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One Tree Line at a Time: Breaching Russian Defenses in Ukraine - War on the Rocks (warontherocks.com)

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Nick and Mike sat down for an in depth discussion of what it would take for Ukraine to achieve a true breakthrough against Russian forces. Mike also

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Also, here's a promotional video from back when the cluster ATACMS was developed that I watched the other day:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipr_hPAcR_Q

One notes that they were hitting what looks like a mocked-up helicopter base at White Sands Missile Range with the bomblets, so I expect that hitting concentrations of helicopters on the ground may be an application. I understand that Russia has a helicopter base at Berdiansk with Ka-52s to respond to Ukrainian armored vehicles; they can't get too far from the front lines if they want to respond in a timely fashion to vehicles.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=wP2rvU94ZK8

This guy highlights the helicopters present at the base and specifically comments that a cluster ATACMS would do a lot of damage here, and that he expects the helicopters to be moved elsewhere once Ukraine has cluster ATACMS available.