The Russian-Ukrainian War Thread

[vikingatespam]

And extended range fuel tanks never before seen on the type. It looks exactly like what he said - an attempt to probe Polish air defenses. And I agree with the conclusions from above too, NATO performance was piss-poor.

The NATO response was awful. I cant believe no one expected this ?

 

[Feanor]

The NATO response was awful. I cant believe no one expected this ?

It's obvious. The long range UAV threat in this war is completely new. Never before has long range strike on this scale and over this length of time been a thing. Nobody is prepared for it. Obviously NATO isn't. If I was Russia I would like NATO to remain unprepared for this as long as possible. Probing Polish airspace like this has the opposite effect, while I suspect providing information that isn't very useful.

 

[seaspear]

So if N.A.T.O decided to shoot down any missiles or drones that could be assessed as a potential threat before entering Polish territory because Russian uav,s have not shown the ability to land only in Ukraine it could be interesting

 

[Feanor]

So if N.A.T.O decided to shoot down any missiles or drones that could be assessed as a potential threat before entering Polish territory because Russian uav,s have not shown the ability to land only in Ukraine it could be interesting

Another great reason not to have done this. In principle this could open the door on NATO air defenses setting up across the border from western Ukraine and engaging anything that gets too close, giving NATO plenty of practice against these kinds of targets, and helping Ukraine.