Rob Lee (Twitter/X)

"Ukraine’s Black Sea ports are being ravaged by a new type of Russian missile, the Banderol — whose defining feature is its low cost...

'This is a very dangerous gizmo,' Vlasiuk told journalists as he showed off part of a Banderol fired last year. 'The majority of strikes on the port infrastructure in Odesa are with Banderols.'..

Vlasiuk said his office determined that 80% of strikes on the ports of greater Odesa — including the neighboring Chornomorsk and Pivden — involved Banderols. The missile’s 150 kilogram (330 pound) warhead is bigger than that of Shaheds, and they fly at speeds too fast for Ukraine’s newest interceptor drones to catch.

But they are also too cheap — estimated at $150,000-$300,000 per copy — to justify using many surface-to-air missiles, including the Patriot interceptors that are running low across Ukraine and worldwide."
@the_postman_
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-31/russia-s-cheap-upgraded-cruise-missiles-pound-black-sea-ports

Colby Badhwar (Twitter/X)

Yes, agreed.

Air-Power | NatSec Ledger, @NatSecLedger
@ColbyBadhwar The Army spent more than five years developing and testing the most recent seeker enhancement on the MSE. It isn’t going to develop, integrate and operationalize a completely new unrelated seeker inside 5 years. Not unless they reduce the requirements like LM is proposing with

Colby Badhwar (Twitter/X)

MBDA Germany is RTX's partner on PAC-2. Rheinmetall is partnered with LM on ATACMS and other LM products and has expressed a desire to produce PAC-3.

Martin Koenig, @m_koenig
@ColbyBadhwar MBDA Germany is LMTs partner for PAC2 production in DE, and produces rocket motors, warheads and electronics for Meteor, AIM9, RIM and others. Rheinmetall is highly unlikely a realistic partner for PAC3.

Colby Badhwar (Twitter/X)

They are working on getting them PAC-2, and even that will take years.

oeryon, @oeryontwt
@ColbyBadhwar The thing is though Colby, the Ukrainian license for patriot interceptors doesn’t require the newest variant and packages.

What I would be interested in is what capabilities or quality is realistically accessible in a shorter timeframe. Just because they can’t make the newest

Colby Badhwar (Twitter/X)

Yes, Rheinmetall is being considered as the prime contractor for AUR assembly. Seekers would still likely have to come from Boeing.

big tech and life, @BurryWarren
@ColbyBadhwar OJ Sanchez President of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Interview with Terry Gerton:
"we’re now expanding and announcing partnerships, whether it be with Rheinmetall (...) looking at how we do maintenance AND missile facilities for the PAC-3 system"

$rhm still not ruled out... https://t.co/IPkgdXUIaI

Colby Badhwar (Twitter/X)

Ya they should just give their IP away to competitors for free.

United North America 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇲🇽, @AmericaExpanded
@ColbyBadhwar “Suggests that establishing a second source wasn't practical.”

No it establishes that Boeing crippled any competition with excess IP charging.

Dmytro Putiata (Twitter/X)

Cope.

Oskar, @Oskarr_x
@kriegsforscherD The problem is that there needs to be not one firegroup, Interceptor group and EW group but 10 or even up to 30 per S-300V/similar target

You need automated turrets like the Zitadel too, in layers across the whole front

Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (Twitter/X)

A view of the Wildberries logistics hub near Samara burning after the drone strikes.

Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (Twitter/X)

🇺🇦 Just €6,650 remains to fully fund the van for Azov.

If we close this part of the campaign quickly, their vehicle can still arrive with the next NAFO convoy to Kyiv.

🔗 Link: https://www.help99.co/patches/special-kherson-cat-17th-i-want-to-believe