Hello everybody! So much is going on the last two days - in Ukraine and in the Middle East - that I can’t even decide what way to look as first and what to comment about. Even less so can I summarise all of this in form of ‘useful’ articles - at once. Sure, I’ll try, but…
Thanks Tom. I know you are overloaded but can’t stop myself asking you another unrelated to your article but not to the topic question: any news on the assault yesterday on Avdiivka by the Russians? It seems they put again a big column in motion but did they have any (partial) success? The video that several ZSU channels published was not very conclusive
To add to the historical picture: since the Il-20/22 are based on the very old Il-18 civilian passenger aircraft (roughly equivalent to a Lockheed Electra) RF had a project that was to develop substitutes based on the Tu-204. Again basically nothing moved also in this case. Plus the solution was always “let’s pack everything in 3 planes instead of one”.
As always, thanks for the information and explanation. I would like to ask that you refrain from calling the situation in Gaza, etc. "genocide". The term is very popular right now but is also very misconstrued and very emotionally charged to anyone remembering the Holocaust. The UN excludes acts of war against a political group from the definition of genocide which seems to apply to the Israeli action against political group, not the people who are unfortunate victims. It does include acts against religious groups, so I wonder if the definition will need to be somehow revised in light of the current situation. How can you have a war against an enemy whose core religious belief includes extermination of your people/country without it being labelled "genocide"? The rule was written to prevent another Holocaust but seemingly failed to anticipate the Shia/Sunni hatred or the Islam vs. Christianity hatred.
Very good analysis, learned a lot. There's a lot of unpack here as well. Like what did the Ukrainians use to hit Crimea, and How possible is it for Russia to put the other operational AEW A-50s back in service. It seems likely they'll have to put a lot of money into the other 2 and keep them operational but this is a huge loss.
Thanks Tom. I know you are overloaded but can’t stop myself asking you another unrelated to your article but not to the topic question: any news on the assault yesterday on Avdiivka by the Russians? It seems they put again a big column in motion but did they have any (partial) success? The video that several ZSU channels published was not very conclusive
Thank you, very informative update
Thanks Tom, we really appreciate how you explain the events . . . .kind regards
Also, it should be noted, it's the first case when AEW was shot down.
To add to the historical picture: since the Il-20/22 are based on the very old Il-18 civilian passenger aircraft (roughly equivalent to a Lockheed Electra) RF had a project that was to develop substitutes based on the Tu-204. Again basically nothing moved also in this case. Plus the solution was always “let’s pack everything in 3 planes instead of one”.
Fantastic explainer, really appreciate your articles!
Thanks for the great lesson on things I didn’t know I didn’t know but am glad I now do (to a small extent)
If someone wants more Tom, Youtube has a fresh video with them.
https://youtu.be/NJw7AtXp1eE?si=ZH4b1Tx9SHUuUqa1
As always, thanks for the information and explanation. I would like to ask that you refrain from calling the situation in Gaza, etc. "genocide". The term is very popular right now but is also very misconstrued and very emotionally charged to anyone remembering the Holocaust. The UN excludes acts of war against a political group from the definition of genocide which seems to apply to the Israeli action against political group, not the people who are unfortunate victims. It does include acts against religious groups, so I wonder if the definition will need to be somehow revised in light of the current situation. How can you have a war against an enemy whose core religious belief includes extermination of your people/country without it being labelled "genocide"? The rule was written to prevent another Holocaust but seemingly failed to anticipate the Shia/Sunni hatred or the Islam vs. Christianity hatred.
Thank you very much. It is lovely to follow your thinking. Thank you for all the efforts you put into your work.
Спасибо
Thank you, Tom, this is supremely clear, concise snd enlightening. Much appreciated, as ever.
Anothe example of well researched and informative post, Tom.
Also, another example how routine respond movements goes against itself (and how ingenious Ukrainians are).
Is my understanding correct, that Patriot needs continuously illuminate the target until the interceptor either hits or misses the target?
Thanks Tom!
Very good analysis, learned a lot. There's a lot of unpack here as well. Like what did the Ukrainians use to hit Crimea, and How possible is it for Russia to put the other operational AEW A-50s back in service. It seems likely they'll have to put a lot of money into the other 2 and keep them operational but this is a huge loss.