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Old 18-04-2022, 12:44   #1456
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Re: Russia has invaded Ukraine

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Originally Posted by Chris View Post
Indiscriminate cruise missile strikes on civilian population centres are a sign of impotence and a lack of strategy. The range and targeting ability of a cruise missile is paid for in reduced explosive yield. Used this way, they are terror weapons with no more military value than the V-1 and V-2 missiles launched at London by Germany towards the end of WW2 - and they will have no more effect on Ukraine’s military effectiveness than Hitler’s super-weapons had on ours. The only militarily effective use of a cruise missile is in taking out high-value targets that stand in the way of an immediate military objective.

Also … they’re expensive, n limited supply and given the sanctions imposed on Russian industry, quite possibly irreplaceable. It’s ultimately self-defeating because when they really need them, they won’t have them, and in the meantime they are only stiffening Ukrainian resolve to resist.
Yes, Ukraine continues to execute its logical plan. Russia denies the Moskva was hit by Ukraine but then panics by firing missiles all across Ukraine. More a display of weakness than strength.
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