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demalteb t1_j247ke7 wrote

Serious question about military tactics: why do they spread out their attacks like that? like, why not 1000 at once? is this an issue of logistics, or do they hope with every barrage that this will be enough already? or are they simply inept?

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Devourer_of_felines t1_j24iywv wrote

Logistics; the days of the Soviet Union cranking out hundreds of tanks a day is long gone. It takes a long time to build enough of their newer cruise missiles for another concentrated wave.

The old Soviet era stuff likewise needs to be taken out of storage and repaired/refurbished before being sent to a launch site

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wehooper4 t1_j24uqip wrote

Each wave of attacks is more like the yearly production of these missiles. Sure there are some new-builts mixed in there, but they are mostly still from stocks of them.

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Cold-Change5060 t1_j2awzab wrote

And that's the yearly production during relative peace times.

Their stockpile of supplies to make them are running out too.

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humblegar t1_j24fkm5 wrote

Logistics, that is why Ukraine attacks those airfields and planes.

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RobeLife1 t1_j26z49i wrote

Unprofessional opinion is its more about spreading terror, if they thought they had the ability to send a crippling blow, they'd do it. Since they don't keeping people living in fear is the next best thing. They also have to keep feeding the propaganda machine inside of Russia. Every launch is a opportunity to spread lies about the glorious motherland.

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sunbro2000 t1_j25b34d wrote

The purpose is probably to get ukraine to spend their resources, time, and manpower and go into further debt by repairing their infrastructure over and over. It's a pretty basic military strategy. Just like how it is more effective to wound your enemy then it is to kill them etc.

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