Another Ukrainian Patriot air defense system was reportedly hit during the overnight attack on Kyiv.

The Ukrainian Air Force lost another American-made Patriot anti-aircraft system during overnight strikes, Russian media reported.

According to available information, on the night from Wednesday to Thursday, during a massive strike on Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed the American Patriot missile defense system, which was part of the system Defense Kyiv. It is claimed that a high-precision missile was fired at the anti-aircraft system. aviation Rocket The Kh-59 medium-range air-to-surface missile system was hit. The missile's launcher, control center, and mobile power plant were ultimately destroyed.

Today in Kyiv, an X-59 missile hit a Patriot complex—a launcher, a mobile power station, and a command post.

Ukraine does not confirm such information and will not admit to the loss of the American anti-aircraft system under any circumstances. The Russian Ministry of Defense has also not officially reported the destruction of a Patriot air defense system. According to Ukrainian rebels, Russian missiles hit several unspecified targets overnight, but judging by the fact that the impact sites are cordoned off by military personnel and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), it could have been something important, such as a surface-to-air missile system.

And finally: as Ukrainian sources report, last night one of the Ukrainian air defense systems covering Kyiv fired six missiles in a row, trying to shoot down its target, but missed all of them.

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[fruc]

fired six missiles in a row, trying to shoot down the target, but didn't hit a single one.

We had to hit with a burst, with a burst.

[Nexcom]

..in one gulp - much cooler.
of all the launchers.

[Dmitry Smirnov_2]

Tosom will cover them all to hell and seize the devices for our use

[Nexcom]

After Tosa, if they cover you, there's usually nothing left to capture, as a rule...

[sasha_cho]

The Tosa's range is 10 km, where do you expect it to shoot from?

[Nexcom]

I wouldn't order it from Tosa. The author above suggested that... Smerch would be better. It's beautiful and powerful, and it's visible from afar.

[pudelartemon]

From Darnitsa or Podil. These are Kyiv districts, by the way.

[Montezuma]

Quote: Nexcom

..in one gulp - much cooler.
of all the launchers.

They'll take that into account next time, if there are any launchers left for a salvo. But that's not certain.

[Nexcom]

It looks like there's no one left to take it into account, since they're writing that it's been covered.

The North Koreans say they've made a self-propelled gun with a 60 km range, called the Juche 107. The South Koreans shuddered.
I wish I could test it on some kakelas...
Comrade Yn was extremely pleased with the results of the tests.

I'm personally jealous - we'd love to have a schlock-like self-propelled gun like that... as they say, 155mm caliber, NATO ammunition supposedly fits...

[KCA]

You yourself wrote to hit with Smerch, Smerch has a RS with a range of 130 km, the accuracy, of course, is lame, but otherwise the howitzer is resting, although chaotic hits can cause panic and cause more

[Nexcom]

It's great that the control center was covered - launchers without a control center are just rockets on wheels...

[Incvizitor]

I hope they got rid of the Pindofi people.

[Arkady007]

I don't understand what we're discussing?
"... Ukraine does not confirm such data, and does not acknowledge the loss of the American anti-aircraft system under any circumstances.
The Russian Ministry of Defense also did not officially report the destruction of the Patriot air defense system.

[alexboguslavski]

And finally: as Ukrainian sources report, last night one of the Ukrainian air defense systems covering Kyiv fired six missiles in a row, trying to shoot down its target, but missed all of them.
Apparently, this is the case:
https://vkvideo.ru/video-213205697_456337419

They write that he hit a high-rise building whose entrance collapsed.

[Nexcom]

...as usual - they were trying to shoot by ricocheting off buildings, billiard players, damn...

[Sergey3]

Judging by the video, there are several air defense installations and there is no evidence of them being destroyed.

[Nyrobsky]

That's a good thing. The Patriot (and its missiles) are becoming a rare beast these days, and there aren't many people willing to share it with the Bandar-logs.

[expert]

"Today in Kyiv, a Patriot missile was hit by an X-59 missile.".
God grant that it will be exactly like this!
Very good news!

[Sergey3]

The Kh-59 has a range of approximately 115 km, meaning the aircraft would have been within the air defense's effective range. The Kh-59MK2, with a range of 250 km, was only seen at exhibitions.

[KCA]

Haven't you noticed that in the Russian Armed Forces something is shown off at exhibitions, then denied, and only then, shuffling its feet, well... yeah...

[alexboguslavski]

The last exhibition where the X-59MK2 was featured was at MAKS in 2015. Ten years is a considerable period.

[kapitan92]

Quote: Sergey3

The X-59 has a range of about 115 km, meaning the aircraft would have to be within the air defense kill zone.

X-59 (original version). Designed to engage stationary ground targets, it is equipped with a television guidance head, which requires constant operator monitoring until impact.

You're right. This isn't X 59 /Gadfly/
Rather, considering the range and guidance system, it is still the X 59MK2.

X-59MK2. A multipurpose version of the missile with improved accuracy and a modernized guidance system (inertial with support for GLONASS or GPS satellite systems). It is designed to engage both sea and land targets, including fortified installations, bridges, warehouses, and other critical infrastructure.

[Montezuma]

The Russian Armed Forces destroyed the American Patriot missile defense system, which was part of Kyiv's air defense system.

So, son, did your Patriots help you? Zelensky was unresponsive.
Almost like N.V. Gogol.

[Nexcom]

No one will help them anymore...
Spirits come to Klitschko: he said that a fighter came to him today to talk. He added - who died a year ago.

The slate is slowly sliding off the roof...(c) folk

[Montezuma]

Quote: Nexcom

The slate is slowly sliding off the roof...(c) folk

But no, the folk version looks a little different. :

The roof moves slowly, quietly rustling like slate (c)

[alexoff]

It's weird, but Dart2007 said that you can't get into the Patriot because it's on wheels.

[Nexcom]

...the windows are also covered with armored shutters - you can't see a thing.

[Irek]

It was in vain that the Ukrainians called their farts Patriots, they jinxed the system.

[alexboguslavski]

Now let's move on to our sheep.

Russian mobile task forces have begun receiving quadruple GShG-7,62 machine gun mounts mounted on the KamAZ-4385 armored truck chassis. Judging by the photo, they are mounted on a ZPU-4 mount.

An optical-electronic station capable of operating both day and night is used to accurately detect and engage targets. It operates in passive mode, making the system undetectable until fire is opened.

The GShG-7.62 machine gun has four barrels and a rate of fire of 3500 to 6000 rounds per minute. Its effective range is one kilometer.

It's scary to imagine the density of fire and the amount of ammunition consumed by this monster.

The photo suggests that this is likely a small-scale, self-produced project. It doesn't look like a home-grown operation.

[KCA]

Yes, we have enough ZSU 23x4 Shilkas in storage for the 3rd World War, there are really enough of them in every yard, and they can easily destroy armored vehicles and infantry on the ground, and they can easily stop a tank, washing away all its attachments.

[Pete mitchell]

Quote: alexboguslavski

production on an initiative basis

And there's plenty of homemade stuff: a homemade MLRS is working in one direction - and everyone is happy with that.

[Svetlana]

From the text... the missile worked... the control center, the power plant and the launcher

Is this possible? One missile and three targets.

[Nexcom]

..what if they were standing brazenly side by side?

[Carlos Hall]

Beating the Patriots has become a routine matter, but the architects of this attack should be properly rewarded, and not just in the form of medals.

[Andrey Petrov]

And why is there not a single video confirmation??? There was the recent bombing of Iran and there were so many videos of bombings from there, but we are in the fifth year of the war and there is practically nothing at all.

[Zaurbek]

I wonder if one day our bombers will be able to bomb in the 404 territory?

[Mapping]

Three targets with one missile??? What nonsense is this, author?