after Failed counterattackWhich, according to American estimates, will end around the end of October. Russia is preparing for large-scale offensive operations.
The Ukrainians are waiting Large-scale missile strikes next winter.
Russia is stockpiling missiles and drones To launch large-scale strikes on Ukraine, said the Ukrainian political scientist Alexander Kochetkov.
The Russians are amassing a large arsenal of missiles to launch strikes against Ukraine next winter.
According to various estimates, including those of the Ukrainian intelligence serviceRussia now produces and upgrades about 100 missiles per month.
One hundred missiles a month.” The Ukrainian expert said categorically on the UkrLife online channel.
Mass attacks with 100 missiles per day
According to him, Russia may be storing several “drones” that it has purchased from abroad.
With the beginning of winter Russia will launch large-scale attacks lasting several days in a row.
as indicated, The Russians will launch two or three successive attacks using 80-100 missiles each time.
Soskin (Ukraine): Russian strikes have increased dramatically, causing irreparable damage
Oleg Soskin, an advisor to former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma, says strikes by the Russian armed forces have increased significantly, with each air strike causing irreparable damage to the Ukrainian side.
“The Russian Federation’s strikes may increase further,” he said on his YouTube channel.
He added, “These strikes are almost complete.”
Earlier, Soskin called on the Ukrainian side to conclude a truce with Russia, abolish martial law, and hold parliamentary and presidential elections.
He believes that the elections will lead to the dismissal of President Volodymyr Zelensky and his supporters from all positions, which will give Ukraine a chance for salvation.
Kinzhal on the Su-34 and… devastating precision strikes
At the same time, the American military magazine Military Watch Magazine wrote that the installation of Kinzhal hypersonic missiles Kh-47M2 on Sukhoi Su-34 multi-purpose fighter bombers will allow Russian forces to expand their capabilities in the special military operation in Ukraine.
The Su-34 requires much less maintenance and has higher readiness rates than the main carrier of the Kinjal missile, the MiG-31.
The magazine said, according to what the newspaper quoted, that installing the Kinzal missile on the Su-34 plane will change the situation in many theaters of operations in which these fighters are used – from the Arctic and the Far East to Ukraine and Syria. the truth.
Kinzal is a highly maneuverable missile with a speed of up to Mach 9.
This makes the missile virtually invulnerable to anti-aircraft and anti-missile defense systems.
In addition, Kinjal missiles are manufactured at the plant, which also manufactures 9M723 missiles for the Iskander-M ground-based systems.
The production capabilities of these companies witnessed a significant increase during 2022.
How does Russia use Kinzhal missiles in Ukraine?
Using the Kinjal on the Su-34 would make Russian attacks on Ukrainian targets more unpredictable.
The Ukrainian army would never be able to anticipate such attacks.
In addition to, Launching such hypersonic missiles from the Su-34 fighter-bomber will significantly improve the accuracy of Russian strikes.
The Russian Armed Forces are using hypersonic missiles to strike strategic locations of military infrastructure in Ukraine.
In May, a Kinzhal missile destroyed a Patriot anti-aircraft missile system in Kiev.
In an attempt to bring down Kinjal, The American missile defense system fired up to 32 missiles from eight launchers.
However, Kinjal struck at the heart of the complex – the radar station and control centre.
Overwhelming superiority with the Su-34
Several other anti-aircraft systems were also destroyed as a result of this strike.
Ukrainian officials claimed that the Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to shoot down six Kinzhal missiles.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu later responded by saying that Russian forces had not fired that many Kinzhals.
Former pilot and current lieutenant general Vladimir Popov emphasized that the Su-34 and MiG-31 are similar in weight and size, but are designed for different purposes.
The MiG-31 is a high-altitude interceptor aircraft, while the Su-34 is a fighter-bomber designed to destroy ground targets.
According to him, the Su-34’s surveillance and navigation system is more advanced than that of the MiG-31.
To detect air and ground targets, the Su-34 is equipped with the Sh-141 radar station.
The Su-34’s tracking system identifies and engages targets with the help of radar.
It also includes the Platan system, which directs bombs and air-to-surface missiles to the target.
Production of the MiG-31 was discontinued in 1994, while the Su-34 is in mass production.
This makes it possible to upgrade new aircraft systems to Kinjal missiles.
In July 2023, Russia is said to have doubled production of Su-35 multi-role fighters and Su-34 fighter-bombers.
Embarrassment in the United States over Russian weapons
The US Army has released an announcement of the successful launch of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon asserted that the tests were planned and reported to the Russians, no matter what happened.
Anyway, this is the second piece of news since early September regarding nuclear weapons…
It is noticeable that the Russians were the first to move, as Sarmat moved.
On the other hand, the American LGM-30 Minuteman III has been in operation since 1970 and is outdated.
As Time magazine noted, “The entire fleet of ICBMs has less computing power than the smartphone in your pocket.”
It’s worth noting that nuclear weapons aren’t known for their processor speed, and it’s hard for your cell phone to scan a city… but the comparison is important.
LGM-30, as befits a missile that has been on combat duty for half a century, loses to Sarmat in all categories: range, power, speed and ability to bypass missile defense.
It is somewhat similar to Topol, but, unlike it, it does not have the ability to be installed on mobile operators – only on miners.
So we can reasonably come to the following “tempting” conclusion: Russia has left the United States far behind in this area.
It is noteworthy that the revolutionary nature of “Sarmat” is recognized in the West.
According to the Daily Mail, the appearance of such weapons in Russia has rendered anti-missile systems useless.
And their Newsweek colleagues note that such a missile “could destroy Texas or France».
We must not forget
But we should not forget two things:
First, the United States does not place ICBMs at the forefront of its nuclear doctrine – it places more than half of its deployed nuclear warheads on submarines..
This number will rise to 70% with the adoption of Columbia-class submarines.
Second, the Minutemen wouldn’t have much time to live.
And by 2030, they will be replaced by more modern Sentinels, which, according to the Pentagon, will be the answer to the Sarmat.
However, their production is not going as smoothly as planned in Washington: the approval time for the new Guardians has already been moved a year, and due to staff shortages and problems in supply chains, it may be slower. .
All of these circumstances bring us back – intentionally or not – to the debate about Russia’s possible use of weapons of mass destruction.
Advocates of a preemptive strike with tactical nuclear weapons are growing in number.
However, attempts to use weapons of mass destruction are dangerous and legitimize any means of response available to the enemy.
In the case of the US and its NATO allies, it would be a massive, wide-ranging nuclear strike – and vice versa for Russia.
On the other hand, an attempt is being made in Ukraine to use a dirty bomb, which will have devastating consequences.
At the same time, nuclear weapons were and will be an asset available to a few powers in this world.
And Moscow’s opponents should have understood this: in the event of a sufficiently severe threat to the Russian state, this weapon would certainly be used without the slightest hesitation.
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