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🇺🇦🇫🇷 A report on the Ukrainian Air Force’s Mirage 2000-5F fighter jets notes that pilots maintain multiple contingency dispersal locations. During missile or drone attacks, they immediately relocate and take off from alternative sites as soon as intelligence indicates incoming Shahed drones or cruise missiles targeting their primary base.... Pilots recount that during a recent combat sortie, Russia heavily attacked their airfield, but all aircraft were successfully evacuated in time. ✈️ The fighters are armed with R.550 Magic-2 short-range air-to-air missiles (20 km range). Pilots describe these missiles as extremely effective, reporting a 100% success rate against designated aerial targets. One pilot noted that although the aircraft currently displays markings for six downed Russian Kh-101 cruise missiles, another six kills should be added once the confirmation process is completed. See the latest updates with us: Visionershow more

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Ukrainian channels reported that multiple explosions occurred in the city of Lviv in western Ukraine short time ago. At the same time, there was a threat of the launch of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) from the Kapustin Yar range. No Russian aerial targets, such as attack drones or cruise missiles, were monitored over Lviv at the time when explosions took place. Footage below captures the sound of explosions heard in Lviv. These resemble the sounds of some kind of a cluster warhead. It's highly likely that Russia just carried out its second known strike with the Oreshnik IRBM on Ukraine during the war.

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian

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‼️‼️🇺🇦🇷🇺 A major Ukrainian strike has reportedly hit Russia’s Engels strategic aviation base, damaging or destroying a Tu-95MS strategic bomber, one of the aircraft Moscow uses for long-range missile attacks against Ukraine. According to Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukrainian kamikaze drones struck the Engels airbase in Russia’s Saratov region overnight. Satellite imagery published afterward appears to confirm that a Ukrainian drone successfully reached the strategic airfield and hit a Tu-95MS strategic bomber. The aircraft reportedly suffered severe damage, including the loss of part of its right wing. Any confirmed loss of a Tu-95MS would be significant for Russia’s long-range aviation fleet, which is limited in number and difficult to replace quickly. The strike also demonstrates that even one of Moscow’s most important strategic bomber bases remains vulnerable to Ukrainian deep-strike drones, forcing Russia to devote more air-defense resources to protecting aircraft far from the frontline. See the latest updates with us: Visioner

‼️‼️🇺🇦🇷🇺 A major Ukrainian strike has reportedly hit Russia’s Engels strategic aviation base, damaging or destroying a Tu-95MS strategic bomber, one of the aircraft Moscow uses for long-range missile attacks against Ukraine. According to Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukrainian kamikaze drones struck the Engels airbase in Russia’s Saratov region overnight. Satellite imagery published afterward appears to confirm that a Ukrainian drone successfully reached the strategic airfield and hit a Tu-95MS strategic bomber. The aircraft reportedly suffered severe damage, including the loss of part of its right wing. Any confirmed loss of a Tu-95MS would be significant for Russia’s long-range aviation fleet, which is limited in number and difficult to replace quickly. The strike also demonstrates that even one of Moscow’s most important strategic bomber bases remains vulnerable to Ukrainian deep-strike drones, forcing Russia to devote more air-defense resources to protecting aircraft far from the frontline. See the latest updates with us: Visioner

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🇺🇦🚀 The 19th Rocket Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has released information about previously unknown facts regarding the use of TOCHKA-U type missile systems during the war: 📍 “At the beginning of 2022, missile troops units were launching 120 km-range ballistic missiles daily from TOCHKA-U complexes at Russian positions”. 📍 “In Soviet-era warehouses, missiles without warheads, so-called missile ‘tails,’ were stored. Due to a shortage of warheads, a decision was made to use high-explosive aerial bombs. In less than a month, military personnel and engineers managed to replace the factory warhead with a high-explosive aerial bomb warhead, conducted all necessary tests, and began serial production of the new missiles.” 📍 “This made it possible to compensate for the missile shortage and ensure the continued fulfillment of tasks by missile troops units.” 🚀✈️ “In March 2022, after an attack with Ukrainian TOCHKA-U tactical missiles at the military airfield in Taganrog, a Russian IL-76 military transport aircraft was destroyed on the runway along with all personnel and equipment… Earlier, on February 25, 2022, the Millerovo airbase in the Rostov region was bombed, destroying a Russian SU-30SM fighter jet… Attacks with TOCHKA-U tactical missiles intensively bombed Russian troop positions in Kherson region, at the Chernoabeyevka airfield, and a ROPUCHA-class landing ship was destroyed by a direct missile hit in Berdyansk,” the rocket brigade statement said. See the latest updates with us: Visioner

🇺🇦🚀 The 19th Rocket Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has released information about previously unknown facts regarding the use of TOCHKA-U type missile systems during the war: 📍 “At the beginning of 2022, missile troops units were launching 120 km-range ballistic missiles daily from TOCHKA-U complexes at Russian positions”. 📍 “In Soviet-era warehouses, missiles without warheads, so-called missile ‘tails,’ were stored. Due to a shortage of warheads, a decision was made to use high-explosive aerial bombs. In less than a month, military personnel and engineers managed to replace the factory warhead with a high-explosive aerial bomb warhead, conducted all necessary tests, and began serial production of the new missiles.” 📍 “This made it possible to compensate for the missile shortage and ensure the continued fulfillment of tasks by missile troops units.” 🚀✈️ “In March 2022, after an attack with Ukrainian TOCHKA-U tactical missiles at the military airfield in Taganrog, a Russian IL-76 military transport aircraft was destroyed on the runway along with all personnel and equipment… Earlier, on February 25, 2022, the Millerovo airbase in the Rostov region was bombed, destroying a Russian SU-30SM fighter jet… Attacks with TOCHKA-U tactical missiles intensively bombed Russian troop positions in Kherson region, at the Chernoabeyevka airfield, and a ROPUCHA-class landing ship was destroyed by a direct missile hit in Berdyansk,” the rocket brigade statement said. See the latest updates with us: Visioner

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77,744 Aufrufe • vor 9 Monaten

🇺🇸 The U.S. Air Force is changing how air wars will be fought. And it’s about teaming advanced fighter jets with autonomous combat drones. The YFQ-44A “Fury” is part of that shift. A semi autonomous drone designed to fly alongside pilots, carry missiles, scout ahead, and even act as a decoy in contested airspace. What’s different is how it’s being built. Instead of years of testing before deployment, operators are involved from day one. Pilots are shaping how the system works in real time, speeding up development and adapting it to actual combat needs. The goal is scale and flexibility. Hundreds, potentially thousands of these drones working with a single fighter, extending range, increasing firepower, and taking on the highest risk missions. This is the new model: a network of machines overwhelming it. Army Recognition, Anduril Industries

🇺🇸 The U.S. Air Force is changing how air wars will be fought. And it’s about teaming advanced fighter jets with autonomous combat drones. The YFQ-44A “Fury” is part of that shift. A semi autonomous drone designed to fly alongside pilots, carry missiles, scout ahead, and even act as a decoy in contested airspace. What’s different is how it’s being built. Instead of years of testing before deployment, operators are involved from day one. Pilots are shaping how the system works in real time, speeding up development and adapting it to actual combat needs. The goal is scale and flexibility. Hundreds, potentially thousands of these drones working with a single fighter, extending range, increasing firepower, and taking on the highest risk missions. This is the new model: a network of machines overwhelming it. Army Recognition, Anduril Industries

Mario Nawfal

36,031 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten

🇫🇷🇺🇦🛡️ France is accelerating deliveries of interceptor missiles to Ukraine and, crucially, is prepared to provide licenses allowing Kyiv to manufacture French air-defense missiles domestically. Speaking in connection with the Coalition of the Willing, President Emmanuel Macron confirmed that Paris is speeding up deliveries of interceptor missiles and other air-defense equipment as Ukraine faces an increasingly severe shortage of ammunition capable of countering Russian missile attacks. Macron has also confirmed France’s readiness to provide Ukraine with production licenses for missiles, while Paris and Kyiv have made air and anti-ballistic missile defense a priority of their expanding defense-industrial cooperation. The licensing component could ultimately prove even more important than individual deliveries. Ukraine’s long-term objective is increasingly clear: move from dependence on limited stocks supplied by allies toward domestic production of Western-designed interceptors. France’s decision therefore represents another step toward integrating Ukraine directly into Europe’s defense-industrial base and building a more sustainable Ukrainian air-defense architecture for a prolonged confrontation with Russia. See the latest updates with us: Visioner

🇫🇷🇺🇦🛡️ France is accelerating deliveries of interceptor missiles to Ukraine and, crucially, is prepared to provide licenses allowing Kyiv to manufacture French air-defense missiles domestically. Speaking in connection with the Coalition of the Willing, President Emmanuel Macron confirmed that Paris is speeding up deliveries of interceptor missiles and other air-defense equipment as Ukraine faces an increasingly severe shortage of ammunition capable of countering Russian missile attacks. Macron has also confirmed France’s readiness to provide Ukraine with production licenses for missiles, while Paris and Kyiv have made air and anti-ballistic missile defense a priority of their expanding defense-industrial cooperation. The licensing component could ultimately prove even more important than individual deliveries. Ukraine’s long-term objective is increasingly clear: move from dependence on limited stocks supplied by allies toward domestic production of Western-designed interceptors. France’s decision therefore represents another step toward integrating Ukraine directly into Europe’s defense-industrial base and building a more sustainable Ukrainian air-defense architecture for a prolonged confrontation with Russia. See the latest updates with us: Visioner

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