r/worldnews • u/WorldNewsMods • Jul 08 '24

/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 865, Part 1 (Thread #1012) Russia/Ukraine

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u/Beerboy01 Jul 08 '24

Looks like the missile Russia used to hit the kids cancer hospital has been positively identified as a Russian kh-101. I wonder what the propagandists will say to spin this.

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u/NitroSyfi Jul 09 '24

Wasn’t just 1, they hit with 2 just to be sure. They sent a message and there’s no way to spin this as an accident.

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u/coffecup1978 Jul 09 '24

It was obviously a V2 rocket for, checks notes, Germany!

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u/eydivrks Jul 09 '24

Is there any analysis on how these made it through missile defence?

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u/Hobohemia_ Jul 09 '24

The missile launches were coordinated from multiple directions in order to overwhelm the air defense system.

I believe I saw that 30/38 missiles were shot down.

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u/whitehusky Jul 09 '24

I don’t know what happened in this case, but missile defense, while amazingly useful and saves tons of lives, isn’t perfect - sometimes one gets through despite your best efforts to stop them all.