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Weekly megathread for news/updates/discussion of Russian invasion of Ukraine - October 12

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  1. unkz
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    Russia continuing its indiscriminate attacks on civilians. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/12/ukraine-war-live-updates-latest-news-on-russia-and-the-war-in-ukraine.html#107315987-post

    Russia continuing its indiscriminate attacks on civilians.

    https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/12/ukraine-war-live-updates-latest-news-on-russia-and-the-war-in-ukraine.html#107315987-post

    Police have finished identifying bodies, finding that 59 people were killed last week in a series of attacks in Hroza in the Kharkiv region, Ukrainian officials said.

    In a Google-translated Telegram post, Home Affairs Minister Ihor Klymenko wrote that all the victims were local residents and included the elderly, doctors, farmers, teachers and entrepreneurs.

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    AugustusFerdinand
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    Pentagon's 'FrankenSAM' program cobbles together air defense weapons for Ukraine

    Pentagon's 'FrankenSAM' program cobbles together air defense weapons for Ukraine

    A senior U.S. defense official said Thursday that the U.S. has been able to improvise and build a new missile launcher from radars and other parts contributed by allies and partners. The system will be able to launch AIM-9M Sidewinder missiles, which the U.S. announced Wednesday it will send to Ukraine in the latest aid package.

    At the same time, U.S. engineers have been able to work with Ukraine to modify a Soviet-era Buk air defense launcher so that it can fire RIM-7 missiles, which the U.S. has in large quantities. Ukraine has a number of the Buk systems, but its supply of missiles had been dwindling.

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    1. unkz
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      Sounds like this project has been going on for a while. There’s also this:...

      Sounds like this project has been going on for a while. There’s also this:

      https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/04/20/lucky-for-ukraine-its-best-air-defense-vehicles-are-compatible-with-american-missiles/?sh=2a304543fde0

      It’s not clear how many old RIM-7s the United States has in storage. Hundreds? Thousands? It doesn’t matter, however. If Ukraine fired off every available RIM-7, the U.S. government could supply RIM-162s, instead. That version of the Sea Sparrow still is in production at Raytheon’s factory in Tucson, Arizona.

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  3. unkz
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    https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/17/ukraine-uses-secretly-shipped-u-s-missiles-to-launch-surprise-strike-00121932 Ukraine has ATACMS now and they are using them to great effect.

    https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/17/ukraine-uses-secretly-shipped-u-s-missiles-to-launch-surprise-strike-00121932

    Ukraine has ATACMS now and they are using them to great effect.

    Ukrainian special forces early on Tuesday struck two Russian military airfields, saying they successfully destroyed nine Russian military helicopters, an anti-aircraft missile system, and an ammunition warehouse.

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