ICBM STRIKE? Despite US denials, video of the Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro indicates it was hit by a conventionally armed RS-24 ‘Yar’ ICMB, launched from the Astrakhan area of the Russian Federation.
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Thank you for posting such detailed information. If the US deployed Thaad to Ukraine (my dearest hope!), would it be capable of intercepting these Yar missiles over Russian territory?
It would. Acting in concert with the US Navy's Aegis Ashore radar station in Poland, UKR would stand a dighting chance against Russian MIRVs. The take-away is that Putin so fears NATO weapons, that he has attempted nuclear blackmail. It wont work. He's bluffing.
This bluffing bully is a shark… responds only to Pain! NATO allies must deliver it especially in the air: allied piloted Sky Shield!! Over Ukrainian air space: RuZZ does not belong here; Go on the OFFENSIVE! drive him off!!
The 'Yar' has a Circular Error Probable (CEP) of 100m, (meaning it will land within 100m of a programmed target.
It is assessed that the US monitored the Russian launch facility at Astrakhan and was alerted to the Yar being readied for launch.
The multi staged missile uses both solid / liquid fueled engines and can be deployed from Transport Erector Launch (TEL) vehicles, or from silos. It has a range of 11,000 Km (6,800 Mi), a max speed of Mach 25 (19,000 mph).
It is likely that the missile launched at Ukraine deployed 8 decoy MIRVs. These re-entry vehicles traveled at Mach 25 (19,000 mph) and cause significant damage to the areas the impacted.
The ‘Yar’ an upgrade the Topol-M ICBM, utilizing a payload “bus” modified to carry Multiple Independently Targeted Reentry Vehicles (MIRVs).
The weapon is capable of delivering a total of 8 reentry vehicles— a mixture of live 200KT nuclear warheads and decoys.
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3lbhipnutw22x
Case in point Chuck. If they really wanted to nuke Ukraine, they would have already. They know that means defcon 1 and Russia glows in the dark. No 2, they don't have too many of these higher end ICBMs to sabre rattle with. He's stalling for time until Jan IMO
time to fire back with a real one & remove the russian hitler once and for all before his puppet trump assumes power and turns us all into soviet serfs
They said, 'It was not an 'Intercontinental Ballistic missile'-- which was parsing the truth. The Yar, which IS an ICBM did not travel on an 'intercontinental' trajectory. Meaning only that it was used within the contentment of Eurasia.
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It is assessed that the US monitored the Russian launch facility at Astrakhan and was alerted to the Yar being readied for launch.
The weapon is capable of delivering a total of 8 reentry vehicles— a mixture of live 200KT nuclear warheads and decoys.
Case in point Chuck. If they really wanted to nuke Ukraine, they would have already. They know that means defcon 1 and Russia glows in the dark. No 2, they don't have too many of these higher end ICBMs to sabre rattle with. He's stalling for time until Jan IMO
Another video of the ICBM impact
ISW agrees with your assessment. Saber rattling, they already use nuclear capable platforms
Part 3 of above
Video of the ICBM hitting Ukraine
Which is interesting in another way...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate-Range_Nuclear_Forces_Treaty
What is the point?
US government doesn't want to see it as escalation ?