Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
The United States, Germany and Romania will donate a PATRIOT each. The Netherlands (reportedly in conjunction with Sweden) will deliver a fourth, and Italy will donate another SAMP/T.
Beyond these 5 systems, Ukrainian officials said they expect 4 more by year's end.
The United States, Germany and Romania will donate a PATRIOT each. The Netherlands (reportedly in conjunction with Sweden) will deliver a fourth, and Italy will donate another SAMP/T.
Beyond these 5 systems, Ukrainian officials said they expect 4 more by year's end.
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Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
RT @John_A_Ridge: Pending confirmation from individual governments, 9 PATRIOT and 2 SAMP/T fire units have now been committed to Ukraine.
2 U.S. PATRIOT FUs
4 German PATRIOT FUs
1 Spanish PATRIOT FU
1 Romanian PATRIOT FU
1 Dutch-Swedish PATRIOT FU
1 French-Italian SAMP/T FU
1 Italian SAMP/T FU https://twitter.com/ColbyBadhwar/status/1810795383171469460#m
RT @John_A_Ridge: Pending confirmation from individual governments, 9 PATRIOT and 2 SAMP/T fire units have now been committed to Ukraine.
2 U.S. PATRIOT FUs
4 German PATRIOT FUs
1 Spanish PATRIOT FU
1 Romanian PATRIOT FU
1 Dutch-Swedish PATRIOT FU
1 French-Italian SAMP/T FU
1 Italian SAMP/T FU https://twitter.com/ColbyBadhwar/status/1810795383171469460#m
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Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
@John_A_Ridge: The Spanish FU is reportedly part of the additional 4 batteries that the Ukrainians will receive. Though they also included Sweden's contribution in this group and we have to assume they are providing the other components for the Dutch FU in this first group.
@John_A_Ridge: The Spanish FU is reportedly part of the additional 4 batteries that the Ukrainians will receive. Though they also included Sweden's contribution in this group and we have to assume they are providing the other components for the Dutch FU in this first group.
Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
@John_A_Ridge @deaidua @S1epanS: All the reporting suggests that these 5 are new commitments beyond what has already been pledged, but time will tell. The media certainly gets a lot of details wrong.
@John_A_Ridge @deaidua @S1epanS: All the reporting suggests that these 5 are new commitments beyond what has already been pledged, but time will tell. The media certainly gets a lot of details wrong.
Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
@W5TSC: Battery is an organizational term of choice that the US Army and some others use for their units which operate PATRIOT. Fire Unit is the technical term for the components which comprise a functioning system (launchers, radar, control center, support vehicles).
@W5TSC: Battery is an organizational term of choice that the US Army and some others use for their units which operate PATRIOT. Fire Unit is the technical term for the components which comprise a functioning system (launchers, radar, control center, support vehicles).
Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
@steffanwatkins: You clearly don't follow US politics because Democrats are saying the exact same thing.
@steffanwatkins: You clearly don't follow US politics because Democrats are saying the exact same thing.
Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
🇺🇲🇨🇦 Senator Sullivan represents Alaska and is acutely aware of the strategic importance of the northwest passage. If Canada isn't going to take national defence seriously then we won't have any control over our own sovereign territory. Best case scenario in that situation is that the United States takes over. Worse case scenario, Russia & China do.
🇺🇲🇨🇦 Senator Sullivan represents Alaska and is acutely aware of the strategic importance of the northwest passage. If Canada isn't going to take national defence seriously then we won't have any control over our own sovereign territory. Best case scenario in that situation is that the United States takes over. Worse case scenario, Russia & China do.
Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
🇺🇲🇯🇵 The Japanese Ministry of Defense has signed the Foreign Military Sales Letter of Offer & Acceptance for these 50 JASSM-ERs.
They will equip the JASDF's F-15Js.
🇺🇲🇯🇵 The Japanese Ministry of Defense has signed the Foreign Military Sales Letter of Offer & Acceptance for these 50 JASSM-ERs.
They will equip the JASDF's F-15Js.
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Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
RT @deaidua: German @tagesschau is citing unnamed people close to the German government saying that Biden's talk about the additional German Patriot fire unit only refers to the third delivered one, whose delivery to Ukraine was made public last Friday.
CC: @John_A_Ridge @ColbyBadhwar
RT @deaidua: German @tagesschau is citing unnamed people close to the German government saying that Biden's talk about the additional German Patriot fire unit only refers to the third delivered one, whose delivery to Ukraine was made public last Friday.
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Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
RT @FRHoffmann1: Here’s a quick analysis of the AIM-120 warhead, as many have been asking about it.
The AIM-120 features a WDU-33/B or WDU-41/B blast-fragmentation warhead, designed to destroy soft-skinned airborne targets such as aircraft, cruise missiles, and long-range drones.
The weight of the warhead differs by AIM-120 variant:
- AIM-120A/B/C (up to C-3) (WDU-33/B): 22.7 kg (50 lb)
- AIM-120 C-4/C-5 (WDU-41/B): 18.1 kg (40 lb) -
Not all of the warhead's mass consists of high explosives. In fact, the majority of its weight is made up of fragmentable material.
The amount of actual high explosives is as follows:
- AIM-120A/B/C (up to C-3): 7.66 kg (16.9 lb) of explosives
- AIM-120 C-4/C-5: 8.61 kg (19 lb) of explosives
Why? Because the lethality of this type of warhead relies less on the kinetic energy of the explosion's overpressure shockwave and more on the kinetic energy of the fragment...
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RT @FRHoffmann1: Here’s a quick analysis of the AIM-120 warhead, as many have been asking about it.
The AIM-120 features a WDU-33/B or WDU-41/B blast-fragmentation warhead, designed to destroy soft-skinned airborne targets such as aircraft, cruise missiles, and long-range drones.
The weight of the warhead differs by AIM-120 variant:
- AIM-120A/B/C (up to C-3) (WDU-33/B): 22.7 kg (50 lb)
- AIM-120 C-4/C-5 (WDU-41/B): 18.1 kg (40 lb) -
Not all of the warhead's mass consists of high explosives. In fact, the majority of its weight is made up of fragmentable material.
The amount of actual high explosives is as follows:
- AIM-120A/B/C (up to C-3): 7.66 kg (16.9 lb) of explosives
- AIM-120 C-4/C-5: 8.61 kg (19 lb) of explosives
Why? Because the lethality of this type of warhead relies less on the kinetic energy of the explosion's overpressure shockwave and more on the kinetic energy of the fragment...
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Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
This permission has existed for quite some time. The problem is, as Zelensky himself has stated, President Biden has directed Ukraine not to use *any* long range weapons to strike deep into Russia. https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1811099652625773036#m
This permission has existed for quite some time. The problem is, as Zelensky himself has stated, President Biden has directed Ukraine not to use *any* long range weapons to strike deep into Russia. https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1811099652625773036#m
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Colby Badhwar 🇨🇦🇬🇧 (Twitter)
@Mark05822657: Not any of the donated ones. Just their own indigenous drones.
@Mark05822657: Not any of the donated ones. Just their own indigenous drones.
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Def Mon (Twitter)
RT @KofmanMichael: Thoughts following a recent field study in Ukraine. Ukraine faces difficult months of fighting ahead, but the situation at the front is better than it was this spring. More worrisome is the state of Ukraine’s air defense, and the damage from Russian strikes to the power grid. 1/
RT @KofmanMichael: Thoughts following a recent field study in Ukraine. Ukraine faces difficult months of fighting ahead, but the situation at the front is better than it was this spring. More worrisome is the state of Ukraine’s air defense, and the damage from Russian strikes to the power grid. 1/
Def Mon (Twitter)
RT @RALee85: We should remember that Ukraine is receiving older variants of the F-16, it will only receive a limited number initially, its pilots received a very expedited training program, maintenance will be a bigger issue than with other NATO systems Ukraine has received, and we don't know what munitions they will receive. I suspect we will see them initially performing an air defense role to counter Russian cruise missiles. I think we should view this as more of a long-term shift from Soviet-era fighter aircraft to a NATO platform for the Ukrainian Air Force.
RT @RALee85: We should remember that Ukraine is receiving older variants of the F-16, it will only receive a limited number initially, its pilots received a very expedited training program, maintenance will be a bigger issue than with other NATO systems Ukraine has received, and we don't know what munitions they will receive. I suspect we will see them initially performing an air defense role to counter Russian cruise missiles. I think we should view this as more of a long-term shift from Soviet-era fighter aircraft to a NATO platform for the Ukrainian Air Force.
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Shashank Joshi (@shashj)
No-one serious thinks F-16s “will be a game changer” and saying so risks another cycle of hype and disappointment. The planes will bolster Ukraine’s air force, expand its air to air options and become more capable over time as other capabilities - like Swedish…
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Ukrainians are fighting the toughest battles since the invasion 2022 at the moment. The Russians know their window is closing. They are giving it all they have. Ukraine need your support to stop the Russian invaders, please support this fundraiser, like, retweet and donate. https://twitter.com/Teoyaomiquu/status/1811090836777750689#m