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Current Events / Re: Russia's War Against Ukrai...
Last post by Tripoli - Today at 10:51:56 AMCNN is reporting the Tu-22M3 BACKFIRE was shot down by an S-200 (SA-5 GAMMON) system.
That would explain it being shot down almost 200 miles from Ukraine. I'm surprised/impressed the SA-5 actually hit anything. I also assumed the Ukrainian SA-5 were out of action, as it is a largely static system, and most of them should have been hit by the Russians by this point in the war. My guess is the Russians got cocky and thought they were largely immune from being hit at that range, and either weren't properly using their defensive ECM systems or they are sending out strike aircraft without operational defensive systems, believing the long range made the risk acceptable.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/19/europe/ukraine-air-defense-russian-bomber-dnipropetrovsk-intl/index.html
That would explain it being shot down almost 200 miles from Ukraine. I'm surprised/impressed the SA-5 actually hit anything. I also assumed the Ukrainian SA-5 were out of action, as it is a largely static system, and most of them should have been hit by the Russians by this point in the war. My guess is the Russians got cocky and thought they were largely immune from being hit at that range, and either weren't properly using their defensive ECM systems or they are sending out strike aircraft without operational defensive systems, believing the long range made the risk acceptable.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/19/europe/ukraine-air-defense-russian-bomber-dnipropetrovsk-intl/index.html
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Wargame Design Studio / Re: Civil War Battles Thread
Last post by rahamy - Today at 08:13:16 AMNew post is up at WDS, announcing the release of the updates for the balance of the CWB series. Get the details here:
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/civil-war-battles-4-05-1-updates
https://wargameds.com/blogs/news/civil-war-battles-4-05-1-updates
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Current Events / Re: Israel
Last post by Sigwolf - Today at 06:59:24 AMQuote from: GDS_Starfury on Yesterday at 11:35:56 PMIsrael hits back and the only sad news is that there might not be any more flyable F-14s in the world.QuoteIranian State Media is reporting that tonight's Airstrike by the Israel Air Force may have Targeted the 8th Tactical Airbase of the Iranian Air Force, within Isfahan International Airport, which contains multiple Squadrons of F-14 "Tomcat" Fighter Aircraft.
fwiw they dont have squadrons of Tomcats.
Yeah, but they do have various Tomcat carcasses that they have no parts to repair.
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Current Events / Re: Israel
Last post by MengJiao - Today at 05:17:21 AMQuote from: GDS_Starfury on Yesterday at 11:35:56 PMIsrael hits back and the only sad news is that there might not be any more flyable F-14s in the world.QuoteIranian State Media is reporting that tonight's Airstrike by the Israel Air Force may have Targeted the 8th Tactical Airbase of the Iranian Air Force, within Isfahan International Airport, which contains multiple Squadrons of F-14 "Tomcat" Fighter Aircraft.
fwiw they dont have squadrons of Tomcats.
Presumably there was something else there more worth blowing up.
Also, as you can imagine, Hezabollah is worried about being kind of left right next to Israel while things are happening. They have remarked that they didn't think any of this was going to happen and that they are just shooting at things occasionally and don't want any trouble.
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Current Events / Re: Russia's War Against Ukrai...
Last post by GDS_Starfury - Yesterday at 11:42:57 PM
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Current Events / Re: Israel
Last post by GDS_Starfury - Yesterday at 11:35:56 PMIsrael hits back and the only sad news is that there might not be any more flyable F-14s in the world. 
fwiw they dont have squadrons of Tomcats.
QuoteIranian State Media is reporting that tonight's Airstrike by the Israel Air Force may have Targeted the 8th Tactical Airbase of the Iranian Air Force, within Isfahan International Airport, which contains multiple Squadrons of F-14 "Tomcat" Fighter Aircraft.
fwiw they dont have squadrons of Tomcats.
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General Discussion / Re: Gifs of Greatness!
Last post by GDS_Starfury - Yesterday at 11:16:34 PM #8
Organizations and Equipment / Re: Tanks!
Last post by GDS_Starfury - Yesterday at 10:28:42 PMdont they all?
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Current Events / Re: Russia's War Against Ukrai...
Last post by Gusington - Yesterday at 09:34:23 PMMore on French rearmament and possible intervention.
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Organizations and Equipment / Re: Tanks!
Last post by Staggerwing - Yesterday at 08:41:15 PMWill this one still come with a built-in tea kettle?