Bharat Rakshak

John

Footage from Russia caught by Russians who thought it was a Russian drone before it struck the oil refinery, looks like Ukrainians have put together a new UAV to strike deep within Russia. Looks like recent spat of attack on oil rig and snake island could be due to this. This is definitely not a TB2...

John

As I noted earlier. SAT images coming from snake island. Waiting for better resolution but those locations with damage and smoke where previous area where SA-15 and Pantsir SAM launcher where located also the lighthouse appears to have collapsed. Attack looks to strike down by drones again than by M...

John

Wiki says that in February of this year, prior to the start of the war Ukraine had: 51 Mig 29s which included 8 trainers 32 Su 27s which included 6 trainers 17 SU-25s 12 SU-24s US intelligence estimates at the end of March were that Ukraine had 56 operational fighters left. However 20 grounded figh...

John

Nothing good comes from suicidal attack and attacking a convoy requires good Intel it’s not the movies . As for Su-25s getting shot down in days both sides have lost Su-25s but atleast vids of one I have posted has been seen flying since March. The video I posted is from June and the same plane and...

John

I am not pushing one sided narrative few folks get too emotional if anyone refutes Russian propaganda or calls it out that’s why Brar left especially after whole Russian BS report of NATO general captured and other such reports which he correctly called out as incorrect. As for the video from Öster...

John

Which do you want to respond? I noted before they made claims they taken out western m777 before and they turned out to be false. It doesn’t make sense for m777 to be stored in a warehouse far from frontline when they are being deployed to frontlines as quickly as possible. So I would wait for conf...

John

Which do you want to respond? I noted before they made claims they taken out western m777 before and they turned out to be false. It doesn’t make sense for m777 to be stored in a warehouse far from frontline when they are being deployed to frontlines as quickly as possible. So I would wait for conf...

John

Even Russian Air Force hasn’t done any strikes out side of low flying Combat air support and stand off attacks. Both AF ironically are operating very similarly mainly because neither has SEAD capability to neutralize the others air defense Russian Su-25 https://twitter.com/200_zoka/status/153598575...

John

Because RT has made lot of ridiculous claims. Unlike Russia, Ukr command doesn’t operate close to front lines. There is plenty of more moderate news and open source int community which is good at confirming these propaganda pieces from both side. Even in Russian side there are people like Igor who ...

John

The problem is you take tiny tactical or small sector victories of Ukr and translate that into some sort of all encompassing Ukr Victory. There has not been a single Ukr push more than 50 km's against heavy Russian resistance. the Mythical planes you talk about, they get in the air and just like an...

John

Because RT has made lot of ridiculous claims unlike Russia, Ukr command doesn’t operate close to front lines. They made claims like this before like we have defeated Ukr AF and all air defenses in day one. Unlike Western/Ukro media, which has reported solid facts like Ghost of Kiev, Snake Island Ma...

John

..And why is that? Is CNN, or perhaps the BBC only preferable to any Russian or their allied media? Dissing any and every state media report from Russia or a pro Russian channel automatically as untrustworthy and a bunch of lies has been so standard in the western media and even here, that I have s...

John

Over 50 Ukrainian generals and officers killed in missile strike – Russia https://www.rt.com/russia/557428-50-ukrainian-generals-officers-killed-russia/ Warships have destroyed a command center with Kalibr cruise missiles, killing dozens of Ukrainian officers, the Russian Defense Ministry said on S...

John

Image of Velikiy Ustyug looks to have been peppered by grad rockets if you recall back in Mar Ukrainian claimed to have hit a vessel with BM-21. It was mistagged as Vasily Bykov and Russians denied such an incident. But looks like instead another vessel got hit and you cannot hide it forever, it’s n...

John

Interesting report here a lot of Ukrainian strikes are attributed to US Intel but looks like social media looks to be their source. Reportedly Russian soldier makes what looks like harmless post in 2016 about ammo in expo center in Donbas city. Ukr run into that 6 yr old post now and they lob some s...

John

Would you call that a small explosion though? I thought it was decent sized and that’s the reason I thought it wasn’t a starstreak. Anyway, we shall find out soon enough I think. Current theory it is Martlet which doesnt use tungsten rods and isn’t that fast but is laser guided. It has warhead simi...

John

This is in follow up to what John ji posted about a MI -24 shootdown. In a war where there’s one great combat video emerging after another, this is probably the best I’ve seen so far. Incredible footage that shows a pair of helis. The first shows one deploying flares while a missile misses it the v...

John

One of things I want to dig more into why haven’t we seen any Ukr/Russian S-300/400 intercepts, we all remember Patriots intercepting Scuds in GW.

But so far both sides seem to have no problem (granted Ukr S-300PS are outdated) using older Tochka ballistic missiles to hit targets.

John

John, Its possible that we've had different reporting dates for the same Oryx figures. I think the way Russia sees it is : Russian losses from phase 2 (Apr onward) have been significantly lower than in the first 2 weeks and they can live with that. More importantly, I think current levels of losses...

John

Deans where are you 2/3rds are from first 4 weeks. You actually made post on losses on Mar 22 and in that you put 260 tanks. Currently we are 774 tanks and looking at Oryx posts Russian losses on tanks are atleast 6 a day (hit 600 in May 2nd) so it hasn’t changed much IMO. First 4 weeks was around ...

John

This looks to be first documented Mi-28 shootdown (corrected it is Mi-24), could be work of starstreak IMO . This MANPAD I think is a game changer surprised it feel off the radar and didn’t achieve much export success. https://twitter.com/uaweapons/status/1537434544546009090?s=21&t=bZcVAvrqF18Cv...

John

On casaulties, Russian casaulty numbers were high in the beginning with all the convoys being ambushed, bombed etc. Now with long range artillery warfare - Russian should be exhausted but saving up a lot on casualties. I do not see how with long range artillery duel Russians are still loosing equal...

John

Lot of casualty figures are thrown around nothing concrete so far only 10k seems to be reliable #. Even one of earlier reports turned out to be mistranslation. John, the conflict started on Feb 24th. Using the 10,000 KIA to date and with 111 days into the conflict (Feb 24 to date), it is working out...

John

Rakesh please note that is not right, it was stated in report they are 100-200 casualties which includes wounded. US typically doesn’t report KIA as such. So about 30-50 KIA (1 to 4 wounded to killed ratio) which seems about right. Currently Ukrainian KIA is around 10k and those are ones accounted ...

John

After all the billions that the Biden Administration has poured into Ukraine, why is Ukraine still losing this many number of men every day? https://twitter.com/PelmeniPusha/status/1537153847394803717?s=20&t=rfqtlXbOO0Pgv8zk4Q9bwA ---> US intel suggests that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are losi...

John

https://twitter.com/TheLegateIN/status/1536913637209788419?s=20&t=8lrIqEUTwqJS7uH9scgdHA ---> CIA establishes "Freedom for Russia Legion" in Ukraine. The group's fighters and commanders consists of anti-Putin and Russian govt figures. It wasn’t created by CIA it was created In March 2...

John

There are literally zero field-deployed hypersonic cruise missiles anywhere in the world. Russia claims Zircon is ready but one hasn't seen its deployment. Russia claims to use a hypersonic missile in attack on arms depot in Ukraine https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/19/us/politics/russia-hypersonic-m...

John

This is good lesson in why you shouldn’t be posting tiktok/telegram vids or video journalism of front line equipment in modern age of drones and commercial Sat. Both sides seem to be making this mistake, Russian posted this vid in telegram, later we see vid of 3 Uragan launchers hit what appear to b...

John

John, A comment on the poor performance of Kuwaiti and Saudi forces. I believe their poor performance is due to the fact that their commanders are not selected on merit but by nepotism. If you are related to the ruling family you are given a commission in the Armed Forces. An able commoner does not...

John

Interview on performance of the Russian T-80BVM on combat. Russian source. Translation. Interestingly the tanker says they were aware of the now famous problem of the tanks blowing up spectacularly when hit by ATGM fire under the cupola. https://telegra.ph/A-bit-about-the-T-80BVM-06-13 This was ide...

John

It’s is a good article. Factual and corroborated by some of the observations from Deans as well. Just because the Russians are prevailing does not mean that their org structure and fighting ability is all hunky dory. There is good material thrrr also think about our IBGs The article talks of system...

John

It’s is a good article. Factual and corroborated by some of the observations from Deans as well. Just because the Russians are prevailing does not mean that their org structure and fighting ability is all hunky dory. There is good material thrrr also think about our IBGs War is where all carefully ...

John

^ As per latest interview with Biden, Ukraine or Europe didn’t not believe in US warning of attack on Kyiv and from south and where expecting a eastern attack from Russians mainly coming from separatists with Russian air support. So expectation was the line can hold out and with western artillery th...

John

Important for historical purpose? Vinnitsa was decommissioned last year and they were turning it into a museum. https://en.thepage.ua/news/the-first-museum-ship-will-appear-in-ukraine/amp Interesting that Yuri is moving around in SAT images may be it’s being sneaked out to move supplies in night tim...

John

Because if such a news exist I am pretty sure a Russian account won’t be the only one posting on it. Even most Russian sources haven’t picked up on it since it is over a day since that was posted shows they themselves know a fake one when they see it.

John

Ukranian Govt has issued orders to conscript women between 18 and 60. Euro feminists will be overjoyed now?! Please don’t post obvious fake news as news. Even worse not even listing the source of such news. Large explosions reported in port city of Berdyansk https://twitter.com/osinttechnical/statu...

John

Kersi, I have mentioned Brahmos-NG and not the current Brahmos. The 'NG' is supposed to have a range of 300Kms and weigh half as much as the current Brahmos. If we opt for the Brahmos, then accommodating more than 8 would be impossible. All indications are Brahmos-NG uses the same VLS launcher as B...

John

Supposedly a huge hit on Wagner base, Ukr are claiming over 200-300 dead. Russian sources have confirmed 30 bodies recovered so far, it claimed to be artillery strike but i think it is Tochka or Smerch strike. As eyewitness reportedly heard a huge boom followed by ammo explosion not multi explosion...

John

I can see why IA likes the APU in Bofors This is extremely slow. If the enemy had artillery tracking radar in hand this unit would have been toast. This is why I think the kalyani truck mounted howitzer would be so handy. Yea Caesar are supposedly doing very well in Ukraine and lot of learnings are...

John

A navalised kaveri* 2 + MTU Diesel seems to be a right fit for a ship in the 3200 to 3600 tons class. But in modern context, this becomes a light frigate. Adapting Kaveri for vessels is pipe dream you better doing what China did and using Zorya gas turbine. Given the Ukrainian conflict a joint deve...

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