Art
12-13-2023, 11:47
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I50H9e3bGI0
An old, very old, older than the pilot MiG 29, with Soviet technology of the 1980s of the Ukrainian Air Force flying on the deck to evade Russian radar. The radar he is primarily interested in avoiding isn't ground based but on much more modern, or updated Russian fighters (MiG 31, Su 35 and Su 57) fighters armed with hypersonic Mach 5+) very long range air to air missiles capable of engaging at 150-200 miles. The Russian aircraft operate as a sort of aerial snipers, and have forced the Ukrainian aircraft to seek the shelter of ground clutter. By doing this they concede the advantages of altitude and position, what WWII pilots called "the bounce," to the Russians. If they are engaged they must immediately take violent evasive maneuvers and if they survive abort the mission to avoid follow up shots. Nobody has an equivalent to these Russian R 37 missiles. More modern fighters with the most advanced AAMRAM missiles would surely help but even the most advanced AAMRAMs which are just coming into production as a counter to the Russian missiles only have about half the reach of the Rooski weapons.
The Russians have a lot of problems. Their manpower is so depleted they are now recruiting from their clients in places like The Sudan :icon_e_surprised: . Yep I said The Sudan. They have been saved by their ability to construct very effective defenses in depth, the traditional stubborness of the Russian soldier in prepared defenses and, its a big and, their denial of air superiority over the battlefield to the Ukrainians, which is largely due to technological superiority in that area.
We sort of shrugged off these missiles, and for a while the Russians actually stopped producing them because of their very high cost. Needless to say the production line is up and running now. We are sure taking them seriously now.
An old, very old, older than the pilot MiG 29, with Soviet technology of the 1980s of the Ukrainian Air Force flying on the deck to evade Russian radar. The radar he is primarily interested in avoiding isn't ground based but on much more modern, or updated Russian fighters (MiG 31, Su 35 and Su 57) fighters armed with hypersonic Mach 5+) very long range air to air missiles capable of engaging at 150-200 miles. The Russian aircraft operate as a sort of aerial snipers, and have forced the Ukrainian aircraft to seek the shelter of ground clutter. By doing this they concede the advantages of altitude and position, what WWII pilots called "the bounce," to the Russians. If they are engaged they must immediately take violent evasive maneuvers and if they survive abort the mission to avoid follow up shots. Nobody has an equivalent to these Russian R 37 missiles. More modern fighters with the most advanced AAMRAM missiles would surely help but even the most advanced AAMRAMs which are just coming into production as a counter to the Russian missiles only have about half the reach of the Rooski weapons.
The Russians have a lot of problems. Their manpower is so depleted they are now recruiting from their clients in places like The Sudan :icon_e_surprised: . Yep I said The Sudan. They have been saved by their ability to construct very effective defenses in depth, the traditional stubborness of the Russian soldier in prepared defenses and, its a big and, their denial of air superiority over the battlefield to the Ukrainians, which is largely due to technological superiority in that area.
We sort of shrugged off these missiles, and for a while the Russians actually stopped producing them because of their very high cost. Needless to say the production line is up and running now. We are sure taking them seriously now.