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Missile components A Javelin fired by a U.S. soldier in Jordan during Eager Lion, 2019. The Javelin missile's tandem warhead is a high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) type. [11] This round utilizes an explosive shaped charge to create a stream of superplastically deformed metal, formed from trumpet-shaped metallic liners. The result is a narrow high ...
In the morning, the Russian military launched a massive missile strike on Ukraine. [ 4 ] According to the Ukrainian Air Force , the strike used 63 Shahed attack drones (55 of them were shot down), 12 Iskander-M ballistic missiles , 40 Kh-101 / Kh-555 cruise missiles (35 were shot down), 5 Kh-22 cruise missiles, 7 Kinzhal missiles , 2 Kh-59 ...
During the morning of 17 November 2024, Russia launched a massive air attack on cities across Ukraine, killing two people in Mykolaiv, two in Nikopol, two in Odesa and one person in Lviv. [1] [2] [3] According to the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, about 120 missiles and 90 drones were fired overnight and in the early morning.
In a first this week, a Ukrainian shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile launcher shot down a Russian cruise missile, demonstrating the full spectrum of targets the new launch unit can engage, from ...
A Russian missile attack against the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv during rush hour has killed at least one person and injured at least a dozen more – as well as damaging six embassies. The attack ...
The FGM-148 Javelin is one of the more than 1,700 antitank weapons that have been rushed by NATO via Poland to Ukraine since Moscow’s forces invaded more than three weeks ago, and the evidence ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed the attack Thursday evening in an address to the nation and said it was in direct response to the U.S. and the U.K. jointly approving Ukraine’s use of ...
President Zelenskyy ordered an investigation into the attack, [8] and called on Western nations to ensure the arrival of missiles and air defence systems. He also said Russia will "surely pay" for the attack. [11] Philip Pronin, the governor of Poltava Oblast, announced three days of mourning beginning on 4 September. [12]