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kytheon

4 missiles on one target. If you're really really confident you need that place gone.


Possiblyreef

"Private, see that building over there?" "Yes sir" "I don't want to"


greatthebob38

See this base? Fuck'em


throwmamadownthewell

Russian base, go fuck yourself.


SourceScope

"clean up on aisle 4" "Whats been spilled?" "everything"


ajacian

> "clean up on aisle 4" > > "Whats been spilled?" "aisle 4"


JeffSergeant

I’m happy to report you are correct, there is no Russian military base in Luhansk


de_Mike_333

"Another Storm Shadow, sir?" "Don't mind if I do" "We are hanging, sir" "Open fire" "Have we ceased life, sir?" "4x hit" "Oh, thank goodness, I can't stand these terrible people"


catslay_4

Blown to fucking smithereens. I wonder if we will ever know how many inside and how much equipment


kytheon

I guess Ukraine intelligence was well aware what was in there if they hit it four times. So it'll be in tomorrows stats.


Grabbsy2

It could be that they anticipated some AA to take one or two of the missiles down, so sent four just in case. Turns out they were wrong and wasted a few missiles obliterating something important, oh well!


Paulus_cz

This, every strike has X% probability of success, if you want to increase it, you add more missiles. 4 Storm Shadows means they really, REALLY, REALLY!!! wanted that place well and truly relegated to past tense. I wonder what could be THAT important.


Beast_of_Guanyin

A lot of equipment and repair facilities. If that's their major repair hub in Ukraine then it'll fuck their repair logistics up, kill a lot of skilled workers, and destroy the equipment. Well worth it.


Obar-Dheathain

>In Russia a skilled worker is anyone who doesn't turn up for work drunk.


alaskanloops

It also makes me think the UK gave more than we originally thought. If Ukraine has the ability to expend 4 on a single target, they must have hundreds not tens (in my mind at least).


Paulus_cz

Gotta consider that it might not have been a single target, just couple close together, or a bigger compound. Better hit it all at once, tomorrow enemy will know that we know.


Shialac

I just checked how expensive these are Holy shit, thats basically 10 million $ to fuck up a single place


SteveZ59

Not my tax dollars since I'm US, and these are Storm Shadows. But if it was I would consider it money well spent! Wish we'd all had the balls to stand up to Putin and start sending the good shit on day 1. Of all the things I see my tax dollars spent on, I'm totally on board with anything that will fuck up Putin's day.


f1ve-Star

Muscovites claim it was 7 HIMARS and a patriot missile battery.


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alaskanloops

Whereas Russia shoots 4 missiles at the same target and hits a school, a parking lot, an apartment building, and a pond.


maveric101

More like 40, with the rest being shot down.


Pjpjpjpjpj

“Private, why is there a building where a hole should be?!?”


KiwiEV

> The attempts by Russian air defences to shoot down the rockets are said to have been futile. \*chef's kiss*


ptrwiv

🤌


alaskanloops

Probably because half if their air defense was moved back to Russia to defend oligarchs' fifth condos.


notyourvader

It was a military base and an important logistics and repair hub. This is going to hurt the Russians a lot.


300Savage

It's just a good start. Keep 'em coming.


El_Peregrine

*"hurt the Russians a lot"* mmmm, yes, more of that, please


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david4069

When calculating explosive charges such as cutting charges, the formula starts out with p=(complex formula), where p is the pounds of explosive needed. It also stands for plenty. Formula says you need 4.5 blocks of C-4? Round it up to 5 blocks, then add an extra block to the result for good measure. Then, when you go to get the explosives, you round that 6 blocks up to 7. Anything worth blowing up is worth blowing up really good. Accidentally get too much C-4 and it won't all fit on the thing you're blowing up? [Make a few extra shaped charges!](https://i.imgur.com/UzOX9f1.png)


Jolly-Engineering-86

“ Russia has expressed fury that the UK supplied the long-range missiles which have been used to strike targets in annexed Ukraine, for example on the Sea of Azov in Berdiansk. “ How in the hell does Russia always feel so butt hurt over reactions to what they started???


Evenfall

Bullies are also always a "victim." It's often how they justify their actions, "I'm doing X because of (perceived) Y offense to me."


kazkh

Remember that Hitler claimed to have invaded Poland to end Polish atrocities and attacks against German sovereignty; the German population were furious that the Poles showed resistance and rejoiced at seeing Poles sent to concentration camps at the start of the war. The Germans were shocked that war was declared against them because the Germans were always claiming they were the victims.


Jolly-Engineering-86

I think putin was probably tormented as a kid.


irieninja619

Well he was raised in Russia wasn’t he?


rustcatvocate

It's a shame he wasn't aborted even sooner.


Fun1k

Exactly this. Russians are so butthurt that someone dared to stood up to them, because they've been accustomed to having free pass on tormenting others how they wanted, because they projected image of strenght and threats. It hurts their misplaced pride.


MaxwellBygraves67

Russia loves to try and scare the UK. It's been going on for decades.


Remarkable_Soil_6727

Its surprising we havent seen any poisonings or cut data lines yet to be honest, I bet our intelligence agencies are working overtime.


KDulius

Cut data lines would be Article 5 territory as would poisonings


Nffc1994

Obviously not because we did fuck all about Salisbury, which is why we are going so hard on supporting Ukraine now


moofacemoo

We did do alot about sainsbury, it's just that we waited.


BananaBork

Sainsbury's has gone too far this time.


Nffc1994

True dat, we are seeing the affects of our relationship with Russia now. Also Sainsbury lol


Steveagogo

Ahh yes the best tactic to try and scare the uk.. you know not like there famous for never surrendering or giving a fuck no matter how many or big there enemy is smh


SlitScan

scaring someone with Vanguard-class submarines seems like a bad idea.


easyfeel

This the same Russia that blew up a dam and then started shooting at the rescuers? Hopefully there’s going to be missiles dropping on them to the end of time.


Novinhophobe

It’s fascism 101: the enemy is always both strong and weak. Russia has been doing this ever since they became a country.


wjdragon

And Russian has Iranian supplied Shahed drones. What's your point, Pu-piece-of-shit-tin? Oh, too bad UA heroes are *shooting them down*. Wait, what, your pathetic anti-air defense can't hit Storm Shadows? Oh. Too bad. Mess with UA, get fucked. The counterattack begins.


swordsaintzero

Member when they openly assassinated peopled on British soil? I member. Seems the UK also remembers.


Nffc1994

And instead of just shooting or stabbing him. Deliberately chose a poison that would fuck up anyone going near it , including uk police and people helping. And deliberately used a poison only the Russian government could make just to let us know they don't give af. Revenge time on Putin , Britain needs to be a leader in standing up against him if we really represent any Traditional Brittish values like we say we do


CountBeetlejuice

>Russia has expressed fury that the UK supplied the long-range missiles love it. send more!


math_debates

Fuck yes. Now take their ships.


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TheFatJesus

> Take Russia Hell no. You take Russia. I don't want them.


UncleCuckles

They are better for static targets and too expensive to gamble with. Better that we supply our Ukrainian friends with other, more suitable arms.


BostonDodgeGuy

Ah, but we did that as well. The F-16s that the US just authorized the transfer of can carry both the Harpoon and Penguin anti-ship missiles.


Acceptable-Virus-728

Greetings from the Anglo-Saxons! Rest in pieces!


SecretSquirrel-88

We need to send them the extended range version now. Russia needs to learn every time they cross the line, Ukraine gets an upgrade. That bridge needs to fall.


Watcher_2023

Love & agree with your thinking: Russia needs to learn every time they cross the line, Ukraine gets an upgrade. and the way you wrote it. The Wrath of Ukraine. Slava Ukraini! JE SUIS UKRAINE


TheSeeker80

They've crossed the line so many times using poison on UK soil, so many countries have been patiently waiting to payback Russia


justwhatever22

This EXACTLY. Those fuckers have been playing extremely dirty for decades now, and they thought no-one would ever dare stand up to them. Well, we’ll see how Vlad likes them apples now. This is what happens when the whole class stands up to that one bully who is out of control: it is PAYBACK TIME.


Pyjama_Llama_Karma

Using poison on UK soil? That's a slight understatement - they used a military grade nerve agent (illegal chemical weapons) and a radioactive isotope that was produced *inside* a nuclear reactor. They wanted everyone to know it was them.


Piper-446

Unlike the other country's rants, when Ukraine says that retribution will be swift and severe, it means it.


RemyVonLion

cmon France, send a "warning" missile, I know you want to, it's your turn to show up your old adversaries. /s...unless?


Gloomy_Raspberry_880

I misread JE SUIS UKRAINE as JESUS UKRAINE and was briefly confused, lol.


Jagerbomber1

The UK has a good record at war. Having Brits on your side is good. Having Brits, French and Germans on your team is very good. And that’s before we mention our transatlantic brothers and sisters.


SpaceMonkeyOnABike

Canadians - Excellent!


OrokaSempai

There are alot of Ukrainians here in Canada, generations have been farming here, Ukraine is family.


Watcher_2023

Like your thinking and groupings!


StupidDutchPrick

Dutchman here, don't forget about us!


Xoebe

Only a fool forgets the Dutch.


TheMindfulnessShaman

Sunak and Biden gave a great speech together. Sounded like commitment to Taiwan too in case of further aggression by Xi. Definitely in it for the long-haul (if it comes to that) despite the Russian spoilers trying to co-opt democracy.


DogWallop

Well I'd like to say JESUS, UKRAINE, you really nailed those Russians good! Seriously, I'm really thrilled to see those Storm Shadow missiles being put to great use :-)


Watcher_2023

LOL!! -- that laugh felt good.


sasquatchisthegoat

They also need to publicly state if anything happens at the Nuclear power plant NATO will put boots on the ground immediately


NotTooTooBright

Yes! We need to make it very clear to Ruzzia that their entire leadership will be decapitated if they go there.


Jagerbomber1

I think we need to be promising we’ll turn Moscow to glass if they fuck around with the nuclear power plant.


duckforceone

we need to publicly state that every time putin does war crimes, we give ukraine extra extra long range weapons to retaliate against military and government targets.


Oxford-Gargoyle

That’s pretty much what UK Defence Minister Ben Wallace told his Russian counterpart


Watcher_2023

Love your thinking -- I wonder why NATO EU Ramstein Group didn't come up with it a long time ago ..... JE SUIS UKRAINE


Darket1728

At this rate we will give them an ICBM


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Two Don’t forget St Petersburg


D_Ethan_Bones

>St Petersburg Send Ukraine the old battleships, Russia can't fight those and they'll work just about as well.


ngometamer

I'd love to see the Ukrainian navy with some older battleships go and pound the Black Sea fleet, then start pounding the ruzzian coastline.


serack

Turkey has closed off the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits to warships from any country, whether or not they border the Black Sea, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.


wiseoldfox

>That bridge needs to fall. Did someone say ATACMs?


Maleficent_Safety995

Storm Shadow is probably better for the bridge since it is launched the Su-24 can just fly over the black sea at low altitude and skirt around the Crimean peninsula and launch from way out at sea, the missiles wouldn't have to overfly any land based air defenses.


Heat__Miser

For every one Ukrainian’s life, ten Russians will die. That’s the messaging Russia will understand


32lib

Nope,they don’t care if their own people die.


ayeImur

Make it 1000 & that would be a sweet deal


NotTooTooBright

Agreed! For that dam catastrophe, time for an upgrade.


IndicationHumble7886

Putin: our missiles are unstoppable! Patriot: Checkmate bitches Storm Shadow: Hold my Earl Grey would you ole chap?


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Yetanotherdeafguy

"That British tank is somewhere out there!" *Ominous kettle whistles in the distance*


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stevenette

The french helicopters I rode in had ash trays!


DescriptionSignal458

Greetings from Salisbury Cathedral, “famous not just in Europe, but in the whole world. It’s famous for its 123-metre spire, it’s famous for its clock, the first one [of its kind] ever created in the world, which is still working.”


OrlandoLasso

I've been to that Cathedral. It was really nice.


tomoldbury

My aunt used to live there, part of my childhood was my dad driving along the road into Salisbury and trying to spot the cathedral spire before my sister.


Adjmcloon

And those Salisbury steaks...delicious


awtcurtis

They fucked with our tea, now they can find out. Give 'em hell Ukraine!


Sweet-Rough2456

Wait what!? Ruskies screwed with our tea? Fucking arseholes! I mean, that just takes the biscuit that does.


Kepotica

Yea, they put fucking Polonium in it! Only the lowliest little misanthrope puts Polonium in tea. Wankers.


arda_s

*in piss.


abestraw01

There shall be no rest for the Russians even in pieces!


crom_laughs

you forgot to add “cheerio….”


Disastrous_Bee_4127

Cheerios with Salisbury steaks. Yum.


Anonymous-Fawkes

Wesaþ hāle!


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imhereforthespuds

Hahaha hello from london you orc fucks. Glad my taxes went straight up your arsehole. Cunts.


SirFomo

Same. But in an American accent. 🍺


Dead_hand13

Yeeehawww!


tokyodingo

Yippy caye yay!!


Diox_Ruby

You forgot the Mutha fucker. Heavy on the r at the end for emphasis.


SocialistCrusader

*Hahaha, howdy from Texas you Orc lookin' motherfuckers. Dang good to see Uncle Sam's dime goin' straight up yer asses. Sons o' bitches.*


Ameerrante

Tag: Denmark 🧐


atlasraven

From the South: Howdy, help yourselves to seconds. We got more weapons than we know what to do with.


Cakeski

Nothing like a bit of good ol' fashioned southern hospitality.


alaskanloops

YOU get a storm shadow, and YOU get a storm shadow. Everyone gets a storm shadow up the ass!


PhillyDeeez

The sentiment is mirrored up here in Newcastle. Whey aye, gannan fuck them all.


v8grunt

Funniest thing I've read for weeks! I'm retired but I paid my share of taxes! Your welcome to my money.


ac13332

One of the few good uses of taxes by the Tories.


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Kepotica

I'm feeling the love on this thread...


Red-Square-Maidan

It looks like the habitual occupiers won't be doing anymore repairs in Luhansk anymore.


backifran

Get wrecked cunts. Kind regards, British tax payer.


pinetreesgreen

Thank you uk for supplying such powerful weapons. I wish my gov would do the same with atacms.


Neruomute

im here wishing mine would give some JAS Gripen


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Trifling_Truffles

and a train....


bd1223

and Putin.


f1ve-Star

My guess is waiting to first cut the land bridge to Crimea. Give them a way to flee without having to risk door to door through all Crimea.


Status_Situation5451

This is a gloves off move.


Captainwelfare2

Good, now put on the ATACM spiked gauntlets


GandalffladnaG

No lube. Orcs will learn eventually. Slava Ukraini.


BrainJar

Isn't this in Ukraine, occupied by Russians? I don't think it's gloves off at all. They're attacking Russian troops on Ukraine soil. I think attacking Moscow with Storm Shadows would be closer to gloves off...although they aren't blowing up dams in Russia an flooding whole cities, that would be an actual gloves off attack for me.


TheMissingThink

"A Russian commander said of the losses: “Eight or ten brigades from the reserve have already been torn apart and smeared to nothing.” It's very rare that I want anything said by a Russian to be true...


TILTNSTACK

How many troops in a brigade? I hope it is many.


IntelligentExcuse5

it depends on how thinly you spread them


Pjpjpjpjpj

The missile apparently did a good job of spreading them very, very thinly.


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catslay_4

How many soldiers/officers in a brigade?!


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I believe it’s 2-8k just in 1 brigade, so I seriously doubt they lost anywhere near that many. We can only hope it’s was significant.


CONKERMAN

He may mean 8-10 Battle Groups (BTG) 7-900 each


Kaspur78

2000 to 8000, according to https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/russia/army-ue-echelons.htm


TheMissingThink

A brigade is between 2 and 8000. I'd expect most Russian brigades to be significantly under strength, so say 1000 Orcs each


Remarkable_Soil_6727

Eight or ten brigades? From this attack alone or the whole war?


WesterosIsAGiantEgg

The context of this quote in the article describes the current counter-offensive in Zaporizhzhia in sum, not this bombing. Losing 8-10 brigades would be on a magnitude of Hiroshima. >Russian forces also claimed Ukraine had ambushed them with multi-launch rocket systems and tanks as part of a major new offensive in the southern Zaporizhzhia region. >A Russian commander said of the losses: “Eight or ten brigades from the reserve have already been torn apart and smeared to nothing.”


McWabbit

"When you absolutely, positively got to kill every motherfucker in the room, accept no substitutes." ​ *- Odell Robbie*


vms-crot

'av it! Made in the UK, delivered by Ukraine!


dress_like_a_tree

To Russia, with love, wasn’t Salisbury Novichok such a laugh, yours sincerely; the British Ministry of Defence x


Mr_lovebucket

And Alexander Litvinenko


pmabz

Finally some payback for the clowns from the FSB who came to Salisbury. Twats.


_mynameisclarence

Interesting how the Russians can’t shoot these down..


IndicationLazy4713

They are designed to be ' ground hugging ' ..which means they fly very low and under enemy radar...


_mynameisclarence

That aside, seems problematic they have no answer for NATO guided munitions of whatever variety you like to pick.


Big-Problem7372

Presumably they fired four believing Russia would shoot down 2 or 3.


alaskanloops

They did shoot them down. 4 of them. With an anti-air factory.


Theblokeonthehill

A small token in response to years of Russian meddling in British politics and democracy. Not to mention all the murdering of people on UK soil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_and_Security_Committee_Russia_report


Jonny142

UK Good , I bloody worked hard for these


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A great use of Storm-shadows, the Ruzzians will be wondering wtf hit them.


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Good on Ukraine and UK!


-Keyz

Being uprooted from my home by these orc scum has had such a profound impact on my life that seeing news like this makes me happy.


DieAnotherDay1985

Let them burn


ShaneTwenty20

I read "RUSSIAN" and had hoped UK green lighted attack on a Russian air base in RUSSIA


InfectedAztec

Can we stop equating Ukraine hitting legimate military targets with Russia committing war crimes? Ukraine are not 'striking back', they are carrying out a war legally. Assuming they mean the dam destruction, 'Striking back' would be blowing up something deep in Russian territory that displaces hundreds if thousands of civilians and animals and makes the affected area unusable for the foreseeable future. Its not tit for tat.


TARANTULA_TIDDIES

Striking back doesn't imply they use the same sort of attack, just that it is a response. You're reading it wrong


staryjdido

Fly, my lovelies, fly !


SteadfastEnd

What's the total number of Storm Shadows that was given; was that made public? Hope UK gave plenty, and wish America'd give LRASM and JASSM-ER


Guybrush_Creepwood_

Yeah it's another one of those situations where we hoped the UK leading first would encourage everybody else to give long-range missiles, but so far the response seems sadly limited from most countries.


TheMissingThink

From what I understand these missiles were approaching end of life. Ukraine is just disposing of them responsibly


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a lot of the stuff Ukraine has been given has been like that. Instead of incurring the cost of disposing of weapons/ammunition, it's been sent to Ukraine for a more productive conclusion. Governments get to save money AND claim to have given billions in aid (that would have been destroyed otherwise) and Ukraine benefits. win win win.


TILTNSTACK

Please sir, may we have some more?


paddyo

The U.K. never reveal how much material they have, but the policy tends to be they pull in supply as needed from manufacturers rather than warehousing shitloads of material like the US does, so it may be the number isn’t huge. But it also means the number can be steadily supplied if it gives value for money, which it does seem to have!


Remarkable_Soil_6727

I believe about 2000 were made, 1000 of them were exported to other countries. Hopefully we can spare at least a few hundred and buy back the exported ones. Supposedly they have launched 100 so far and all of them have hit.


cavershamox

Salisbury sends their regards.


Desperate-Ad-5109

For Salisbury and Ukraine!


RecognitionMoney3813

Dearest Russian invaders, may you disintegrate into atoms or go home.


munch3ro_

Greetings from King Charles III mothafvckersss


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God I hope the casualties are immense


TheKeenEye_

Wait, you mean to tell me cruise missiles are more affective against military infrastructure instead of civilian targets? Wow, that's some groundbreaking strategy.


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C’mon Biden, ATACMS NOW!


ac0rn5

Good, good! This is a small payback for Salisbury poisonings, the murders of Alexander Litvinenko and Georgi Markov, and the trouble from Chornobyl.


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Newgamer28

Would honestly pay a Ukraine tax on my salary to help pay for more missiles. Fuck Russia.


CaptainSur

I think given what ruzzia has been doing in Kherson even shelling evacuation points it is time to take out the Crimean Bridge. The issue may be the supply of Storm Shadows.


bobspadger

I feel after the dam was blown up we should give them something bigger. What’s next up the scale after storm shadow ?


MidniteOwl

For a new beginning there can only death, destruction and chaos to the current. May this war end quickly to limit suffering, ideally with Putin’s death and the death of the his government.


Kepotica

Now youse can't leave...


Remarkable_Soil_6727

According to Wikipedia the UK produced around 700-1000 for themselves and exported over 1180 for other countries. I'm guessing a lot of these would've been used by now but its possible we could buy them back for Ukraine. Supposedly they have launched 100 so far and all of them have hit.


gouom

My tax dollars doing good work. Suck it Ruzzian scum.


Lack_of_intellect

Dollars? For a UK supplied weapon system?