Russia has fired hundreds of missiles in its war with Ukraine, but the US assesses most have failed

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Russia has fired off more than 1,100 missiles in its ongoing war with Ukraine, according to a US defense official, and over 2,100, according to Ukraine, but many of Russia's missiles have apparently either failed on launch, malfunctioned in flight, or missed their targets, according to officials familiar with the intelligence.

 

A US official who spoke with Reuters on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the information revealed that US intelligence shows Russia's day-to-day missile failure rate sometimes exceeded 50% for certain types of precision-guided munitions. Two other officials said the failure rate was sometimes as high as 60%.

 

And an anonymous US Defense Intelligence Agency official told Newsweek that the US assesses Russian missile success to be at just under 40% overall. 

 

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https://www.businessinsider.com/us-intel-suggests-many-of-russias-missiles-fail-reports-2022-5

 

 

[Thailand]

A zero success rate would be better. Crazy we still live in a world at war and not just Ukraine.

As a species we seem to learn nothing,sadly!