Senior US defense official: Russians beginning to have "inventory issues" with precision missiles

[Donkees]

From CNN's Ellie Kaufman

Russian forces are beginning to have “inventory issues with precision-guided munitions,” a senior US defense official told reporters on Monday. Precision-guided munitions refer to missiles that target a specific location, as opposed to “dumb bombs,” which do not have the technology to focus on a specific target.

The inventory issues around their precision-guided munitions supply are why “you’re seeing the increasing use of what we would call dumb bombs,” the official added.

Some of their precision-guided munitions are “failing to launch, or they’re failing to hit the target, or they’re failing to explode on contact,” the official said.

They have used “quite a bit” of their “cruise missile, air launch cruise missile” supplies and have seen a significant “number of failures” of those munitions, the official said.

https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-21-22/index.html

[Ray Bruns]

1. Those precision munitions are expensive. I am surprised they haven't run out already.

[Downtown Hound]

4. They held back on their use

Probably because they expected a quick victory. It's more like they've been forced to use these weapons and they don't have very many of them.

[BeyondGeography]

2. But an awful lot of money was made in Russia

and parked elsewhere.

K&R

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Putin's palatial $1 Gigabuck estate. He needs to retire there yesterday if not sooner. . . . nt

[Bucky]

3. This is exactly why the world should pressure China to quit supplying Russia

Now that Putin's on the ropes, China's stepping up their support. It serves Xi's interests to keep the US focused on Europe.

Expanding the war would be manageable in Europe (barring nukes), but it would be devastating for democracy in the Pacific Rim.

[Thomas Hurt]

5. or this is now genocide by attrition so who needs smart bombs...

Kill them, maim them, drive them from their homes, starve them, steal their children, relocate them to Russia.

[Donkees]

6. ⚡️Russia attacks Zhytomyr Oblast with Grad rocket launchers

The Kyiv Independent
@KyivIndependent
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4h
⚡️Russia attacks Zhytomyr Oblast with Grad rocket launchers, 4 people killed.

According to Zhytomyr Oblast Governor Vitalii Bunechko, three soldiers and one civilian were killed in the Selets village in what was likely Russia’s first attack on Zhytomyr Oblast with Grads.

[lagomorph777]

7. Maybe they shouldn't have bought them from Acme.

[SWBTATTReg]

9. I expect that they would experience shortages. Chips have been an issue in the manufacture

of cars and probably other complicated techie items too, including missiles I suspect.

[harumph]

10. No surprise at all.

In Russia, it's crime all the way down the supply chain. Putin's warped crony capitalism has destroyed their
capabilities. Remember, this is the type of country Trump and the GOP want for us. They don't give a fuck about the
common good nor the common defense. All they care about is how much they can pocket for themselves.
IMO, these extreme white collar/financial criminals in Russia and domestically must be eliminated (you can read that as you like)
by any means necessary, or they'll eventually
kill us all.