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Spike's avatar

Get well soon for your family member

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MihaiB's avatar

Seems that UAF attacked the area with lower density of Russian forces. Most Russian attacks are at the base of the salient.

Maybe there will be a turning move to take Rusian troops în the flank and reduce the pressure from Plekhovo.

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Hans Torvatn's avatar

I like the idea. But in this war, where every big concentration of troops and equipment will met by artillery, bombs or drones how easy is it really to build up a flank attack? Russia is not flanking. It isn’t really using vehicles in its attack. When it is the result seems to be uniformly negative. The vehicles are blown to pieces. But smaller infantry groups, say platoon size or similar, finds a way forward slowly. Calls in reinforcements and support strikes, dogs inn and fights to keep whatever tree, house, bridge it has grabbed. Massive counterattacks? Difficult because how can you concentrate forces? In this situation does flanking really apply? I guess it does at small scales, but to make a big scale flanking attack or breakthrough like in previous wars seems very difficult. Is the concept of flanking really dead, at least on a large scale thinking? Otherwise Ukraine should do more I think.

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MihaiB's avatar

Russia does flanking every week. It is now flanking Pokrovsk and Velyka Novosilka.

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Hans Torvatn's avatar

Valid point I guess. Should be « easy » to foresee and meet. But obviously not. But you are right so let’s hope for some Ukrainian flanking.

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Hans Torvatn's avatar

Ok, it isn’t enough to know your enemies moves of course.

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paul crowe's avatar

Best wishes in dealing with that family emergency Tom!

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rob lee's avatar

Yer best wishes Tom.

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Vadim's avatar

I've recently read an opinion (by Andrew Tanner, AFAIR) that Warthogs would be better suited to such Hammer-strikes compared to Su-25 - because they have better ECM and other features. Does it make sense?

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Sarcastosaurus's avatar

Don't think so. Except for installed countermeasures, the primary thing keeping jets 'alive' of the battlefields of this war is their speed.

And, A-10s are slower than Su-25s (even if much longer-ranged).

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Alejo Quiroga's avatar

Cómo dicen los yankees, velocidad es vida.

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Sarcastosaurus's avatar

Yup. 'Speed is life'.

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James Coffey's avatar

The A-10 seems to invoke both romance & nostalgia in many American enthusiasts. My late brother was a crew chief on an A-10 in the early 1980s. I got to sit in the cockpit seat of a Warthog at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, AZ. It performed spectacularly in Gulf Wars I & II and I suppose in Afghanistan & post-Gulf War II Iraq. The U.S. possessed overwhelming air supremacy even in the two Gulf wars. This helped to make the A-10 a successful close air support aircraft. Such is not the case in the Ukraine war given the current air defense environment. The A-10 is obsolete. Reason why the USAF wants to retire the aircraft.

Hoping and praying for the recovery of health wrt your family. Take care.

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Hans Torvatn's avatar

Best wishes for you and your family Tom. We can wait. But just wondered:» prefer to keep silent than to spread unconfirmed nonsense around». Is there anything wrong with unconfirmed nonsense these days? I find it so many places….

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Andrii's avatar

Don't you like to have a place to come to for confirmed nonsense? :D

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Hans Torvatn's avatar

I do indeed.

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Hans Torvatn's avatar

Thanks for the update Don, and best wishes to Tom and family. Onto installment two!

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Engerl's avatar

Thank you

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Andrew Davies's avatar

Hope your family are good Tom.

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