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it's cruise missiles. "slow" flying. people take them out even with MANPADs and German Gepards. somewhat "easy" target. If russia were to start shooting ballist

• booi 4y ago
  imo unlikely they resort to those. ballistic missiles are a lot more expensive, malfunctions or mistakes could bring NATO into the war and at the very very least, will invite significant missile defense systems from other countries into Ukraine. It would be a mistake.. Now that I think of it, Putin might not give af
  • simplyaccont 4y ago
    They do shoot Iskanders, which are short range ballistic. But they are running out of them. This is Ukranian estimations of russian stocks of various types of missiles that are currently been used for bombing Ukraine https://preview.redd.it/oa9z2mdhlv8a1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=74059879480acadbca3f8561346df8e58b93b50b https://preview.redd.it/oa9z2mdhlv8a1.jpeg?width=1600&format...
    • sofixa 4y ago
      They took out the Tochkas from the reserves months ago, the Iskanders have probably already run out.
      • simplyaccont 4y ago
        They use tochkas only near the front line I believe. Not enough range to hit main targets deeper inside Ukraine. They also claim that there is no tochkas in use in russian army, despite plenty of evidence.