Weaponry deployed in the Russia- Ukraine War

Weaponry deployed in the Russia- Ukraine War

Topic: Defence and Security

Context: The Russian military has pummelled wide areas in Ukraine with airstrikes and has conducted major rocket and artillery bombardments, resulting in large numbers of casualties.

Concept:

List of Weapons used in the conflict by Russia:

1. Warplanes and Missiles:

• The Russian military has used warplanes and Kalibr (Caliber) cruise missiles.
• The Kalibr is a precision weapon and can be apparently launched from naval ships, submarines, containers, airplanes and TEL (Transporter Erector Launcher).
• Their warplanes (75 fixed-wing bomber planes) are capable of firing guided air-to-ground missiles or dropping cluster or fragmentation bombs.
• To hit key targets, the Russian military also has used Iskander missiles (a mobile short range hypersonic ballistic missile system) that have a range of up to 500 kilometres (around 300 miles) and carry a much more powerful warhead that can destroy big buildings and some fortified facilities.

2. Rocket and Artillery:

• The Soviet-designed Grad (Hail), Smerch (Tornado) and Uragan (Hurricane) multiple rocket launchers are designed to fire a salvo of powerful rockets to destroy concentrations of troops or military equipment.
• Soviet-designed artillery units were bizarrely named after flowers, such as self-propelled 203-mm Peony and 152-mm Hyacinth and Acacia self-propelled howitzers.

3. Cluster Munitions and Thermobaric Weapons (TOS 1):

• Cluster bombs, rockets and artillery shells open in the air, releasing submunitions, or “bomblets,” that are dispersed over a large area and simultaneously hit multiple targets. Beyond the initial impact, bomblets have a high rate of failure to explode, posing a long-time threat of killing and maiming people for a long time after they were fired.

• Attack and transport helicopters: including the Mi-8, have also been used. Thermobaric weapons(also known as aerosol or vacuum bombs) are one of the most brutal It consists of a fuel container and two separate explosive charges and chemical mix, with the first detonating to disperse the fuel particles and the second igniting the dispersed fuel and oxygen in the air, creating a blast wave of extreme pressure and heat that creates a partial vacuum in an enclosed space. That makes the weapon particularly deadly for people in an enclosed space.

List of Weapons used in the conflict by Ukraine:

1. Soviet-era Tochka-U short-range ballistic missiles, which have a powerful warhead but poor precision.
2. S. made Javelin anti-tank missiles and shoulder-launched Stinger anti-aircraft missiles.
3. Bayraktar drones supplied by Turkey.