Russian forces conducted a night raid on a Ukrainian missile base, and an anti-ship missile smashed through the steel-reinforced shelter: the base was completely destroyed.

Russian Night Attack on Ukrainian Missile Center

Ukraine is developing its own Iskander ballistic missiles to strike Russian mainland targets at supersonic speeds. The Russian Defense Ministry has located the emergency testing of Ukraine's 'Sapsan' missile defense system test site for the domestically developed Perepelka campaign tactical missile system.

In the Russia-Ukraine war, both the Russian Iskander missiles and the North Korean-made KN-23 Mars campaign tactical missiles have played a significant role in the battlefield. They have struck airbases, conducted surprise attacks on Western mercenaries' camps, precisely destroyed HIMARS rocket launchers, and swept Patriot missiles, leaving the Ukrainian army in disarray.

Under the striking power of over thousands of missiles launched by the Russian army in more than three years of war, the Ukrainian army only has one Zaporizhzhia-based missile brigade with 24 missile launch vehicles.

The missiles equipped by the Ukrainian missile brigade are still the Soviet-era Tochka-U tactical missiles produced in the 1970s and 1980s, with only 120 units available. Their maximum range is 70 kilometers, with an error margin of 150 meters. Ukraine's ballistic missile force is completely unable to compare with Russia.

In the situation where the Ukrainian Air Force lacks the capability to break through the over 1000 anti-aircraft missile launchers deployed by Russia on the front line and hundreds of aircraft, and where the U.S. can only provide 50 Army Tactical Missiles, while Europe has no short-range ballistic missiles, Ukraine can only rely on a large number of drones to attack Russia's depth areas.

In the past month alone, Ukrainian drones have attacked Russia's inland energy facilities over 100 times.

However, remote drones have low payload capacity, mostly only tens of kilograms of warheads. They cannot effectively attack large Russian targets; most of the time, they can only cause damage, with insufficient power to completely destroy.

The Southern Missile Design Bureau of Ukraine began accelerating the upgrading and development of the Perepelka campaign ballistic missile, which has a range of 500 kilometers, inertial guidance + GPS satellite + end-stage radar guidance, with a strike accuracy within 30 meters.

In addition, Ukraine is also developing a kite-type cruise missile. This kite cruise missile is based on the Soviet KH-55 cruise missile, designed as a subsonic missile, using the R-95 turbine engine produced by Motor Sich. The entire missile weighs 2 tons and has a range of 1600 kilometers.

Once the Perepelka and Kite missiles enter mass production, the entire 1600-kilometer depth of Russia will never be safe. Even Moscow, Leningrad, and Stalingrad will never be safe.

The Ukrainian army will then have long-range suicide drones, simple cruise missiles, rocket engine drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles to attack Russian mainland targets. Russia will have continuous air raid warnings day and night, with residents constantly rushing into air-raid shelters.

The Russian military's solution is to strike first. At least two Iskander ballistic missiles, along with other sea-based and land-based missiles, were launched by the Russian army to strike Ukraine's 'Sapsan' missile defense system test site, as well as the Norwegian-made NASAMS medium-range air defense missile system protecting the center.

According to Ukrainian sources, the Russian army also launched two P-800 Yakhont anti-ship cruise missiles from the Crimea direction. This is an end-phase speed 3x supersonic heavy anti-ship missile known as the aircraft carrier killer.

Its armor-piercing warhead can penetrate the aircraft carrier deck and explode inside the ship, creating a large breach. The Russians use such heavy anti-ship missiles to strike the Ukrainian missile test base to completely penetrate the reinforced concrete roof and thoroughly destroy the missile systems and equipment hidden inside.

In the famous Battle of Khe Sanh during the Vietnam War, the Vietnamese army used the M-46 130mm howitzer to utilize its 27-kilometer range advantage to place U.S. Marine Corps under kill radius. In the entire campaign, the U.S. suffered over 4000 casualties, with 70% of the deaths and injuries caused by precise artillery fire.

Now, with the precise guidance of drones, the Russian M-46 130mm howitzer can directly conduct pinpoint strikes on Ukrainian fortifications and firing points on the frontline.

In fact, even old weapons can play a significant role on modern battlefields if used properly and with reasonable tactics. The Yemeni Houthi armed group can use outdated Soviet missiles to shoot down the U.S.'s latest MQ-9 Reaper armed drones.

Once the Russian M-46 130mm howitzer enters the artillery fort, it can provide real-time support for frontline Russian infantry squads 24 hours a day. This is more effective, convenient, and cost-efficient than expensive attack helicopters and fighter jets.

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