Perun's video: More Game Changers and Failures in Ukraine - From Starlink Electronic warfare to Hypersonics

A few weeks ago, I looked at some of the many systems that have been used in Ukraine that attracted their share of of media hype and asked whether they delivered on their hype. Today, I round out that list with more hyped up systems that didn't make in into the first video, while also looking at some that I'd probably nominate as just as, or more significant, that the ones drawing heaps of media attention. Expect a focus on the importance of context and opportunity costs as we look at Kizhal, SCALP, the TB-2 drone and Orlan drones, as well as Starlink and Russia's extensive park of EW assets. Thank you all of you who voted for this topic - I hope you enjoy. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PerunAU Relevant Reading/sourcing The Russian Way of War (Grau & Bartles) https://www.armyupress.army.mil/portals/7/hot%20spots/documents/russia/2017-07-the-russian-way-of-war-grau-bartles.pdf Justin Bronk - Russian Combat Air Strengths and Limitations: https://www.cna.org/reports/2023/05/russian-combat-air-strengths-and-limitations GAO-21-24 ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM OPERATIONS https://www.gao.gov/assets/720/711469.pdf RUSI - The Russian Air War and Ukrainian Requirements for Air Defence (Bronk, Reynolds & Watling) https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/special-resources/russian-air-war-and-ukrainian-requirements-air-defence RUSI – The Orlan Complex, Tracking the supply chains of Russia’s most successful UAV https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/special-resources/orlan-complex-tracking-supply-chains-russias-most-successful-uav/interactive-summary RUSI – Meatgrinder: Russian Tactics in the Second Year of its Invasion of Ukraine (Watling & Reynolds) https://static.rusi.org/403-SR-Russian-Tactics-web-final.pdf Russian military strategy core tenents and operational concepts - Michael Kofman, Anya Fink, Dmitry Gorenburg, Mary Chesnut, Jeffrey Edmonds, and Julian Waller https://www.cna.org/archive/CNA_Files/pdf/russian-military-strategy-core-tenets-and-operational-concepts.pdf Reporting on Musk and Starlink over Crimea https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-09/elon-musk-refused-ukrainian-request-to-activate-starlink-network/102835524 Palantin making its training intro in 2019 https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/russias-palantin-electronic-warfare-system-makes-training-debut Included image on Strelets slide - Reddit Rosoboronexport on Strelets https://roe.ru/eng/catalog/land-forces/military-communications-equipment-and-automated-control-systems/automated-control-systems/strelets/ Included report in intel sharing https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/07/us-spies-ukraine-russia-military-intelligence Starlink use 2022 https://www.ft.com/content/f69b75cf-c36a-4ab3-9eb7-ad0aa00d230c Starshield https://www.airandspaceforces.com/space-force-contract-spacex-starshield/ Starlink latency map (demonstrating UA usage) https://www.starlink.com/map?view=latency Reporting on Pentagon deal with SpaceX https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/01/pentagon-awards-spacex-with-ukraine-contract-for-starlink-satellite-internet.html Shoigu on Orlan production https://tass.com/defense/1645501 Rosoboronexport on Orlan 30 https://roe.ru/eng/catalog/aerospace-systems/uavs/orlan-30/ Caveats & Comments: All normal caveats and comments apply. In particular – I would like to note as always that this material has been created for entertainment purposes and is not intended to be a complete or comprehensive examination of the topic in question and should not be relied upon to inform financial or other similar decisions. Timestamps 00:00:00 — More Game Changers 00:01:25 — What Am I Talking About? 00:02:43 — System Shaping Battlefields 00:09:56 — Kinzhal And Storm Shadow/SCALP 00:26:12 — TB-2 And Orlan 00:40:51 — Communication 00:48:53 — Electronic Warfare 01:05:30 — Conclusions 01:06:43 — Channel Update