I appreciate the effort but frankly the cigar while talking is pretty distracting to me. Of course I am old enough to know that me liking or not liking doesnt equal you caring. Ha ha. Have a great week and thanks for sharing. Charles
Why would they ? At the moment they need the weapon system more than they need the money . They are being given funds from all sorts of sources at the moment but the air defence systems are in short supply. Why would you sell what you need and is in short supply for what you have ?
It's like people just cannot comprehend that Ukraine is not Russia. Sure, there's corruption problems (like everywhere else) and it's been getting better since 2014, but Russia is on a whole different level altogether when it comes to corruption. We all know about their embezzling of money and selling stockpiles of weapons to buy vacation dachas. Their culture operates on corruption, it's like they said in the Soviet era, if the office gets a new lamp, it's gonna end up in the manager's house. If you want a seat in a restaurant, you have to bribe someone for it.
The answer is No. But the answer is Yes our MAGA countrymen will happily pass it on as bona fide fact to support the Cult Leaders narrative and their crush on Putin. You know, the Real American Heroes.
God Bless America.
God Bless Ukraine and God Bless All who stand up for Democracy.
Our resources are best used for us, and not squandered on yet another foreign war. Russia is certainly a bad actor, but do you deny the color revolution we conducted in Ukraine? Overthrowing a foreign government? Russia is a bit regional threat now. China is our worldwide rival, not some two-bit, corrupt backwards Russia with delusions of grandeur.
Perhaps it had been sitting in one place so long that the air leaked out of one or more of the tires and the mover, having no way to inflate them, made them equally ‘flat’(?).
Or letting the air out may be a way to reduce the tendency of the unit to ‘bounce’ up and down as the trailer is being towed, to help keep the binders and chains tight(?).
I can see a few details that are inconsistent with an actual Raytheon product, even if this unit is just meant for training.
The ‘cable’ that attaches to the upper left missile container appears to have been too short to reach where it was supposed to go so the fella installing it simply drilled a hole so it would fit.
The hinges that allow the launcher to be elevated are as simple as can be…
… just a couple of welded pad eyes with a metal rod stuck through them. No bearings that I can see nor any apparent lubrication points.
I suspect that Taiwan built a bunch of these in house for both training purposes and to be used as part of a number of decoy systems that might be randomly rotated among actual patriot launch sites.
Units like this one might also look really impressive if they were also made available to take part in military parades that might occur around Taiwan.
I appreciate the effort but frankly the cigar while talking is pretty distracting to me. Of course I am old enough to know that me liking or not liking doesnt equal you caring. Ha ha. Have a great week and thanks for sharing. Charles
Why would they ? At the moment they need the weapon system more than they need the money . They are being given funds from all sorts of sources at the moment but the air defence systems are in short supply. Why would you sell what you need and is in short supply for what you have ?
It's like people just cannot comprehend that Ukraine is not Russia. Sure, there's corruption problems (like everywhere else) and it's been getting better since 2014, but Russia is on a whole different level altogether when it comes to corruption. We all know about their embezzling of money and selling stockpiles of weapons to buy vacation dachas. Their culture operates on corruption, it's like they said in the Soviet era, if the office gets a new lamp, it's gonna end up in the manager's house. If you want a seat in a restaurant, you have to bribe someone for it.
The answer is No. But the answer is Yes our MAGA countrymen will happily pass it on as bona fide fact to support the Cult Leaders narrative and their crush on Putin. You know, the Real American Heroes.
God Bless America.
God Bless Ukraine and God Bless All who stand up for Democracy.
Semper Fi
Our resources are best used for us, and not squandered on yet another foreign war. Russia is certainly a bad actor, but do you deny the color revolution we conducted in Ukraine? Overthrowing a foreign government? Russia is a bit regional threat now. China is our worldwide rival, not some two-bit, corrupt backwards Russia with delusions of grandeur.
And the big cylinder may just be a hydraulic fluid reservoir for the stabilizers and lift mechanism. Sorta looks to be an appropriate size.
Also a thought...
Flattened tires ...
To allow for low clearances, very likely...
...but maybe:
Perhaps it had been sitting in one place so long that the air leaked out of one or more of the tires and the mover, having no way to inflate them, made them equally ‘flat’(?).
Or letting the air out may be a way to reduce the tendency of the unit to ‘bounce’ up and down as the trailer is being towed, to help keep the binders and chains tight(?).
Greetings…
I can see a few details that are inconsistent with an actual Raytheon product, even if this unit is just meant for training.
The ‘cable’ that attaches to the upper left missile container appears to have been too short to reach where it was supposed to go so the fella installing it simply drilled a hole so it would fit.
The hinges that allow the launcher to be elevated are as simple as can be…
… just a couple of welded pad eyes with a metal rod stuck through them. No bearings that I can see nor any apparent lubrication points.
I suspect that Taiwan built a bunch of these in house for both training purposes and to be used as part of a number of decoy systems that might be randomly rotated among actual patriot launch sites.
Units like this one might also look really impressive if they were also made available to take part in military parades that might occur around Taiwan.
Gary…