Comments by "ZIPZ" (@zipz8423) on "CRUX" channel.

  1. Now it`s Saint HIMARS.
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  2. Whats that? Some third world rocket?
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  3.  @georgekaradov1274  In rain or snow the laser is near useless.
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  4.  @cyberrunner6529  God bless you man, that made me laugh.
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  5.  @hydra_ger  They are used to dazzle sensors they wont be making anything fall out of orbit.
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  6.  @robertdebrus3732  No, there are plenty of T90As in Ukraine and T-90M. They have their turrets blown off the same as T-72, "It seems Dimitry, you are having trouble with your Shtora."
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  7.  @p_akistani1687  Bro, why would pakistan fire anything at Israel....
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  8. The 3rd Army Corps was never an elite formation, the video is misleading.
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  9. They have all moved out of range, those ships have Kaliber which has a range of over 1,000 km. The good thing is the Moskva no longer has any influence in the air battle over that part of Ukraine’s land mass. I think it is job done and we don’t need to supply them with anti ship missiles. None of the Russian Black Sea flotilla will go anywhere near the coast now because they know Neptune is operational. Personally I’d concentrate on manufacturing additional Neptune rounds for Ukraine or at least help them to do it. Right now it is more important for them to get field artillery for the battles along the line of contact in the Donbas and medium range SAMS to frag those high flying Russian bombers.
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  10. Either way that is a tank kill.
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  11.  @stephenhumphrey7935  I agree with you sir, the T-72 B3 is as good as the T90A in many ways and from what I have been seeing, the Shtora system does not seem to be making any difference.
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  12. A T-72 round will still kill an M1 or a Chally at the right range.
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  13. They are overhyped.
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  14. The video is misleading, the new 3rd Army Corps are far from elite it is made up largely of volunteers who have hardly any training.
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  15.  @michaelfaraday8391  It is the world we live in unfortunately.
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  16.  @williamzk9083  well PAC-3 is tearing them up.
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  17. I don’t think the U.K. ever planned on donating any Harpoons, whoever suggested that is naive. Probably a member of the unwashed media. More likely the U.K. is trying to buy something for Ukraine, a couple of Exocet coastal batteries from French stocks would make much more sense but the French might baulk at that. For me, a concerted effort to support Ukraine’s Neptune missile program is the right way to go.
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  18.  @davids1inwestholl45  :P I hope some Russian FFGs can stop them with their hulls any time soon.
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  19.  @davids1inwestholl45  yep, 487.2 lbs to be precise. It’s easy to forget they are 15 feet long.
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  20. They pack a massive warhead. It is almost 500 lbs.
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  21.  @cnccarving  there is usually a calibration beam used to fine tune the kill beams. That’s what the ABL used.
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  22.  @cnccarving  The latest thinking is to have multiple beams to get past attenuation, something like a barrel with 30 seperate beams.
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  23. It was always possible.
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  24. Merkava 4 any day of the week fitted with Trophy APS.
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  25. Yeah those were tactics through arrogance, the Russsians did not respect the UKR military and did not cover their column flanks or support their armour properly with infantry, they got their clocks cleaned by the UKR military. Now in the Donbas, the Russians are back to Army 101 tactics but still suffering huge losses because the UKR military has been training for this offensive for 8 years.
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  26.  @ДмитрийСвергин  You mean in your shit 3 day special operation?
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  27. Yes it tries to swallow the loaders arm.
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  28. Nope, even T90s are getting opened up like sardine cans in Ukraine.
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  29.  @Itried20takennames  In simple terms, the Russians did not expect to be battered with NLAW and Javelin.
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  30.  @superwout  None of those systems can counter a top down Javelin. For hard kill those systems would have to shoot upwards and outwards, thus killing your supporting infantry, which is why the projectiles fire upwards and explode downwards. As for soft kill systems, they cannot elevate high enough to influence the Javelin seeker, or even detect the missile that is the current hypothesis. They have relied on their ERA and base armour, although Shtora has been seen it doesnt seem to work very well. As for the 3rd gen system on Armata, it faces the same contraints as the other systems. Since the sanctions, unless they have previously bought a lot of stock, the western components of its FC system will be cut off so not much chance of seeing many new T-14s unless they can sourceand integrate components from China.
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  31.  @jonathanpfeffer3716  No matter the system, any hard kill is always limited by the need to not kill supporting infantry close to your tank. Thats the kicker for these system`s capability.
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  32. What about now Comrade? Lol
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  33.  @one_step_sideways  You will continue to tell lies until honest information comes out, and none of that ever comes from Vatniks, this has been proven time and again. Your kind denied the Kherson and Kharkiv counteroffensives were even happening, until pictures emerged of 250 Russian vehicles that were abandoned and the Orcs scuttled back across the Dnieper. Why TF would anybody start listening to you now? lol
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  34. A space based IR tracker / step starer and a fixed sensor - both in place today can be used to cue other sensors to properly resolve a missile track. People suggesting missiles such as these cannot be tracked don’t know what they are talking about. Multispectral sensors on the same platform are the future and it’s here now.
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  35.  @enriquelaroche5370  some versions of Iskander like the M already had radar decoy dispensers but they have been shot down successfully. Those decoys have already been collected after attacks - I doubt their effectiveness against modern AESA radars such as the type Patriot or SAMP/T comes equipped with. The Russians have also been forced to equip Kh-101s with chaff dispensers - again - probably effective against lower end radar laid guns but not against more sophisticated systems. As for the Kh-22 as you’ve said they are old weapons - Patriot for example should be able to intercept them the issue is ballistic missile defence no matter what AD you have is never easy no matter the threat. In the early days Ukraine was firing 120 Patriots a month, they probably can’t do that today so they are going to get many more leakers. They also only have 2 batteries protecting Kyiv and they have a relatively small footprint. I’m not surprised Russia is managing to hit Kyiv with a small number of missiles. The type that is the most problematic is the Oniks anti ship missile because it travels at high Mach at low level - an incredibly difficult target to intercept. The good news for Ukraine is Russia doesn’t manufacture Kh-22s any longer and they aren’t accurate - they are area weapons and a lot of them malfunction probably due to their age and condition. They are also using EW systems to mess up their terminal approach. I agree, from what I’ve seen Russia missiles are pretty accurate relatively speaking but I think their success rates are a reflection of the lack of density Ukraine has regards AD systems rather than some sort of perceived inferiority of western AD systems - Ukraine simply doesn’t have enough of them. By the way the Ukraine air force has said Patriot can intercept Kh-22s - that’s where I got that from.
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  36. Yes - superior IMUs.
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  37.  @johnryland7625  it’s already happened. American nav systems are traditionally the best on the planet and always have been.
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  38. Russia is also trying to refine their subsonic cruise missiles. They’ve added chaff dispensers to the Kh-101 for example. People have confused them with flare dispensers.
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  39. Well that’s the Russian fantasy, as usual not the reality. Ukraine just intercepted 3 of them.
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  40.  @neutrino.science.defense I don’t believe it has a scramjet - likely a hybrid ramjet. And if AD is expecting it - they can be shot down, Ukraine just proved it by taking out all 3 aimed at Kyiv.
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  41. Its an expensive way to take down a drone, its cheaper using a martlet missile or a stinger. And those 2 weapons work in the rain.
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  42. I think the public have been conned somewhat, I do not think these missiles are capable of mach 10 or 12, I base that on the donor weapon it is based on, they just operate beyond the engagement envelope of current Ukraine AD systems in altitude performance and speed. It`s an Iskander M adapted for air launch. People have bought into the idea that a supersonic Mig-31 carrying a supersonic short ranged ballistic missile makes it a wonderweapon. That MIG will not be rated to travel very fast carrying one of those weapons it`s on the MIG because it is large enough to carry it, has the ground clearance and thrust to take it up to higher altitude to launch it to give it greater range. An SU-27 probably lacks the dynamics to do it. Once UKR gets Patriot and SAMP-T operational they will be able to successfully engage a few of them but they will never have enough launchers to cover every target. What I find most interesting is these missiles have been fired in a salvo of 6 and UKR airspace is under high density of surveilance, so lots of radars wll have looked at these missiles are well as space based assets - we know exactly what its capabilities are in terms of speed and altitude, granted they could have clipped some of its manouever capability but not its speed. So, nobody is talking, which is normal, we dont want them to know what we know.
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  43. Maybe, but the aim is to produce aircraft that have wings that can morph into different shapes to suit different flight profiles. The next generation for swing wing I guess. I first heard of this 20 years ago.
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  44. Biggest problem is atmospheric attenuation. If it rains these weapons dont work.
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  45.  @anonymjet4436  rain, fog, cloud, snow etc. Light sabre killers I’m afraid. The USN has some interesting techniques that they use for Naval lasers but I’m still unconvinced. The maritime environment is the most challenging.
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  46.  @luke4442  Kinzhal isn’t a glide vehicle by any means and as you e seen, UKR is shutting them down. So much for superior Russian technology.
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  47.  @williamzk9083  yeah I believe it’s G limited to 4G too? I am not sure the beast is releasing Kinzhals at high speed it’s the altitude that matters more for the free ride into thin air for the weapon.
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  48.  @krultheg3021  Do you think they throw the laser pointer just like a T72 turret?
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  49.  @justmr9553  Unless it rains, then the crew has to pack up for the day.
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  50.  @williamzk9083  Which is easier said than done.
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