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2022-12-22 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

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Commentary mainly by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] Nomenclature of the next delivery of weapons to Ukraine.

- One Patriot battery and ammunition;
- Ammunition for HIMARS;
- 500 Excalibur shells;
- 10 120-mm mortars and 10,000 mines;
- 10 82-mm mortars;
- 10 60-mm mortars;
- 37 Cougar MRAPs;
- 120 HMMWV;
- 6 armored trucks;
- HARM missiles;
- High-precision aviation ammunition (JDAM);
- More than 2,700 grenade launchers and small arms;
- Claymore anti-personnel mines;
- night vision devices and optics;
- Communication systems;
- Body armor.
- 45,000 152-mm shells;
- 20,000 122-mm shells;
- 50,000 122-mm rockets for the Grad MLRS;
- 100,000 125mm tank ammunition;
- Terminals and communication services;
- Training, maintenance, etc.

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REGARDING THE PATRIOT AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM.
One battery will be supplied - this is either 4 or 8 launchers, depending on the configuration.

Accordingly, if there are 4 installations, then these are 16 missiles, if there are 8 installations, then 32.

In addition, it is necessary to specify which modification of the PAC-2 or PAC-3.

If PAC-2, then during the Yemeni war the system showed its low effectiveness against Iranian drones and missiles. The PAC-3 is more effective, but also missed Iranian cruise and ballistic missiles that broke through the air defense units created to cover the airports and oil production facilities of Saudi Aramco.

ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PATRIOT AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM DURING THE YEMENI WAR. 2019 YEAR.
The command of the Yemeni army, acting jointly with the Houthis, announced that on July 4 (on Independence Day of the United States), a drone strike (according to other sources, an Iranian-made cruise missile) destroyed the Patriot air defense system that covered the actions of a group of Saudi and Sudanese mercenaries on the border of Yemen and Saudi Arabia .

In addition, after the defeat of the Patriot air defense system (supposedly it was in a non-deployed position), the Badr-1 ballistic missile (of Iranian origin) in the province of Marib successfully hit the accumulation of Saudi and Sudanese infantry, causing heavy losses in enemy personnel, including 12 senior officers.

Also on July 4-6, there were quite a few raids on the Jizan airport (both UAVs and ballistic missiles were used), which received some damage and was forced to suspend civil aviation flights. The Jizan air defense unit again failed to work effectively, although regarding the strikes on July 6 and 7 (strikes on Jizan and Abha airports have been inflicted since the end of June), the Saudi coalition command stated that the Houthis were unable to effectively hit targets at the Jizan airport. They are silent about the "Patriot".

https://colonelcassad.livejournal.com/5119465.html

Already the hostilities of 2017-2018 clearly showed that in the confrontation with the Houthis strike weapons, the Patriot air defense system, to put it mildly, is screwed up (adjusted for the quality of the Saudi military).

Most famous stories:

1. Houthis attack with ballistic missiles on Riyadh International Airport. The missile passed over the air defense umbrella and landed safely 1.5 kilometers from the international terminal. If the Houthis had been more precise, the consequences for Saudi Arabia would have been very bleak.

2. Attacks on the airport in the province of Asir. During the summer of 2019, the Houthis launched 15 to 20 attacks on the airport with missiles and UAVs. Some of the Saudis were able to shoot down, but some flew (hitting the terminal, parking, take-off and surrounding buildings). The air defense system, to put it mildly, coped poorly.

3. Attacks on the port of Jizan and oil facilities of Saudi Aramco - since 2016, there have been several hits on the territory of the port, on the infrastructure of pipelines leading to Jizan and one of the facilities of Saudi Aramco. The Saudis were able to shoot down only part of what they launched from Yemen.

4. During the repulse of an attack on one of the cities of Saudi Arabia in the province of Jizan, one of the missiles of the Patriot air defense system failed and fell on the city, causing some damage. Part of the Houthi missiles passed through the air defense umbrella and hit the military facilities of the Saudis.

5. Approximately 4-5 military bases in Saudi Arabia since 2017 have been subjected to rocket attacks, with losses in manpower and military property. Observers also noted strange air defense flaws in these attacks, even when they touched bases near Riyadh.

https://colonelcassad.livejournal.com/5288763.html

In general, this system should not be overestimated, as well as underestimated. She's definitely going to hit something. But just like in Yemen, it will certainly "leak".

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