“The obvious intent being to sink most of the Russian fleet at anchor. If I had agreed to their request, then SpaceX would be explicitly complicit in a major act of war & conflict escalation” #Musk wrote
That drew an angry response from #MykhailoPodolyak, adviser to #Ukraine Pres #Zelensky. Musk’s “interference” allowed #Russia’s naval fleet to cont firing #CruiseMissiles at cities. “As a result, #civilians, #children are being #killed. This is the price of a cocktail of #ignorance & big #ego”

#NorthKorea conducted a simulated #tactical #nuclearattack drill involving the test-firing of two #longrange #cruisemissiles with mock #atomic warheads. The operation was carried out on Sept. 2 in response to joint military activities by the U.S. and #SouthKorea, escalating tensions in the region.
https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20230903-north-korea-test-fires-missiles-as-part-of-a-simulated-nuclear-attack

Sanctions aim to stop,
Russia finds a way around,
Through other nations.

#russia #tech #sanctions #cruisemissiles #haiku #poetry

http://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-how-russia-gets-us-tech-cruise-missiles-despite-sanctions-2023-8

#UkrainianTransition
Thanks for sharing, @randahl.

“This transition to Western equipment and Western standards has taken place all over the Ukrainian armed forces.”

Thanks for yet another very informative video, @anderspuck.

#RussianStandards #NATOStandards #WesternStandards #F16 #fighterAircraft #airDefence #airForce #cruiseMissiles #airSuperiority #shortTerm #longTerm

https://mastodon.social/@randahl/110912533928333982

Russia launched a large-scale aerial attack on Western Ukraine in the last 24 hours, killing over three civilians and damaging infrastructure across the war-torn nation. The Ukrainian air force said that Russia fired a total of 28 cruise missiles out of which 16 were destroyed. Extensive damage and casualties were reported in Lviv, Kramatorsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions. Russia's attack came as it held a security conference in Moscow. Watch for more details.
#Putin #MenAttackUkraine #CruiseMissiles #Russia #SecurityConference
https://www.hindustantimes.com/videos/world-news/putins-men-attack-ukraine-with-28-cruise-missiles-as-russia-holds-security-conference-watch-101692110674606.html

Ukrainian MP: German parliament ready to approve long-range missiles for Kyiv

Key factions in the German parliament have reached consensus on the transfer of long-range Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine, Ukrainian member of parliament Yehor Cherniev said on Aug. 7.

Germany has not confirmed his claim yet.

https://kyivindependent.com/mp-germany-to-send-taurus-long-range-missile-transfer/

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #Taurus #RussianWarCrimes #CruiseMissiles #StandWithUkraine

German Defense Minister Boris #Pistorius has again spoken out against the delivery of "#Taurus" cruise missiles to #Ukraine. "The concerns are obvious," said Pistorius when visiting a mountain infantry brigade in Bavaria. He referred to the "special range" of the weapon system of 500 kilometers. In addition, the #US did not deliver any #CruiseMissiles, the minister stressed.

#UkraineRussiaWar

The West just keeps on #pokingthebear #France #Ukraine #cruisemissiles #WWIII

https://newstarget.com/2023-07-12-france-supplying-ukraine-long-range-cruise-missiles.html

The West just keeps on #pokingthebear

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-07-12-france-supplying-ukraine-long-range-cruise-missiles.html

#France #Ukraine #cruisemissiles #WWIII

The fear of Chinese expansion is driving the weird US / UK / AU Aukus pact. When Australia grows up it wants to be America.

In the meantime AU has just purchased 220 cruise missiles from the US and there's not much change from $US1b.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-64984948

#Aukus #auspol #Defence #CruiseMissiles

Russian-Indian joint defence venture BrahMos Aerospace preparing to receive a $2.5 billion cruise missile order from the Indian Navy. (Clash Report)

BrahMos Aerospace was founded in 1998 as joint Indian-Russian aerospace and defense company, with its name derived from the Indian river Brahmaputra and the Russian river Moskva. The company focuses on designing, developing, manufacturing, and selling supersonic cruise missiles. (https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/brahmos-aerospace-to-receive-25bln-cruise-missiles-from-indi)

#Russia #India #CruiseMissiles #BRICS

North Korea tests two submarine-launched cruise missiles

https://www.dw.com/en/north-korea-tests-two-submarine-launched-cruise-missiles/a-64963223?maca=en-dipa_news_mstdn-34613-xml-mrss

#missile #missiletest #cruisemissiles #FreedomShield23

#Ukraine Hopes the New #IRIST, or InfraRed Imaging System Tail/Thrust Vector-Controlled, is a homing missile that uses infrared to lock onto a target and knock it out of the air, will protect it from Suicide Drones and #cruisemissiles. https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a3gxd/ukraine-hopes-the-new-iris-t-weapon-system-will-protect-it-from-suicide-drones#UkraineRussiaWar

Re-tooting w/ #AltTex #Alt4U
cc: @IAmSpartacus
#Russia #NATO
#USEmpire
#RussianEmpire
#AmericanEmpire
#AtlanticOcean
#IndianOcean
#AdmiralGorshkov #RussianFrigate #CruiseMissiles #HypersonicMissiles

Reports of #Explosions at #EngelsAirbase in #Russia
This is the #RuAF main base for #Blackjack #strategic #bombers which have recently been used to launch #CruiseMissiles against #Ukraine
May they all #burn
#SlavaUkraini

RT @RALee85@twitter.com

Russian Telegram channels are saying there are unconfirmed reports of an explosion at Engels airbase.
https://t.me/milinfolive/94809
https://t.me/milinfolive/94811 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1607163036887916544

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1607163036887916544

#Russia still manufacturing #cruisemissiles despite sanctions https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/05/us/politics/cruise-missiles-russia-ukraine-sanctions.html

⚡️%Ukraine's air defence is so good now, the only way Muscovy can hit 🇺🇦 civilian infrastructure is to spend $500,000,000+ on missiles

"On Nov 15, 2022, Muscovy attacked 🇺🇦 with:

96 air & sea-based cruise missiles (X-101, X-555, Caliber), X-59 guided air missiles, Shahed-136/131 attack drones, "Orion", "Orlan-10".

Air defense shot down:

* 75 #CruiseMissiles (X-101, X-555, Kalibr), * 2 X-59 guided air missiles,
* 10 Shahed-136/131,
* 1 Orion #UAV and
* 1 Orlan-10.

🇺🇦 Glory to #Ukraine!