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This article caught my attention because of the Javelin reference. There is a huge disparity between number of missiles sent over and the number of vehicles seemingly destroyed by missiles. If the Javelins really have a 10% kill rate, the numbers make better sense, even more so if there are plentiful battery failures.

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I don't think we'll know exactly until after the war ends (and hopefully the russians are pushed back to the '91 borders). There is a huge disparity indeed, but not all of them are concentrated in the areas of conflict right now (I bet a large chunk of them are still in western Ukraine) and the russians were indeed able to target and destroy a couple of weapons transports, so who knows how many of them never even made it to the Ukrainian armed forces.

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