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US provided Ukrainian military with real-time info that allowed it to shoot down Russian troop transporter carrying hundreds of soldiers in early days of war
2022-04-27
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
  • The U.S. has been providing real-time intelligence to Ukrainian forces since Russia invaded the country in February, former and current U.S. officials said

  • The intelligence partnership allowed Ukraine to shoot down a Russian transport plane carrying hundreds of soldiers in February headed to Kyiv airport

  • The U.S. officials said the Ukraine is being feed the locations of where Russians are based, as well as where Russia is planning to bomb

  • The CIA is also instructed Ukrainian forces on how to keep its leaders safe

  • Since the war began, Russia has lost a total of 873 tanks, 2,238 armored vehicles, 179 planes, 154 helicopters and 408 artillery systems

  • The U.S. has removed limits on what information it can provide the Ukraine and approved an $800 million package for additional anti-aircraft weapons and aid
Posted by:Skidmark

#12  the idiot population of America and Britain.

Heh - you're the one voluntarily posting as Posted by: Woozle Woozie . Apparently you have no dignity or pride?
Posted by: Frank G   2022-04-27 21:32  

#11   However, this claim has not been independently verified.

That is why we carry the news from both Russia and Ukraine.
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-04-27 19:25  

#10  From your favorite bull shit news favorite British tabloid Daisy News ……..According to Ukrainian military, one of the Il-76 transporters was shot down by Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 fighter jet. However, this claim has not been independently verified. The second transporter again it’s not being confirmed on the ground do to military actions.
Sound like British fake news for the idiot population of America and Britain.
Posted by: Woozle Woozie   2022-04-27 17:47  

#9  Always thought DoD should shadow a game like Modern Battlefield. Players sign up thinking they're doing the latest PS/Xbox/PC game sim but is actually tied into all that distributed stuff to allow them to fly the drones to targets. Is it real or is it Memorex a sim?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-04-27 16:53  

#8  ^ They are not very loyal and their judgement is fickle. (See 'Bowe Bergdahl')
Posted by: Clusosh Floluter6074   2022-04-27 15:46  

#7  ^Probably doesn't for the most part. At least not with this sort of work. No reason a transgender person couldn't competently operate a drone from a base outside of Las Vegas. Or monitor software.
Posted by: Secret Master   2022-04-27 15:17  

#6  And how does the "wokeness" of the military affect the system?s?
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance   2022-04-27 12:52  

#5  May be past time to get the leather awl and waxed cord. Anything else to officially brag up?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-04-27 12:23  

#4  Gen Keane was just interviewed on Varney. He mentioned the arty being sent to the Ukies. Also mention "radar" which I assume are counter-battery systems. This could be a significant game changer.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-04-27 09:30  

#3  And, JSTARS itself is being replaced by a more distributed system of systems that will be more flexible, robust and responsive.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-04-27 09:22  

#2  That is what makes the US forces so deadly against conventional forces. All of our stuff, land sea and air, are connected and have a real time view of everyone's targets and locations. One grunt can target an armored group and his company/battalion along with the JSTAR and jet flying Air-to-Mud see it in real time. After the missile/bomb is launched, it can be commanded to go after another target nearby if the situation changes and the grunt can provide that.

Basically you have the fog of war god mode cheat turned on.
Posted by: DarthVader   2022-04-27 09:20  

#1  ...And reflect on this for a moment: if these are the results you get with our intel and Ukranian gear, imagine our intel, our C3, and our gear.

Think 'War Of The Worlds', but we have immunity to the damned bugs.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2022-04-27 08:59  

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