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I've heard talk of one hypersonic that hit a weapons cache early in the war. The rest of what I have seen has been ordinary missiles of various kinds, often eit

I've heard talk of one hypersonic that hit a weapons cache early in the war. The rest of what I have seen has been ordinary missiles of various kinds, often either aimed at civilian infrastructure or extremely imprecise.

trasz 4y ago
If I remember correctly, the weapons cache turned out to be a barn. Thus far, Russian stuff that actually works is the one from USSR times.
cpursley 4y ago
They haven't appeared to use a lot of hypersonics (no need, really); probably just testing and calibration. With just the kinetic energy alone, they can do massive damage. And make no mistake, the US will have them soon enough. There's a reason Russia made their moves now (during that gap). As for preciseness, the newer ballistics have precision of over 90% (thanks, US designed chips). Older ones probably 75%. Their biggest weakness is access to chips. And the imprecise hits are coming from the Tochka-Us, an old system that mostly the Ukrainians are fielding - but maybe pro-Russian Ukrainian separatists forces some, too. Check out this book: https://www.amazon.com/Losing-Military-Supremacy-American-Strategic/dp/0998694754/ https://www.amazon.com/Losing-Military-Supremacy-American-St...
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- reitanqild 4y ago
  > As for preciseness, the newer ballistics have precision of over 90% Ok, so they are bombing civilians on purpose, is that what you say?
  - cpursley 4y ago
    What do you think?
    - reitanqild 4y ago
      A combination: It is no secret that much of the good Soviet tech was produced in Ukraine, both tanks and missiles, and without maintenance they won't be as precise as they were supposed to be. And for some reason Ukrainians hasn't wanted to do maintenance on Russians tech the last few years. That said we've also seen plenty enough evidence that Russians shoot civilians on purpose.

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I've heard talk of one hypersonic that hit a weapons cache early in the war. The rest of what I have seen has been ordinary missiles of various kinds, often eit

by reitanqild 4y ago

trasz 4y ago
If I remember correctly, the weapons cache turned out to be a barn. Thus far, Russian stuff that actually works is the one from USSR times.
cpursley 4y ago
They haven't appeared to use a lot of hypersonics (no need, really); probably just testing and calibration. With just the kinetic energy alone, they can do massive damage. And make no mistake, the US will have them soon enough. There's a reason Russia made their moves now (during that gap). As for preciseness, the newer ballistics have precision of over 90% (thanks, US designed chips). Older ones probably 75%. Their biggest weakness is access to chips. And the imprecise hits are coming from the Tochka-Us, an old system that mostly the Ukrainians are fielding - but maybe pro-Russian Ukrainian separatists forces some, too. Check out this book: https://www.amazon.com/Losing-Military-Supremacy-American-Strategic/dp/0998694754/ https://www.amazon.com/Losing-Military-Supremacy-American-St...
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- reitanqild 4y ago
  > As for preciseness, the newer ballistics have precision of over 90% Ok, so they are bombing civilians on purpose, is that what you say?
  - cpursley 4y ago
    What do you think?
    - reitanqild 4y ago
      A combination: It is no secret that much of the good Soviet tech was produced in Ukraine, both tanks and missiles, and without maintenance they won't be as precise as they were supposed to be. And for some reason Ukrainians hasn't wanted to do maintenance on Russians tech the last few years. That said we've also seen plenty enough evidence that Russians shoot civilians on purpose.