Paveway IV is a dual GPS/laser guided bomb weighing 227 kg (500 lb).
It is a guidance kit based on the existing Enhanced Paveway II Enhanced Computer Control Group (ECCG) added to a modified Mk 82 general purpose bomb.
The Paveway IV has a maximum range of over 30 km, depending on the drop altitude, speed and trajectory.
Ivan Vygovskiy, Chief of the National Police of #Ukraine, during a meeting in #Berlin with Holger #Münch, President of the German Federal Criminal Police Office, has announced that Ukrainian law enforcement officers in cooperation with German counterparts managed to find 161 Ukrainian children, abducted by #Russia, on German territory.
At the same time, he said he was not familiar with the details of discussions in the West about the possible introduction of troops.
Zelensky also admitted that "citizens of other countries" were coming to Ukraine to fight. And again he asked for weapons: 25 Patriot SAMs.
Earlier, the Estonian defence ministry said that Macron meant "mainly" training when he spoke of sending troops.
Both sides have stepped up the use of suicide drones, long range rockets and missiles as well as newly developed remote controlled armored vehicles mainly focused on targeting bunkers and soldiers.
There are no sign of talks about ending this bloody conflict and both sides spreading propaganda and lie about their progress or "enemy" losses. It's impossible to know what to believe, but the material and human losses on the both sides are significant including many civilians caught in between.
I recall seeing a report somewhere that Ukrainians did this with a Cessna-type plane back in the 1980s.
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What I want to know is why it's taken this long for someone to do this. Seems a lot easier than taking over a plane with a box cutter.https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/04/03/ukraines-new-factory-smashing-drone-is-a-90000-sport-plane-with-a-robot-at-the-controls/
Freaking Macron is not joking about escalating the conflict.
Remember before the Ukraine "counter offensive" everyone was so positive about the aspects of the actions that they were openly talking about stepping back and push for negotiation if the CO failed, but suddenly they all have turned into Dr. Strangelove and wanting to send their soldiers to stop Russia from invading the "world".
#France #Ukraine #Russia #UkraineWar
'People who are against French troops being sent to Ukraine are against our sovereignity and are in favor of defeat'
#Macron, answering a question from a French Netizen named Antoine on Twitter/X:
Dear Antoine, thank you for your question.
Very clearly, we are not at war with Russia. France is a force for peace which is not and will never be in an escalation situation.
What I said is that vis-à-vis our allies and our European partners, vis-à-vis History too, we have a responsibility, that of being a strong and ready France to adapt to the choices that #Russia would make.
This is why it is necessary not to immediately set limits for ourselves in the face of an enemy who does not set any limits.
Wanting peace does not mean choosing defeat or letting Ukraine down.
I don't want that.
During her speech, parliamentarians demanded that the prime minister guarantee that the Estonian Defence Forces would not involve in military operations in Ukraine.
I don't make such promises because circumstances can change.... We have clearly chosen a side here, and that side is Ukraine, because Russia is a direct threat to us.
"This includes artillery shells and GMLRS missiles for HIMARS. This is what Ukraine needs very much to keep the front lines under Russian attacks and repel the Russian offensive in the east and other areas of the front."
If course they have money for war. Even when the congress is against that.
#Ukraine #Pentagon #Politics Russia #ukrainewar
They will receive new ones anyway.
PS. Funny the same people calling the Russian videos for fake are now acting like they are worried.
This freaking war is just a giant scam to enrich the weapon makers (read Americans) and will go on until the last Ulrainian standing or Russia falls apart.
#Ukraine #Russia #UkraineWar #Politics #PatriotMissiles #WarProfiteering
Officially, Paris rejects the presence of its military in Ukraine.
French military presence could 'protect some areas of Ukraine' and limit attacks from Russia.
The previously stated figure for the production and purchase of 1 million #FPV drones in #Ukraine in 2024 is exceeded and the delivery of approximately 2 million FPV drones is now expected for the entire year 2024.
