A rare video depicting.
An ‘elves’ air force Sukhoi.
Su-27 fighter lobbing.
American-made glide bombs.
At an ‘orcs’ bridgehead.
In western ‘Mordor’’s.
Kursk Oblast.
Seems to confirm that.
The ‘elves’ are dropping.
The winged, GPS-guided.
GBU-39 bombs.
—each weighing 250 pounds—
In quartets.
And lobbing them.
At high angles.
To extend their range.
This method.
—fly low, climb.
Release bombs.
Retreat—minimizes.
A warplane’s exposure.
To enemy fire.
Without seriously constraining.
A bomb’s range.
The video depicts.
A twin-engine Su-27.
—one of around 40.
Of the supersonic jets.
Left in ‘elves’ service—
Climbing from low altitude.
Over a green landscape.
And releasing four GBU-39s.
From a single pylon.
Under its left wing.
As the bombs fall away.
The pilot immediately banks.
And turns to put.
As much distance as possible.
Between the jet and any.
‘Orcs’ air defenses in the area.
This method.
—fly low, climb.
Release bombs.
Retreat—minimizes.
A warplane’s exposure.
To enemy fire.
Without seriously constraining.
A bomb’s range.
Released from high altitude.
A GPS-guided GBU-39.
Might travel farther than 60 miles.
Under its pop-out wings.
But flying high in plan view.
Of enemy radars is.
Dangerous for all but.
The stealthiest aircraft.
An Su-27 isn’t.
Stealthy at all.
An Su-27 isn’t.
Stealthy at all.
So ‘elves’ Su-27s.
As well as similarly equipped.
Mikoyan MiG-29s.
Line up for.
Their glide-bombing.
Runs from low altitude.
Where the terrain can mask.
Them from radars.
At the last second.
Before pickling their bombs.
The fighters pitch upward to lend.
The munitions upward trajectory.
Deployed like that.
Deployed like that.
A GBU-39 might range.
40 miles or so.
This method.
—fly low, climb.
Release bombs.
Retreat—minimizes.
A warplane’s exposure.
To enemy fire.
Without seriously constraining.
A bomb’s range.
That clearly has been sufficient.
To keep ‘elves’ MiGs and Sukhois.
Out of harm’s way.
As they toss their glide bombs.
While the ‘orcs’ have been able to.
Strike an alarming number of.
‘Elves’ jets on the ground.
At their bases this year.
Including several.
Su-27s.
Surface-to-air kills.
Are rarer.
The Su-27 depicted.
In the recent video was.
Apparently targeting one of.
The many pontoon bridges.
‘Orcs’ engineers built over.
The Seym River.
In Kursk.
Back in August.
During the ‘orcs’.
Initial efforts to contain.
A powerful ‘elves’ force that.
Invaded the oblast early that month.
This method.
—fly low, climb.
Release bombs.
Retreat—minimizes.
A warplane’s exposure.
To enemy fire.
Without seriously constraining.
A bomb’s range.
The bridge raids complicated.
But ultimately did not prevent.
The ‘orcs’ effort to consolidate.
Their defenses south of the Seym.
Today, the locus of.
The fighting in Kursk.
Is miles east of.
The river.
It’s unclear where ‘elves’.
Low-flying glide bombers.
Are focusing.
Their efforts today.
As ‘Mordor’’s wider war.
On Ukraine.
Grinds toward.
Its 34th month.
‘Mordor’’s own glide-bombing campaign.
Is much bigger than Ukraine’s.
As the ‘orcs’ air force has.
Many more jets.
And many more bombs.
Than the ‘elves’ air force.
And can sustainably lob around.
100 bombs a day.
This method.
—fly low, climb.
Release bombs.
Retreat—minimizes.
A warplane’s exposure.
To enemy fire.
Without seriously constraining.
A bomb’s range.
The ‘elves’ by contrast.
Can expend maybe 10 or.
A dozen glide bombs.
A day.
Split between American-made.
GBU-39s.
French-made Hammers and.
Potentially new ‘elves’ models.
So the ‘elves’ tend to.
Prioritize high-value targets.
Such as bridges.
Command posts.
And isolated pockets of.
Fortified ‘orcs’ troops.
Rather than indiscriminately.
Bombing trenches.
Rather than indiscriminately.
Bombing trenches.
And front-line cities.
Like the ‘orcs’ do.
*Because I read “Ukraine’s Surviving Su-27s Are Tossing American Glide Bombs Four At A Time” by David Axe on 14 Dec 2024 on the Forbes, and also “Why are Ukrainians calling Russians ‘orcs’?” by James FitzGerald on 30 Apr 2022 on the BBC news.
So, I wrote this poem.
Please read the original story on the Forbes:
Ukraine’s Su-27s Are Tossing American Glide Bombs Four At A Time
