanna see some action! |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2023-02-08 12:48 |
| #8 Haven't read much about Cubans in Ukraine. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-02-08 10:04 |
| #7 /\ NYT 2 September 1981 - SOUTH AFRICA REPORTS THE CAPTURE OF A SOVIET SOILDER IN ANGOLA RAID South Africa said today that its soldiers had killed some Soviet army officers and captured a warrant officer during its eight-day operation in Angola against black nationalist guerrillas. A statement issued here by Defense Minister Magnus Malan said South African forces had made contact during the fighting of the last week with Soviet officers working with Angola-based guerrillas of the South-West Africa People's Organization. ''In the skirmishes, some of these officers, among others, were killed,'' General Malan said. ''A Russian warrant officer was also taken prisoner.'' A warrant officer ranks between an enlisted man and a commissioned officer. No Reaction From Moscow |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-02-08 07:41 |
| #6 #4 you understand that Soviet pilots flew against the UN in the Korean War. Two can play that game. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-02-08 07:36 |
| #5 The Russians have transferred 75-80% of their artic army and marine forces to Ukraine, where it is getting destroyed. Meanwhile NATO adds Finland and Sweden to the club. Genius! |
| Posted by: Thruter Gloluger6393 2023-02-08 07:09 |
| #4 #1, did you ever consider that the Russians might just shoot back? |
| Posted by: Bill Greans6336 2023-02-08 06:58 |
| #3 #1 "Meanwhile, I'll sit here behind my keyboard, and criticize the slow pace of the killing" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2023-02-08 06:40 |
| #2 Never mind the Russians might have something to say about it. |
| Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed 2023-02-08 05:39 |
| #1 US military intelligence finds them, does everything for Ukraine but pull the trigger. US troops would do a much better job and clear out the Russians in a short time. In fact, ignore Ukraine entirely and drive for Moscow. It's the mistake we made in Gulf War I. We should have totally ignored Kuwait and removed Saddam Hussein in Baghdad. We didn't and paid for our mistake on 9/11. |
| Posted by: Fat Bob Thrart2867 2023-02-08 05:15 |