Don,
Thanks, saw some that said out to
900m also. I know what I posted in last said
800m which I've seen elsewhere to. Ethier way you got it covered. I was just
surprised by its performance, but then the original one in WWII was a very effective weapon as well for its time and a little after.
NLAW also caught me off guard somewhat, I will be "easy" on myself
and just say, I forgot it was a "
top attack" weapon which is also performing quite well to.
I really can't think of anytime of the above weapons have been used in such a
high intensity and
numbers in a combat situation as they are now. These things are defeating
Shatora and
VRISS like they don't even exist. I haven't seen a video yet that even indicates they've been activated, not a one.
Kind've reminds me of all those Declassified CIA/Russian Cold War documents I posted I don't know how many years ago. We feared their tanks and they feared our ATGM's (
DRAGONs at first,
fire it across a river or other large water obstacle and it could end up
on the moon: doh:, early
TOW not much better in the same situation.) so "
Mutual FEAR" was the real weapon. This
seems on the surface of it, seems to be no longer hold true.
I'm following
very closely this current situation concerning of Russia requesting Military and Economic Aid from China. This shows the economic sanctions are starting to take hold. The
Ruble had already lost over
30% of its value just on the 1st round of sanctions after which they
closed their Stock Market almost 2 weeks ago. It has not reopened since because they know the currency has nowhere to go but down.
When this last happened to the U.S., we called it "
The Great Depression. " and we know how that went. A later war would get us fully out of it. That was then and will not be the case for Russia as this war was the cause of their current economic situation. If you follow me, you know this is always a factor in
my calculus.
Regards,
Pat
