Wait until you learn the top speed at which the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle is set to fly at on re-entry, or the speed of ICBM MIRVs on re-entry...
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Mach 27, 27 times the speed of sound, or 9.25km per second...
Wait until you learn the top speed at which the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle is set to fly at on re-entry, or the speed of ICBM MIRVs on re-entry...
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Mach 27, 27 times the speed of sound, or 9.25km per second...
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Timeline's not matching for me. We know from two separate videos that the IRBM impacted Dnipro at 05:17 local time (GMT+2). Sunrise at Dnipro for the 21st of November: 06:56 local time. The missile was launched from Kasputin Yar five minutes prior, so 07:12 local time (GMT+4). Sunrise for Kasputin Yar on 21st November: 08:14.
The videos look more likely to match the Soyuz launch at 17:22 of the 21st of November at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Sunset there on the 21st of November: 17:10. The videos seem to be at sunset, instead of over an hour before sunrise. The sky also seems to get darker as the rocket flies, not lighter, though that could just be placebo. Footage also matches the appearance of previous Soyuz launch footage, especially the exhaust gas pattern after the first stage. Some nice clips of a stage 2 seperation though.
My best guess is one missile with six re-entry vehicles, and each re-entry vehicle has six submunitions each.
Think that was the Soyuz launch yesterday and not the Oreshnik IRBM, trajectory is not depressed at all.
Don't worry, the Ukrainians also confused this Soyuz launch in Kazakhstan for an IRBM launch, leading to them issuing an air raid warning for the entire country.
Storm Shadow/SCALP is a terrain following, low flying stealth cruise missile. The flight path needs to be programmed beforehand, and that is done using satellite and topographical data from the US/NATO, and US/NATO officials also program the flight path before the missile is fired, to avoid air defence locations (also obtained by US/NATO satellite data). Satellite imagery for target matching with the missile's EO sensors would also require US/NATO involvement. Storm Shadow is a fire and forget platform, once it's fired it can't be reprogrammed, it flies according to the set flight path.
Ukraine:
Maybe selects the target to strike, using information gathered by NATO ISTAR capabilities (Information, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance).
Loads the missile onto their Su-24 bomber aircraft(s), modified with parts and likely avionics from the British Tornado GR4 aircraft, so it can carry and fire the Storm Shadow/SCALP missile.
Flies in their Su-24 bombers to the launch point with escort aircraft (previously MiG 29 aircraft with US made anti radiation missiles to suppress air defence systems on the path to the launch point, and Su-27 aircraft with air to air missiles. F-16s might also play a role now).
Gets to the launch point, performs launching maneuveres, and launches the missile.
USA/UK/France/NATO:
Provides Ukraine with a list of possible targets using their ISTAR capabilities, if not selecting a target itself.
Programmes the missile's flight path, from launch point to target area, to fly low to the ground and avoid air defence coverage, using their own topographical data of Russia, and the location of air defence systems and radars, gathered by NATO satellites, in particular US satellites will be used for this data as they have the most capability in this regard.
Provide satellite imagery for the terrain matching and target matching features of the missile for the terminal flight stage.
The missile uses GPS guidance provided by satellites for guidance throughout it's flight.
I'm sure you can see why Russia is not happy with the above.
Yes, with your own capabilities, as Ukraine has done up until now with drone attacks, in which they are fully in control of. These long range NATO weapons, in ATACMS and Storm Shadow/SCALP, require NATO personnel to input the targeting information. In other words, NATO military members are directly particating in an attack against Russia within Russia's internationally recognised borders. That is a massive escalation.
The weapons require command and control by NATO personnel, and guidance by NATO satellites. NATO is actively participating in an attack on Russian soil, using Ukraine as a buffer. This is a massive deal for anyone that does not want to die in nuclear hellfire. Russia has responded to this escalation by unveiling a previously not known to exist Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) weapon, in an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile called "Oreshnik", with Multiple Re-entry Vehicle and/or cluster warheads that can strike all of Europe, striking a weapons factory in Ukraine with this weapon yesterday. Again, this is a big deal for anyone that does not want to live in Posadas' version of the future.
Russia: unveils a weapon that gives them Conventional Prompt Strike capabilities across the entirety of Europe.
Pro Ukraine trolls: Russia is about to be defeated!
It hit a weapons factory apparently.
And how do we know this? From a leaked phone call from Germany.
Why a leaked German military recording on Ukraine aid is causing an outcry - Reuters, March 5 2024
German Taurus Leak - Wikipedia
They British even help the Ukrainians load the missiles on the planes with regards to Quality Control! This is absolutely ridiculous. The Ukrainians can't even load the missiles themselves onto their modified Su-24 bombers with pylons from the British Tornado GR4 without the British watching over their shoulder, literally.
I don't think tagging people is useful, it could be seen as harrassment, and at this point all the information is out there. I've been going on for months about how it's a big escalation to target Russia within their internationally recognised borders like this, if others don't acknowledge this that's fine, everyone is entitled to their own opinions.