The missile systems the UK is sending to Poland

7 Air Defence Group have been showcasing the missiles systems they’re sending to Poland.
The Sky Sabre and Star Streak systems will be used in a purely defensive capability.
Around 140 soldiers will accompany the various systems.
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[@IndiaVirus-Orginof-C0vid]

This is when you know your ally has your back.... Great work Britain.

[@Chilly_Billy]

This is one American who has always appreciated our British allies. No matter where or when, we make one hell of a team.

[@greghall9410]

Gotta Love Those Limies

[@simonchilli2088]

Biden, ohbarma the clintons. You sure?

[@frogstamper]

@@simonchilli2088 Come on don't bring politics into it, its pointless.

[@randomname1251]

Well, post 1815 or so

[@simonpaterson187]

UK is leading the way now for the Ukraine. Biden is just trickling weapons in now because he does not want to upset Putin to much, as he is paying Russia millions to broker the deal with Iran to get them Nuclear weapons Quicker.

[@kristov29]

You chaps in the UK are more than keeping your end up in the NATO alliance. Much respect from across the pond.

[@newton18311]

Thank you Sir, Must invite you in for a Cup of tea sometime, Old Sport.

[@duncancallum]

That is true .

[@Mortthemoose]

@@newton18311 🤣🤣

[@lionofjudah4114]

I am British. And proud to be so when times like this happen and our country support other countries. I really am proud of our men in the forces. They really are very knowledgeable and very good at this type of thing. We ourselves had to protect our own country from the Germans. As they tried to take over our country. England had lot of weapons and radio signals which we used to win the war. As the German submarines could not pick up on the signals between the English on England turf and the Brits over the other side of the sea. We had the spitfires also which took out so many German planes. As they were small and could manoeuvre through the Germans and shoot them down. Amazing. I love my country for how we are with other nations. And God save our queen.

[@peterc.1419]

@@rdsc.455 And Saddam Hussein did not have to start a war either.

[@AtheistOrphan]

0:12 - I must say I like the no-nonsense targeting system, a man tapping you on the shoulder, pointing and then saying “Target!”

[@smacksman1]

That is where a lot of the training comes in. You have to learn 'target' in polish and ukrainian

[@AtheistOrphan]

@@smacksman1 - Of course! I could quite confidently do the pointing bit, but am linguistically challenged when it comes to those languages.

[@RobBCactive]

Ukraine soldiers are using "Orc" in the field, not too hard to remember.

[@AtheistOrphan]

@@RobBCactive - They’re using orcs? I hope they perform better than they did at Helm’s Deep!

[@RobBCactive]

@@AtheistOrphan It's slang .. slave army is another. I understood orc before the subtitle

[@grimdesaye6534]

God Bless Poland! ❤💫💥❤

[@RyzeShib]

I have so much respect to UK for donating so many things to help their allies.

[@danielwhyatt3278]

I just hope that we actually do intend to perhaps try and give some of this equipment over to the Ukrainian forces as well. It doesn’t seem like it would be much harder for them to learn how to use in a very short amount of time at all. They need it a lot more than us right now if we intend to just sit here in the other neighbouring countries doing nothing.

[@damianbiaobrzeg2789]

they'll send invoice 4 that no worries.

[@tymonpiorowski6724]

They didn't donate that systems man. They just sent that to make show, gonna return to UK soon or later, and will try sell Sky Sabre to Polish army. My country is looking for systems like that, and that's the main of reason why it is already there.

[@paladro]

@@tymonpiorowski6724 try before you buy ))

[@toolittletoolate1900]

We love our Nato allies

[@radosawszukiewicz1201]

Welcome to Poland, guys! It's safe, so far, so enjoy your stay on my land. Let's write a new chapter of alliance between our countries. Cheers!

[@quoprimum5215]

They are not welcome at all and they are war makers. Speak by yourself. Peace makers are welcome. War makers get out of Poland!!!

[@kalmansovari6878]

"We thought the Russian army is 2nd strongest in the world, now we know they are 2nd strongest in Ukraine. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦"

[@anonanon4631]

Know that Ukrainian people are used by Western Europe and the USA as cannon fodder. After the war they will be homeless and have nothing to eat. Will they be proud that they chased the Russians to home? How will they live? The time will come and they will curse Zelensky that he did not make an agreement with the Russians before the Invasion and is jointly responsible for the ruin of the country and the expulsion of a few millions of Ukrainians from their own land. These people are not coming back! They do not want poverty and build the country from scratch!

[@nightster6378]

Do you people really believe your rhetoric, there hasn't been one Russian bomber flown over Ukraine, there isnt any battleships sitting in the Black Sea destroying Odesa etc, the aircraft they are using are those at the end of their lives and their elite aircraft is still sitting in Russia, the Russian special forces and other highly trained personel and military equipment have not yet been used. They have not as yet used drone warfare. Do you honestly think Russia is going to leave itself defenceless after only a few weeks? Do you honestly think NATO does not know this? Russia chose a ground war so as not to decimate Ukraine keeping death and carnage to a minimum unlike NATO did in Belgrade, Lybia, Syria, Iraq - (where 100,000 innocent people were murdered in a 10 days) NATO being a defensive organisation therefore murdered these innocent women children and babies to defend themselves. Fly your little flags in your comments and believe Ukraine is triumphant if what you say if it makes you feel good. Better still get a uniform on and get yourself up to Mariupol and throw a few molotov cocktails at the Russian tanks and fight to the death like your leader told you to do.

[@stephenjones9153]

@@nightster6378 Why would anyone support the WAR that PUTIN started in the UKRAINE 🇺🇦 🤔??. Murdering innocent women and children and babies 👶 with guns,bombs and Missiles and committing atrocious war crimes😭😭. So in the Ukraine 🇺🇦 upto now Russia🇷🇺 has totally destroyed 10,000,000 Square miles of housing 😨to put that into perspective New Zealands total land mass including every blade of grass is just 103,750 square miles. So that is the equivalent area of houses in the Ukraine totally destroyed of 96 times the total area of NZ. Jeeeezus.😱😞😞..But according to you and Murdering PUTINS Brain washing government it's a special military operation 🙄 🤔 when in fact its an out and out WAR, started by PUTIN. I feel really sorry 😞 for the ordinary Russian people who are now being lied to and brain washed by a lying murdering PUTIN.

[@stephenjones9153]

@kalman sovari 😂🤣😂🤣👍👍Brilliant 👏 😉👍👍

[@joemonroe9456]

@@nightster6378 LOL. Is that why the Kremlin warned NATO not to push them into a corner? Because things are going so well, right? LOL Ukraine has more volunteers than weapons. What does Russia have? A bunch of conscripts and paid mercenaries. Putler is this centuries Hitler. Hopefully he dies in a bunker soon.

[@grimdesaye6534]

God Bless the Military of the UK and all the Folks supporting them:)🇬🇧

[@1960jammy]

Well done guys!🥰🇬🇧

[@profftrefelling2000]

"They`re able to go anywere, as long as the vehicle is able to get to that location". That`s great... I think.

[@j.calvert3361]

Yes , I found that statement incredibly convincing too....

[@BWA85]

Confidence in your kit while giving nothing away about how competent your kit is.

[@profftrefelling2000]

@@BWA85 Hahahaha

[@profftrefelling2000]

OR! Your total inadequasy to use the English language.

[@j.calvert3361]

@@profftrefelling2000 Check your spelling....

[@annem2922]

Proud🇬🇧 :) Courage to Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@7Trident3]

At Mach 4 each dart has the kinetic energy of a 40mm cannon round, before it explodes, and hurles chunks of Carbide through the plane and pilot. Next level MANPAD.

[@bighands69]

When combined with space saturation and radar warfare it could be a lethal air defence system.

[@umagi3d808]

Wow, that helps Ukraine a lot. Thank you very much indeed.

[@saaamember97]

Excellent show, Chaps ..... Have a jolly good time with it!

[@Jord2123]

Starstreak is perfect in the right firing range, close enough to protect standard AA (long range) and the starstreak protects low level attacks

[@v4skunk739]

Russia will just hit them with Zircon hyper sonic missiles.

[@timmurphy5541]

@@v4skunk739 Starstreak are likely to be very cheap compared to zircon so that will waste Russian money very well.

[@Prodelem]

@@v4skunk739 Russia has a very limited supply of Zircon hyper sonic missiles. A few days of full scale war and they would be run dry.

[@v4skunk739]

@@timmurphy5541 Either way they win. Look at the $ now.

[@Antenociti]

@@v4skunk739 lols, you actually think that Russia has anything any good? where the funds weren't stolen by corrupt officers and oligarchs, the reports on it being working were not all made up and the people operating it actually are sober enough to know what they are doing? What this war in Ukraine has taught us, over and over, is that Russian military forces are in shambles due to the rampant kleptocracy that runs it... The "myth" of Russian technology or military supremacy has been well and truly blown away by a bunch of Ukrainian farmers.

[@sebastiandenenfeld9886]

Dziękujemy!

[@SurG30n]

Thx for your service Lads . Greting form Poland :E

[@lolitaordinario9036]

God bless all you soldiers in Poland

[@ABCantonese]

Honestly, despite being 50 years old, I would not mind having the Rapier or Sea Wolf at all.

[@stevensibbet5869]

I was wondering what has happened /will happen to these old Rapiers, are we giving them to the Ukrainians, that might be a good idea?

[@peterkimura4669]

Thanks for your support of the Ukrainian people, thank you UK

[@FuelEnhancer]

warmongers

[@ludwikwalczak6801]

To jest gest wdzięczności za obronę angielskiego nieba przez polskie dywizjony lotnicze w czasie II wojny światowej ,w bitwie o Anglię! Dziękujemy!🇵🇱🤝🇬🇧

[@mattymair3172]

🇬🇧🤝🇵🇱🍻

[@redsrollingnow1]

Very interesting video - thanks. Just don’t send any reporters to operate it! 😎👍😎

[@jacksionilopa3106]

Thank you United Kindom. Glory to Ukraine.

[@chriswyles553]

"this is a defensive, air defence, defence only, used for defending, defence system..."

[@luka5208]

haha, Purely on defence.....what a political correct sentence to say....

[@Husker5454]

if we can get a good number of sky sabre up and running along side starstreak which because of its design is still effective we should be in the green on air defence .

[@ianleighton4871]

Shame we don't have any deployable ciws to complete the AA triad along with some EW

[@Husker5454]

@@ianleighton4871 Theres not really much point getting one for the modern threats we face . And if the need was there the US already has a well proven system for shipping and ground installations .

[@ThatCarGuy]

The Skysabre really wont help with air defense for near-peer adversaries. It has a 25km+ range, so it's rather limited as it can't even target ballistic missiles. Most aircraft would be able to shoot long range cruise missiles from out of range and even if the missile is shot down, the carrier can keep returning until the SAM fails. The UK needs Aegis and the Sm-3/6 for hypersonic missiles/ICBMs or aircraft at longer ranges. No tests or studying needed as it's already a proven system. This would have seriously helped the type 45s which lack BM defense.

[@glennridsdale577]

@@ThatCarGuy “Sky Sabre… can’t even target ballistic missiles”. Either your English is very poor or your grasp of the difficulty of ballistic missile targets is. Type 45s are getting Aster 30 Block 1NT for ABM and possibly Block 2 in due course.

[@ThatCarGuy]

@@glennridsdale577 I'm sorry you have poor English and can't have a conversation without insulting someone. Someone might want to get their Medulla Oblongata checked. "Either your English is very poor or your grasp of the difficulty of ballistic missile targets is." Like you failed to grasp my entire comment and just had a knee jerk reaction. Why leave out that I stated " Most aircraft would be able to shoot long range cruise missiles from out of range and even if the missile is shot down, the carrier can keep returning until the SAM fails." I guess 25km is a great range, you got me. "Type 45s are getting Aster 30 Block 1NT for ABM and possibly Block 2 in due course." Ah so a modified anti-air missile is going to do the trick, got you. -end sarcasm- Now it's one thing to have a conversation and/or debate but please move on and troll someone else, I don't deal with blatant trolls I block them. Thank you.

[@johnhopkins6260]

An IFF(aka "Mode 4") query requires transmitting a signal; query("interrogation") out, transponder receives, then transmits response; Incorrect response: Tango splashed. Manually "squawking" Mode 4 is also possible.

[@joanpreciouskisakye3171]

Thumbs up for the UK Government!

[@gregarakelian2257]

Bless the Ukrainian and all who have had their life’s cut short defending their homeland🙏🏻

[@sngtianwan1096]

They are not defending Ukraine! They are defending US hegemony & Nazism!

[@peterc.1419]

Yes. They are defending NATO from Russian attack. God bless them.

[@peterc.1419]

@@sngtianwan1096 Only Nazis in Ukraine have Z symbol.

[@stephenjones9153]

@s3MP4K JUDAS JEWS @Kubik Rubik Why would anyone support the WAR that PUTIN started in the UKRAINE 🇺🇦 🤔??. Murdering innocent women and children and babies 👶 with guns,bombs and Missiles and committing atrocious war crimes😭😭. So in the Ukraine 🇺🇦 upto now Russia🇷🇺 has totally destroyed 10,000,000 Square miles of housing 😨to put that into perspective New Zealands total land mass including every blade of grass is just 103,750 square miles. So that is the equivalent area of houses in the Ukraine totally destroyed of 96 times the total area of NZ. Jeeeezus.😱😞😞..But according to you and Murdering PUTINS Brain washing government it's a special military operation 🙄 🤔 when in fact its an out and out WAR, started by PUTIN. I feel really sorry 😞 for the ordinary Russian people who are now being lied to and brain washed by a lying murdering PUTIN.

[@gooner72]

A little fact for you, on Sky Sabre........ the separate pieces of this Sky Sabre system can be up to 15kms apart which stops all of assets being destroyed at once. It's one of the most sophisticated and capable air defence systems in the World, which is very satisfying. 🇬🇧🇸🇪✌✌

[@jerrygonzalez6242]

I think the UK already has special forces on battle field

[@reganung8997]

Awesome ! Good must have it to defend the country . LOVE IT .😍😍😍❤❤❤

[@leeneon854]

At low level starstreak is a beast, no counter to it as it's so fast, Mach 4 + it will hit the target very rapidly, against helicopters all SU25s SU 30s etc.

[@anthonymoller6141]

but is it too heavy to operate ?

[@ianworley8169]

So surely send it into Ukraine, rather than Poland.

[@madthough2298]

@@ianworley8169 I believe they have sent it to Ukraine

[@madthough2298]

@@anthonymoller6141 It's not too heavy for a fit young soldier

[@peterc.1419]

@@ianworley8169 The problem is if it's captured by Ruissians it would mean they can reverse engineer it and make a copy or understand its weaknesses.

[@lexhex69ao35]

Thank u for having u in Poland!

[@carlseddon2392]

Skills lads good effort

[@cobra4640]

Let me get one thing straight cause some ppl are confused here. Brits are not giving/selling this air-defense to Poles. This equipment is being stationed temporary in Poland until the situations comes down unless is doesn't.

[@peterc.1419]

And TVN24 is the channel which also supports the guys who wanted Russia as she was and were happy to cut back on military spending in Poland and also sign gas contacts into the 2040s.

[@clausbohm9807]

You are a ground unit firing at an aircraft who is attacking you at incredible speed, how is that NOT given to Poland "for defense only"?

[@deadmemesrus1119]

Polish reporter: American patriots Me from the UK: U fokin wot?

[@SwordsmanRyan]

It looks like this UK system is short-range: not meant to shoot down high-flying jets or ballistic missiles. The US Patriot missiles are designed for the long-range targets. The Poles need both. Certainly the Britons have been longtime allies of the Poles.

[@louissanderson719]

It’s a missile system

[@deadmemesrus1119]

@@SwordsmanRyan ah right, because it was UK troops and they were speaking like it was a uk system I thought it was that but fair point haha. Still give the Brit’s some credit, hahaha

[@questionmaker5666]

The Poles have ordered Sky Sabre and Patriot.

[@LondonSteveLee]

You need both - see how commercial off-the-shelf drones flew under Patriot cover in Saudi Arabia and took out half their oil refining infrastructure.

[@johnsilkapnil9875]

Thanks, Poland for supporting Ukraine...

[@elizabethtaylor4419]

Glory to Ukraine 💪🇺🇦🇺🇦🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@arnoekarts7114]

GOD BLESS UKRAINE.

[@FuelEnhancer]

warmongers

[@stephenjones9153]

@@FuelEnhancer Troll

[@kipper2k]

It really needs a telescopic tripod to assist with steadying the weapon. As is, it looks very cumbersome and easy to drop

[@karwenkadi6773]

Fine stuff ✌️👍

[@JohnSmith-cy9tt]

A game changer - good work UK and more of the Swedish NLAW Tank killers as well as the other models UK and Swedes already sent is super important to kill of the stona age Russian forces

[@madserbz4912]

GAME CHANGER? LOL....TAKE IT EASY ON THE PLAYSTATION GAMES COMMANDO

[@mrahira]

The game changer is Turkish made drone ( Bayraktar TB2 ) . The useless British tank killers didn't win war with Taliban .🤣😂😡

[@factsdontcareaboutyourfeel7204]

@@mrahira the NLAWS have destroyed more tanks than that drone you silly c amel jockey

[@bighands69]

@@mrahira The war with the taliban was over very quickly as they were crushed and had to flee into Pakistan and hide. I hope you are not confusing the terrorist attacks made on your children with real fighting.

[@weejockmcplop3279]

🤣 proper drop short “we can get anywhere on the battlefield as long as the vehicle can get there”

[@Natogoon]

Smartest man in the army

[@Crimetvuk]

😂 that’s what I thought

[@hearnrobin636]

👀 sorry lads, my vocabulary went right out the window.

[@BWA85]

The guy is paid to send HE down range. I don't care if 60% of the time his vocabulary works 100% of the time,,, as long as the target gets blipped off the map.

[@PedroGonzalez-ev4jg]

ESTOS EQUIPOS DEL REINO UNIDO, SON DE RESPECTO PARA LA DEFENSA DEL PUEBLO DE UCRANIA AGRADECIMIENTO Y BENDICIONES GRACIAS PEDRO XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX DESDE MIAMI

[@craftbeeercrazy]

What a beautiful life killing weapon! Making the world happier one missile at a time.

[@bighands69]

For young children in their bed at home it could be the lifesaving thing that stops a missile or aircraft from targeting their home. i hope that helps and soothes you.

[@Pemmont107]

A good move. We could use more of them to cover our airspace too, considering how quickly Russia could send its bombers over the North Sea.

[@bobthebomb1596]

I would like to see a land based version of Samson/Aster 30 to defend against possible cruise missiles, air or sea launched.

[@Autst]

@@bobthebomb1596 I would like to see Russia evacuate from Ukraine:(

[@bobthebomb1596]

@@Autst Agreed.

[@carldavies4776]

Yep strongly agree... Britain needs an integrated air defence system comparable (and I hate to say this) to Russia

[@Didyeaye404]

It's ok I recently bought a catapult. I think we will be ok

[@danielwhyatt3278]

Well, if you want to scare the enemy, you definitely want to give it a name like Sky Saber and Starstreak. That is totally epic. Forget Poland though. We need to be sending these to Ukraine as well. These are the ones they actually need it right now. They could massively help the people on the ground and they don’t seem like they are that much harder to learn how to use alongside the javelin and NLAW systems. How many of these do we actually have manufactured so far though?

[@SilverDomUK]

It's sabre rattling mostly so if Adolf Putin is mad enough to try and reform the USSR of old, we have weapons systems in place to defend Poland. It really is a shame that NATO forces did not have enough spine to send forces in to help Ukraine from the start! Even with his mad dog threats of using nukes we should have called his bluff. If he get's away with invading Ukraine what's to stop him pushing further on!

[@aenorist2431]

Those are "threats" the same way NATO retaliation under Article 5 is a threat. That is, the moment a russian shoots a pole, or a pole a russian, Moscow and every western Capital gets glassed. How about you stop calling for nuclear war, dipshit.

[@decaDBZ]

@@SilverDomUK That isn't the scenario to "call someones bluff". Ukraine are presumably ongoingly recruiting internationally those people, veterans etc that want to join in Ukraine's defense, along with nations providing plenty of highly proficient equipment, weapons, ammunition and humanitarian aid, and that's super positive. Putin's way into the clear is a retreat under mutual agreement along with the promise of a gradual lessening of sanctions over months as long as Russia returns to Russia and stays there.

[@JG-mp5nb]

@@SilverDomUK “Adolph Putler”.

[@Ukraineaissance2014]

Theyve sent starstreak stuff to ukraine

[@davidrobertson5700]

Best of British bulldog to you guys and gals. Thank you muchly for your service and I wish I was woth you. From Great Britain

[@SewerynPas]

I only unlocked the stormer yesterday and it’s really good

[@LiamL763]

Isn't StarStreak supposedly being handed over to the Ukrainian Armed Forces? From what I can tell this news segment would suggest that a lot of training would be necessary to use the system effectively

[@redrooster303]

Not if the people using it are only pretending to be Ukrainian.

[@k-ron7403]

Starstreak is reportedly going to Ukraine as well. Though sky sabre is only going to Poland.

[@ByronBohte]

You're right, these systems require a lot of training, which is the real reason they've taken so long to get moving.

[@dWFnZWVr]

The MoD said that Ukrainian forces were being trained on how to use the STARStreak II MANPAD in an undisclosed location - for obvious reasons - in Eastern Europe.

[@edwardburroughs1489]

If the operator isn't so unfit they start panting when the unit is on their shoulder (like the journalist) they should be fine.

[@Andyb2379]

Well that’s our only one deployed 🙄

[@Retrosicotte]

Not correct. There's a separate one going off to the Falklands. Exactly how many are in service is unknown.

[@graveperil2169]

@@Retrosicotte thought the Falkland's one was the first

[@BroadHobbyProjects]

@@Retrosicotte One regiment eventually. So likely 24 batteries of 3 8 missile launchers with each. A tiny number tbh given our airforce is less than 150 airframes now.

[@randommadness1021]

@Kenny Powers We still have plenty mothballed aircraft plus out of those 150, 36 of them are F-35's plus with what the yanks have, I think we will be ok.

[@BroadHobbyProjects]

@@randommadness1021 Tbh we just have such a small military given our budget. Ideally I'd like to say us spending 3% of our GDP, keep building up the Royal Navy size/power and keep up this idea of brigade sized deployable battlegrounds that fight like commandos. Which is essentially what the recent Strategic defence review hinted at. Also a heavy focus on many more part time trained reserves is healthy in many ways would help. Also critically important if needed in a hurry. Our airfroce is too small though, unless during our leaceful years we've been ploughing more into nre projects like Tempest. Etc

[@scaleyback217]

Just seen a film of what is believed to be the first Star Streak victim. Cut the complete tail section from the chopper. Seems to do exactly what it says on the tin.

[@avrn1094]

wouldnt be British without a Health and Safety sticker 1:28

[@Mortthemoose]

🤣 thanks for that smile

[@dovidell]

I wonder how Putin will react IF one of his Air Force assets strays into NATO airspace , and is dealt with by "corporal itchy-fingers" ?

[@randommadness1021]

Not remember Turkey just a couple of years back?

[@corvanphoenix]

@Adolf Putin war criminal Any Russian flying into NATO right now would be assumed to be surrendering I'd have thought. Come on over. If you're here for trouble, you'll find it.

[@corvanphoenix]

@Adolf Putin war criminal Absolutely. The Russians in the first assault & for the first week or two at least, were so stupid every Ukranian unit who faced them couldn't believe it. They'd just drive straight down the middle of the road, into town, get annihilated. Infantry would march up over open ground. Who wouldn't think they were surrendering, it's sure not what a competent invasion looks like. It's amazing how quickly we've become used to the fact that the Russian army is trash.

[@JS-ww1ne]

Is NATO ready to meet with the latest Russian weapons?

[@LDPIX]

"The missile is launched.... and the target is destroyed" - a certain satisfying smugness there lol

[@TheBlondygirl69]

Gotta love the SAS/SBS.

[@rof8200]

May God bless the defenders of ordinary people 🙏

[@StevenSmith-mk5fg]

They are very good at defending against what they were designed to defend against which is low radar cross section subsonic/barely super sonic projectiles/aircraft but they're useless against high super sonic projectiles/aircraft and hypersonic projectiles. A big part of why Russia's conventional army is so poor/outdated is because they've invested their resources into missile technologies. Despite all the hype, Russia knows she wouldn't stand a chance against NATO and so her strategy is missile based. It won't overcome the might of NATO but these systems are only going to work against her subsonic cruise missiles

[@eddiel7635]

That’s not actually true though, this missile only has to intercept not overtake, the super sonic thing is all hype. Russias missiles are not breaking NATO’s defences.

[@jamplays2573]

It’s the fastest missile man pad available at Mach 4. If it can’t do it none of them can

[@nicedurians]

@@jamplays2573 not man pad. Man pad means man portable-air-defence

[@anthonymoller6141]

NATO are too scared to fight, in case Putin nukes. The reality is that we are on the verge of a nuclear war, anyway ! No No Moscow = No Putin=no Russian war. Things will go off with a bang ! How do you like your Russians---deep fried, or carbonised ??

[@StevenSmith-mk5fg]

@@eddiel7635 It's the tracking. It cannot track hypersonic and high end super sonic entities. I have the Janes data for what it's worth. They can intercept aircraft/missiles travelling up to around mach 1.2/1.4 from memory

[@johnoneill7947]

According to British intelligence, Ukrainian forces have succeeded in recapturing towns and defensive positions from invading Russian forces up to 35 kilometers (22 miles) east of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. A report from the British Defense Ministry on Friday said Ukrainian troops were also likely to continue pushing back Russian forces on the northwestern axis from Kyiv toward the Hostomel Airfield, some 26 kilometers from the capital. It was captured by Russian forces on February 25 at the start of Moscow's invasion. Russian forces in the south of Ukraine were still seeking to circumvent the city of Mykolaiv as they try to move in on Odesa, with fierce Ukrainian resistance and supply issues impeding their progress, according to the report. A number of Russian military units have withdrawn behind the Russian border after suffering the loss of more than half their personnel, the Ukrainian general staff has said. According to Oleksiy Arestovych, a senior adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy, the front lines between Ukrainian and Russian troops have become "practically frozen." The general staff said Russian troops were continuing to blockade the large cities of Kharkiv and Sumy and also seemed to be preparing for a new offensive in Izyum in the Kharkiv region. The information cannot be independently verified. The number of people in Germany who are in favor of Ukraine joining the EU has risen by 16% since 2018, a YouGov survey has shown. Forty-six percent of those asked would now like to see Ukraine in the bloc. The survey also showed a clear reduction in the number of people opposed to the country's EU membership, with just 30% against compared with 47% in 2018. Other countries are showing similar trends, with 42% of people in France in favor of Ukraine's EU accession (2018: 22%), 60% in Spain and 45% in Italy. The percentage of those who are undecided remains fairly high in all the countries included in the survey at 24-29%. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged that his country be quickly accepted into the bloc amid Russia's invasion and has signed a formal application. But several EU countries, including Germany, have spoken out against fast-tracking Ukraine's bid for membership.

[@youtubeoppressivecensorshi8047]

Kinda insane of Germany to say no to that. The Germans need to behave. They are big reason why this war was possible giving so much money to Putin . Like trump said they are brain dead they can’t defend themselves. And they won’t defend other counties for that matter .first shipment of aid was helmets lol Germany needs to be sanctioned for giving that blood money to Putin

[@shaungisler6604]

You believe British intelligence? Alrighty then

[@lovelyday6243]

God bless you!

[@TraderRobin]

Too cool!

[@barryfuterspopskeg]

Professional , determined and fighting on the right side. Go for it lads. The Eukranians deserve our help..let putin see what real soldiers are made of...

[@Nucl3arDude]

"Yes, always - it's down to me to train them." And that, everyone, is why Russian Armies throughout history have always sucked. These guys are trusted and empowered and given the resources to make the soldiers the best they can be. In Russia, you get disappeared or stuck in a dead end posting because your military competency might pose a threat to Putin.

[@Anomynous]

"on the battlefield we can go pretty much anywhere ...... as long as the vehicle is able to get to that locations" I'm happy they are sending equipment

[@FuelEnhancer]

warmongers

[@chloejenkins1152]

what are you a parrot? stop your boring me spam head

[@gabraldarabdallah4802]

It's appreciated

[@lordphil456]

give them to Ukraine !

[@danbatesy5492]

That simple is it the U.K. is doing more then anyone else just can’t hand out new Advance equipment like that it’s not as if their m&m’s

[@undisputedtruth2075]

they cant . read my comment above

[@rtservice6858]

We need it in Poland

[@tomsoki5738]

I thought the stormers got retired? Has the gov’t finally realised our army isn’t capable of conventional war and starting to build back up?

[@carldavies4776]

I'd heard the same...we might be seeing a lot of kit coming out of mothballs

[@pollyllwynfedwen8763]

Not so. There are three Btys of Stormers, and a Bty of LML/HVMSL in one regt of RA SHORAD.

[@magecraft2]

More than likely they were planning to get rid of them and then finally realised that the world is still a very dangerous place. Can only hope this is a trend!

[@danielwhyatt3278]

Hopefully this is the case and they start making sure that all the equipment acts as a backup to the new stuff rather than just getting rid of everything in favour of new stuff that is in lower quantity.

[@scottjohnson8996]

The military budget has gone from 2. 5billion to 13.5 billion so that's all you need to know

[@romualdaskrasauskas7141]

Thank You UK

[@maartenrog]

Thurday31March2022 bypass flares can a stinger not arise in 3x separate pieces in order to create flares around a stinger that loses 1 piece, then 1 part and therefore continues and still disables the device.

[@zakvince7425]

Anyone else think the missile on sky sabre seem a bit small? Also 8 doesent seem like very many. Thought they would have designed it based on the Sea Viper missile system that the type 45s had instead of the smaller and shorter range Sea Ceptor. Both are needed however for different ranges.

[@phooogle]

I thought it was meant to have 24, or maybe that's how many missiles it can control at max if it has three launchers?

[@rowanmaguire7890]

It's the CAMM missile, huge upgrade from the previous Rapier missiles and extremely capable at engaging missiles and aircraft a like. It's ment to be a medium to short range system for engaging threats that pass through outer defenses such as patriot. It's definitely not a small missile but we do need some long range variety our selfs instead of relying on our allies to supply that capability.

[@davidhouseman4328]

@@rowanmaguire7890 it's a supplement to an air force, rather than long range SAMs. Ballistic missile defence would be a useful addition if there is a capable enough system, I think that's a big if though.

[@ThatCarGuy]

It is. It's range is only 25km, it's not a large missile. This is also what helps it's speed as it's less mass. Pros and cons.

[@k-ron7403]

Sky Sabre is about as good as it gets in Anti Air technology right now. It’s a big win that Poland are receiving these. Also Sky Streak is pretty darn good too. Should help Ukrainians be more lethal vs the stinger etc

[@SilverDomUK]

It's not that heavy, clearly the "reporter" would much prefer a nice pork pie instead!!

[@corvanphoenix]

I would too. I'm a weapon. Glad I don't need a MANPAD round my neighbourhood.

[@HanSolo__]

Are you guys selling these missiles? Poland would like to purchase a thousand or two.

[@bypassmobilehelp9571]

uhh have they heard of monopods? they could easily support the front end of the should mount no problem

[@quincg1288]

Sky Sabre seems deadly.

[@graveperil2169]

stolen from the navy

[@pepperroni6252]

Hate to break it to you but that's the point of weapons

[@tyethebalder5666]

Its only deadly if its got something to attack . let see it take down a mig or su or a hypersonic missile then we know its good . until then it can only kill drones .

[@quincg1288]

@@pepperroni6252 🙄 are there varying levels of deadly?

[@quincg1288]

@@tyethebalder5666 Well it wont be able to react to a hypersonic missile....as they already said it can shoot targets moving at the speed of sound. Hypersonic is faster than the speed of sound. Around 5 times faster.There are multiple threats that dont travel that fast so it can still defend against those. And I would imagine it could take down the jet you mentioned as the jets straight-line speed maybe fast but they dont fly flat out constantly. Besides we'd rather see it NOT have to take out a Hypersonic missile...as the firing of one of those would be nuclear war.☮

[@davescustomairsoftltd7142]

'This is defensive'. So pathetic and sad our soldiers are forced to say these pathetic things. Russia started a war. Let's end it.

[@woodland5325]

if we "ended" this war with direct intervention we could all die in a nuclear winter

[@chiron13]

Russia may have started this war with Ukraine. If the UK tries to end it, the end will be nuclear, for the world.

[@davescustomairsoftltd7142]

@@chiron13 as the Sting song goes 'I hope the Russians love their children too'. I am sure they do. Russia has as much to lose as anyone else.

[@chiron13]

@@davescustomairsoftltd7142 If I am faced with total destruction, I'll be ready to push the red button and take may enemies with me. I'm sure everyone thinks the same way. Not just the Russians but even the Ukrainians.

[@Radictor44]

I really hope this system has good tea storage...

[@snowpuddle9622]

why did you make an instructional video on how to use it for enemies

[@Peter-nv3wu]

Looks good but how long will it be before it's in Ukraine and operational, if it's going to take weeks then it might as well remain in storage in the UK !

[@boejiden7093]

Dont think its going to ukraine

[@undisputedtruth2075]

Its not going to ukraine. Its going to Poland to back fill there shortage as Poland will be sending there S-300 to Ukraine. NATO can not send Complex western Air defence systems to Ukraine as it would take far too long to train the there army on how to operate them. Thats why they sending the Russian made S-300 as many eastern european countries have them and the Ukraine Soldiers are already familiar with that system

[@RJM1011]

It''s going to Poland ! !

[@Peter-nv3wu]

Thanks Richard, I certainly got that one wrong so thanks for correcting me. I am certain I heard something yesterday that two different types of ground to air defensive missile, were going to be sent to Ukraine.

[@RJM1011]

@@Peter-nv3wu Yes there are some more weapons going there also.

[@berzmenta8447]

Germany should send more Leopard 2, sending hements , old rifles, small fire arms were,,, ...no use in this war bmp-1 were old junks not aggresive weapons/lethal as compared to the Australian and uk , Germany please , please do not clear your stores and sending old useless equipment to Ukraine all the junk hements were useless. wasting time to pickup

[@mgsparky8870]

This guy is two steps from a heart attack

[@errornamenotfound2513]

Question: starstreaks are Saclos missiles.. so does that mean it's heavily relying on the operator/gunner's aim? That doesn't sound good

[@BWA85]

I think they are remote tracking but have capability for flybywire. Not that it would be a major issue because they train to carry, fire and manoeuvre the launcher hundreds (if not 1000s) of times so it would probably depend more on the situation.

[@NickB-pc4fu]

Fire and forget my friend

[@dmoiseyo8882]

It is, but that has the benefit of making anti missle systems and flares useless against it. Its a quaranteed kill if the gunners aim is true

[@sdkfz2519]

Starstreak is almost useless especially on a mobile platform against a strong airforce. It's very short range (within range of most modern helicopter lunch ATGMs). It's also bulkier, heavier and less capable of the advance versions of Stinger.

[@VetDrSagirUddinAhmed]

Moreover they detailed everything which is watched by Russian counterpart. More sale in deed.

[@MrSilverPants68]

We should be selling these things to them not stationing it there

[@Retrosicotte]

Except we are. Poland bought some CAMM (Sky Sabre) just recently.

[@davidhouseman4328]

We are, not exactly the same but using the same CAMM missile.

[@equinoxetm4132]

You are selling these things to Poland. Research...before you write nonsense.

[@randommadness1021]

It's called strengthening our NATO border.

[@Jabberstax]

I know what's going on my Christmas list.

[@davidlefranc6240]

Nice little reportage .

[@Tailspin80]

Many thanks to the Russians for providing targets so that every defence company around the world can test out their kit.

[@victorwaddell6530]

@Rui Albano Seven lost to this day .

[@stephen2583]

Able to go anywhere as long as the vehicle can get to that location... Thankyou Captain Obvious.

[@tonicalloway7227]

Uk!..i've gained respect for your beastliness..if that's a word..

[@vicgarbutt3310]

The man-held single shot rig need a pop down tripod for stability.

[@davidbrown5411]

Any chance of the government actually defending our own borders? Before we end up with another pop concert being blown up by someone else the navy rescued? 🤔

[@purgenews599]

Doesn't suit the agenda. Good question Mr Brown. Really is, but good questions is not something the general public can understand. TikTok and binge TV has made them incapable of critical thinking.

[@LondonSteveLee]

Ditto for the US.

[@fatheroffreedom7372]

it's cool and all , but sending it to Ukraine will be A LOT more useful right now NATO .

[@pollyllwynfedwen8763]

Ukraine isn't in NATO. But they should be getting HVMSL if the Defence Secretary is to be believed.

[@bobthebomb1596]

Not wise if they are likely to fall into Russian hands.

[@matthewhartley8756]

Navy and forces would like some of those

[@hugomendieta5282]

Bravisimo 4 t UK.

[@user-vx7ky6xf6e]

tHE BLACK MAN HAS TO CARRY IT? THATS WAYCISSSS

[@joselopez-jj3wv]

Use propellers and farther away or use gernades and lighter fuel

[@gordtron]

nice! make some sales, boys!

[@786otto]

May work good longest you dont turn it on. Great stuff.

[@michaelbarrett8731]

This is like the NEC show for showing off the latest defense and destruction equipment

[@peterc.1419]

JSDF would kick Russian navy behind. Like in 1905.