RE: Russia and Ukraine
November 1, 2022 at 3:21 pm
(This post was last modified: November 1, 2022 at 3:28 pm by Deesse23.)
(November 1, 2022 at 2:45 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(November 1, 2022 at 8:17 am)Belacqua Wrote: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/31/world...water.html
So Ukraine reported that 10 Russian missiles evaded interception, and then went on to damage critical infrastructure at 18 points. NY Times is unable to confirm these reports, perhaps because they can count.
You understand that, depending on the missile, one missile is capable of causing damage to more than one target, right?
Boru
The missiles in question are either "Bazalt" or "Kalibr" with 1000kg, or 500kg warheads respectively. How big is the blast radius? Well 2-3 weeks ago they found yet another 500kg WWII dud in Frankfurt. A whole effing quarter with some 20k people within 1km got evacuated (like everytime we dig those duds out).
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Now that is a "no risk taken" safety radius. Of course the blast radius where significant damage will be caused with certianty is much smaller.
but
Does it take a rocket scientist to imagine that within that blast radius of a Kalibr or Bazalt, there are possibly, just possibly......more than one building/target?
and
that maybe, just maybe, the Russians try to be effective and hit areas with more than one possible target?
Does that really take a rocket scientist?

Or let me put it another way: Ukrainian officials are probably able to count, as is the NYT. I have serious doubts about Bel tho.
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