Ukraine tests its first ballistic missile, Zelensky says
A day earlier, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said that Ukraine is preparing a response to Russian aerial strikes with weapons of its own production.
Great news. The more locally produced arms that can be used without restrictions the better.
The great thing about fighting a petrostate is all the infrastructure critical to their economy is very big, very easy to find, and very flammable.
Dont forget labor intensive to repair, if it can be repaired at all under the current sanctions.
Tthe tochka-u is a ballistic missile Ukraine has (although perhaps all of them are used up) but the article clarifies that this would be the first domestic-made Ukrainian ballistic missile.
Tthe tochka-u is a ballistic missile Ukraine has
Also, ATACMS.
They can't use it inside internationally recognized Russian borders without a case by case exemption.
@LaFinlandia why not test and see if you can hit the kremlin?
If they get these things going and they have a good range then Russia will have even more supply problems. I know the public reason is to attack the airfields with the bombers but the real gain is in pushing Russian logistics even further back.
Sure, but it's not as if they are short on legitimate targets to select from. And Russia needs to protect them all. Oil infra, steel production, weapons manufacturing, rail control nodes, and probably a long list of critical supply companies to these sectors. If you can choke off supplies before they become supplies.. you are playing a longer game, but a more costly and devastating one at that.
The thing about hitting the factories is you need to be able to hit most or all of the factories for a specific item. And Russia moved a lot of industry out of the Western area in world war 2. I don't know how much is still out that way but it's probably enough to limp along. And annihilating supplies in the supply dump forces a greater strain on the whole system simply because they need more trucks. By blowing up trucks and supply depots you can freeze entire divisions in place.
