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Why U.S. Bradleys Are Just the Fighting Vehicles That Ukraine Needs
Sanya Mansoor
Tue, January 10, 2023 at 3:44 AM GMT+10:30·4 min read
Ukraine will get a major delivery of armored fighting vehicles from the West, following a deal last week that saw the U.S., France, and Germany agree to send them.
The White House announced Thursday that the U.S. would provide Bradley fighting vehicles, which can transport infantry in combat zones and fire at enemy forces, as part of the newest military aid package totaling $2.85 billion. It would send about 50 Bradleys, according to the Associated Press.
The provision of Bradleys marks a continued willingness from the Biden administration to expand the kinds of weaponry and equipment they will provide to Ukraine. Back in June, the U.S. began providing the country with long-range HIMARS rockets. But they have remained reluctant to send heavier battle tanks with longer-range guns, as Ukraine has requested.
Effective armored vehicles can provide Ukraine with more offensive and defensive options. “The fundamental mission of fighting vehicles is to transport troops… into a protective place that they can move around the battlefield, and then get out when they need to engage in combat,” says Ian Williams, deputy director of CSIS’s Missile Defense Project. “Often times the most dangerous part for infantry is just getting to the fight.”
This will be particularly important as the war is entering a “grinding, attritional phase… where breakthroughs are becoming harder,” Williams says. These fighting vehicles can help Ukraine launch further offensives in a country with flat and open terrain, he adds.
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Teh One Who Knocks (01-10-2023)
Damn, that's a fine looking machine. It sure looks like a tank
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The American Bradley
“The Bradley is an effective armored personnel carrier that is capable of conquering challenging terrain that humvees and other non-tracked vehicles cannot,” says George Barros, an analyst on the Russia and Ukraine portfolio at the Institute for the Study of War, in an emailed statement to TIME. “It helps transport soldiers safely to take the fight to the adversary.”
It has a powerful 25 mm chain gun and TOW missiles that can make it effective against tanks. “What the Bradley does is bring firepower,” says Mark F. Cancian, a retired Marine Corps reserves colonel and senior advisor at CSIS. “It is powerful enough to punch through a lot of armor, not just for lightly armored vehicles, but even tanks.”
It can carry a crew of three and an additional five or six troops, and is seen as a critical way to move forces safely into battle.
I'm betting, in a pinch, it can carry a lot more than 5 or 6. The Ukrainians have been very resourceful with the scant basic weaponry they have been given. Imagine what they can do now with some proper mid-tier equipment.
I remember watching a doc on The Battle of 73 Easting. Those Bradley vehicles should absolutely decimate whatever armor the Russians have left. Simple enough that an 18 year old can operate and maintain it, TOW missiles that can knock out any tank. Deadly.
They probably could have bought some Chinese knock-off Bardlee Fighter Vehicles for cheaper
Pony (01-12-2023)
Russia is holding back on using its most advanced fighter jets over Ukraine because it's scared they'll get shot down, UK intel says
Sophia Ankel - Business Insider
Russia is holding back on using its most advanced fighter jets over Ukrainian airspace because it's scared they'll get shot down, the UK's defense ministry said on Monday.
In its latest intelligence update, the defense ministry said Moscow had "almost certainly" used Su-57 Felon fighter jets to conduct missions against Ukraine since at least June.
"These missions have likely been limited to flying over Russian territory, launching long range air-to-surface or air-to-air missiles into Ukraine," the brief said.
It suggested that Russia's keeping its jets on home soil because it's "avoiding the reputational damage, reduced export prospects, and the compromise of sensitive technology which would come from any loss of FELON over Ukraine."
The twin-engine and single-seat aircraft is Russia's most advanced fifth-generation supersonic combat jet.
For an aircraft to be considered fifth-generation, it must possess specific technical characteristics such as the ability to fly at supersonic speeds without afterburners.
The defense ministry cited a satellite image taken on December 25 indicating that five of the jets were housed at the only known Felon air base in Russia, in the southern region of Akhtubinsk.
Russia's defense minister, Sergei Shoigu, said in August that the Felon had already been used "brilliantly" in combat since Russia's invasion, though there was little evidence at the time that this was the case.
Russia's wary tactic is indicative of its continued risk-averse approach to employing its air force in the war against Ukraine, given the risk of significant losses.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in an update on Monday that Russia had lost more than 280 airplanes since the beginning of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Gotta save them for the parade... the fact that they failed to gain air superiority over Ukraine (even with the West's help coming quite quickly) is hilarious.
Teh One Who Knocks (01-11-2023)
Hold off on your best weapons because you suck at war
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Why did I watch that to the end :smh:
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