32 Yet another false flag. Missile strikes Kramatorsk, kills 30. Zelensky's aid claims it's a russian "Iskander" missile, Zelensky himself calls it a "Tochka-U" missile. Pictures of the missile confirms it as a "Tochka-U", which are NOT USED by the Russian military. (www.aljazeera.com) posted 2 years ago by allfourth 2 years ago by allfourth +33 / -1 32 comments share 32 comments share save hide report block hide replies
That's what it means when a weapon system is decommissioned and retired, yes.
Like the US doesn't use Nike missiles or F-117 Nighthawk jets any longer because they are retired.
That doesn't mean you don't have them in storage somewhere.
The tochka-u missles are probably not mothballed because Russia gave them away to Syria and Belarus.
So is that the current Russian narrative that they have given out?
No, it's a fact that they've been retired for a number of years now, replaced by newer and better hardware not built in the 80s, 35+ years ago.
It's also a fact that Ukraine has these weapons systems in active service, as does Belarus and a bunch of other post Soviet states.
It's also a fact that the current Ukrainian regime has been killing its own civilian citizens for 8 years, including with these missles.