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[Relic]

Germany has upped its commitment of IRIS-T air defense systems for Ukraine. They will now sens the Ukrainian 24 systems between 2024 and 2026. 12 Medium range IRIS-T SLM and 12 short range IRIS-T SLS systems have been ordered.

4 more systems will arrive in Ukraine by the conclusion of 2024, giving Ukraine 11 systems in total. The remaining 13 systems will arrive throughout 2025 and 2026.

Germany orders 17 IRIS-T air defense systems for Ukraine, Scholz says

The new 17 units will be sent to Ukraine on top of the seven other systems that have already been delivered. Ukraine can expect to receive four more IRIS-T systems of different ranges by the end of 2024, government spokesperson Wolfgang Buchner said in August.

kyivindependent.com

 

[chibiyabi]

Very much true actually. In fact, after three/four misses 1 (recorded) successful hit is the definition of not doing well.

By the second year, according to a senior Ukrainian military official. “everything ended: the Russians deployed electronic warfare, disabled satellite signals, and HIMARS became completely ineffective, this ineffectiveness led to the point where a very expensive shell was used” increasingly to strike lower-priority targets. Though Kyiv still considers its HIMARS rockets valuable, but Russian jamming can cause them to miss a target by 50 feet or more. “When it’s, for example, a pontoon bridge … but there’s a 10-meter deviation, it ends up in the water,” another Ukrainian official said.

A battalion commander, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to do so publicly, described flying a reconnaissance drone in foggy conditions last year in Bakhmut to track a HIMARS strike on a Russian position. On his screen, the commander watched in dismay as each rocket missed.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/24/russia-jamming-us-weapons-ukraine/

well, himmars with those iron balls in it, still gave lot of shit for RU force. Until now there was no single game changer weapon in UA -RU beside the Himmars.

 

[Samba]

well, himmars with those iron balls in it, still gave lot of shit for RU force. Until now there was no single game changer weapon in UA -RU beside the Himmars.

I think every newly introduced equipment has been most effective in the first weeks or months of their use. Same goes with Bayraktar UAVs as well. They were pretty performant at the firsrt weeks of the invasion, then slowly degraded due to the Russian counter measures. This is also the case for HIMARS. They were a big hit and changed the fornt line balance. However, after Russians take precautions against them, they are not as effective any more.

 

[Ryder]

I think every newly introduced equipment has been most effective in the first weeks or months of their use. Same goes with Bayraktar UAVs as well. They were pretty performant at the firsrt weeks of the invasion, then slowly degraded due to the Russian counter measures. This is also the case for HIMARS. They were a big hit and changed the fornt line balance. However, after Russians take precautions against them, they are not as effective any more.

People literally underestimated the Russians and their need to improve.

 

[Lool]

People literally underestimated the Russians and their need to improve.

Russia recently caused massive damage to Ukraine and Nato with their Poltava strike
Reports of hundreds of dead and wounded among them top colonels from Sweden and USA among mang other Western nations

After such a strike, even Sweden's foreign minister resigned from his post with made-up incidents regarding the death of top Wetsern military officials starting to pop out of thin air

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1831646699867058413

 

[TheInsider]

One way or another Russia will persevere. It simply is too big to fail. Russia will pay a heavy price but in the end, Russia will get what it wants. Ukraine is evacuating Pokrovsk and Kramatorsk. The tempo and frequency of Russian missile, aviation, and UAV strikes are increasing. Russian artillery also doesn't count its punches. Unless this firepower superiority is addressed there is no way for Ukraine to get what it wants.