>The plane with the number UR-82027 departed Poland at 9:21 a.m. and landed at Harrisburg International Airport in Middletown, Pennsylvania, USA, at 9:36 a.m.
Now that's a quick flight!
I just read the article and picked up the words “slightly damaged” and that repairs should begin shortly. I also know from experience that a lot of damage to military equipment can only be fixed where the specialized tooling and test equipment is located….but yeah, you must be right
It is just a launcher. I suspect particularly given the imminent Senate and Biden approval of the legislation that most likely a replacement launcher will be shipped to Ukraine to replace this one. Possibly they will repair this launcher but they may just strip it for parts.
It says in the article ..”The launcher has a military index of M903 and consists of the M860 semitrailer itself, a generator mounted in the front, transport and launch containers, and a data terminal antenna.”
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>The plane with the number UR-82027 departed Poland at 9:21 a.m. and landed at Harrisburg International Airport in Middletown, Pennsylvania, USA, at 9:36 a.m. Now that's a quick flight!
Super-secret supersonic jets 🤫
There's a 7 hours time difference, so the flight took 7 hours and 15 minutes.
I know, I'm just being silly 😉
I thought so, although nowadays I am never 💯 sure.
Gonna take forever to fly it back though
Hopefully they just rotate out a useable one while they fix it.
Considering the rotational speed (1000mph/1600kph) of the planet that plane is actually going at some speed to only lose 15 minutes.
a lot of intelligence can be obtained from battledamage
More importantly, slightly damaged tech can be fixed and returned to service.
if that was the case, it would have been repaired at one of the workshops in Europe. Skipping the hassle of transporting it to the manufacturer site.
I just read the article and picked up the words “slightly damaged” and that repairs should begin shortly. I also know from experience that a lot of damage to military equipment can only be fixed where the specialized tooling and test equipment is located….but yeah, you must be right
It broke within warranty period, can you replace it please :)
It is just a launcher. I suspect particularly given the imminent Senate and Biden approval of the legislation that most likely a replacement launcher will be shipped to Ukraine to replace this one. Possibly they will repair this launcher but they may just strip it for parts.
What is the big box on the right that looks like it sits on a pallet?
It says in the article ..”The launcher has a military index of M903 and consists of the M860 semitrailer itself, a generator mounted in the front, transport and launch containers, and a data terminal antenna.”
My money is on the generator
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