What happens in 2025? / new tactics- new technologies

[MarkSheppard]

Russia is now using semi or powered glide bomb kits.

Basically normal FAB bombs with pop out wings and GPS guidance; and in some cases, a small turbojet to extend range.

It's how they were able to take Avdiivka -- by dropping 100~ of them each day.

This way, they can drop them from 60-70 km away, and stay out of range of Ukrainian SAMs.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...orce-avdiivka/

In an account posted on the social media site Telegram during the battle, Maksym Zhorin of Ukraine’s 3rd Separate Assault Brigade described how 60 to 80 of the glide bombs were crashing into his area every day. “These bombs completely destroy any position. All buildings and structures simply turn into a pit after the arrival of just one.”

Since January, Russian airstrikes across the front line have routinely exceeded 100 a day, with nearly 160 occurring four days before Avdiivka fell, he said.

Big difference over the last few months of Russian glide bomb use is that instead of 250 kg bombs as a base... it's now 1500 kg (!!!)

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-b2511360.html

The FAB-1500 (ФАБ-1500) is the latest iteration. It includes 675kg of explosives, can be fired from between 40km and 70km away from its target, and has a destruction radius of 200 metres. It has been nicknamed the “building destroyer” by Russian war bloggers.

[MarkSheppard]

Back to lasers:

https://twitter.com/MyLordBebo/statu...66050308551008

Britain showed the results of the DragonFire combat laser.

It is reported that the photos of the British government laboratory of defense equipment shows the results of the laser - it burned through a 120-mm mortar shell, cut the metal casing and burned the camera of the copter.

Also the day before, the British Ministry of Defense showed a video of a laser test.

DragonFire was successfully tested in January of this year. The laser is stated to be very accurate with a direct beam, can hit visible targets at the speed of light, and is very cheap to use.

Bunch of media at that twitter post; but the one most of interest (once I do calculations) is this:

[MarkSheppard]

https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/...64270247350478

Tests of Ukrainian mine laying drone equipped with 15 TM-62 anti tank mines

Rather simple; the mines are attached to each other by string, so it requires somewhat level ground, and it results in a very obvious pattern. More of a "deny ground" tactic that wastes the enemy's time by forcing them to dismount and demine.

[DRG]

Originally Posted by MarkSheppard

https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/...64270247350478

Rather simple; the mines are attached to each other by string, so it requires somewhat level ground, and it results in a very obvious pattern. More of a "deny ground" tactic that wastes the enemy's time by forcing them to dismount and demine.

If wasting the enemy's time is the goal then only a few of them real saves scarce resources and slows him down just as well