Just read I the Norwegian news that two air bases in Murmansk (near the Norwegian border) were hit. If anything, this kind of strike hammers home how our support for Ukraine directly makes us safer as well.
These are planes that likely would have been used against Norway in the event of a war. Support for Ukraine is directly helping destroy equipment that otherwise could be used to attack us. We just need more people to understand this so we can get popular support for increasing our support a hundredfold.
This is such an intelligent take and well articulated. I’m in the UK and have colleagues that fear this action will lead us into WW3. Your rationale will help me challenge them.
The drones were controlled via Russian telecommunication networks
*chef’s kiss*
Russian drivers and Russian networks
Seems like a case of “Stop hitting yourself!”
They should shut down all telecommunications networks and stop all truck traffic. Just in case.
Fookin’ lovely!
SLAVA UKRAINI!
Fuckin well done lads, keep up the good work. At this rate they won’t even have enough planes to stock the carrier they can’t sail anywhere
Slava Ukraini
That’s misinformation, they can sail the carrier wherever they want.
Provided the use enough tugboats.
The one ship Ukraine should consider not sinking. It may cost Russia more by leaving it afloat.
On the other hand, think of the Lols.
The lols would be worth it as Russia has always wanted to pretend it’s a naval super power.
As long as there are no fishing ships around. Or Japanese torpedo boats.
You make a strong argument.
With long ropes, gotta reach all the way down to the bottom.
Getting fucking rekt, Russia. Sabotage is king
Very roughly speaking, how many comparable aircraft does Russia own, just so I can understand the extent of this attack? Sounds great either way.
I just watched a couple of videos on this attack and one thing that stood out is the AWACS - Russia has 5, but only one airworthy one and Ukraine hit that one.
Basically, the Russian AF is blind outside of its bases. It’s going to make it much more difficult for Russia to operate outside its borders.
One report I saw says they even hit a base near the northern border with Finland. A Russian sub has possibly been promoted to artificial reef.
Combine this attack with the two bridge collapses and the attack on Vladivostok, and Russia should be worried. Ukraine and their domestic insurgency can hit pretty much anywhere.
Thanks. Great stuff.
Maybe you should stop shooting cruise missiles on Ukraine. What a fucking incredible feat!
Slava Ukraine!
Wow. Honestly kinda surprised they were that vulnerable. Doesn’t Russia have any sort of CWIS systems to defend their ground based nuclear bombers and advanced radar command and control aircraft? Seems kinda important, don’t you think?
They were expecting big slow drones that would take hours flying from Ukraine. Instead they got many small ones that took 18 months to arrive but were invisible until the last minute. A surprise zerg rush, when they were expecting and preparing against ultralisks.
(My analogies are very weak today)
Zergling rush with overlord drops. 🤌
At like the 20 minute mark when all their bases are mined out and they can’t rebuild
And are desperately fighting the zerglings with drones.
They seem to have gotten complacent because they can just move the planes if Ukraine sends long range drones.
Yes, it’s a war of many firsts, especially about distance being a form of defence. Moskva was drowned like that too.
Modern day version of raiding Nazi airbases.
Pretty much all of their air defense seems to be stationed at the front and around their oil facilities.
Blowing up an oil facility on at least a weekly basis for the past year will definitely do that. Like a boxer going for a hundred consecutive body shots then throwing a haymaker at the face.
The tankie triad is going to have an extra chip on their shoulders these upcoming days.
The best part about this? They didn’t tell the US about this because they know they are leaking info to the Russians. Pathetic.
Nice job, folks! Would suck to be whichever yes-man had to inform Pootie about the $7 billion in aircraft they lost in one night, a third of their ability to deliver cruise missiles.
How much does it cost to replace?
Most of these cannot be replaced. They were already short on parts beforehand.
So what is the expected monetary-equivalent loss taken?
Well, the A-50 and the TU-22 M3 mentioned in the article cost around 300-400 million USD each but it’s not known yet how many of each type have been damaged and to what extent. Inflicting monetary damage is not as much of a priority compared to crippling Russia’s ability to continue their air assaults.
Too bad so sad lol. Suck it Ruskies.
Hopefully this doesn’t inspire the Kremlin to do something particularly stupid at the cost of world peace again.
Their nuclear arsenal is not in fighting shape. I’d be surprised if any of the warheads are functional.
Agreed, but I digress, they could still manage to surprise us by having anything, but given the Ukrainians are wise enough not to bunch up their infantry, the effectiveness of such a bomb if they have one at all is limited.
I’m sure there’s like 12 warheads kept in prestige shape and that’s stretching it. No way they have kept up the necessary upkeep.
The thought of some poor Ivan playing nuclear chicken with a warhead core from the 80’s almost makes it all worth it.
