Remember the story where russian air defense shot up their own paratroopers doing training near Rostov-on-don because they thought it might be an invasion.
Russian air defense keeps being twitchy, it seems.
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-50-il-2 ... ea-1860617
An A50 AWACS was supposedly lost over azov sea after reporting being hit by a missile (a jet fighter later searching the area was not able to find the plane they lost all contact with) , an IL-22 survaillance plane got hit and returned to base(demanding fire brigade and medical assistance on landing), but is severely damaged, maybe rendered unusable, according to intercepted comms.
This happened far south over the azov sea, not even patriot could reach that far, so the only plausible causes are:
Russian air defense,
Russian fighters being stupid
a yet unknown superweapon able to intercept aircraft at 3-400 km range,
or some Ukrainian hotshot flying a jet all across the southern ukraine and half the sea of azov, shooting them down, and then flying back, unnoticed by radar.
The above list is sorted by plausibility.
Russian air defense keeps being twitchy, it seems.
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-50-il-2 ... ea-1860617
An A50 AWACS was supposedly lost over azov sea after reporting being hit by a missile (a jet fighter later searching the area was not able to find the plane they lost all contact with) , an IL-22 survaillance plane got hit and returned to base(demanding fire brigade and medical assistance on landing), but is severely damaged, maybe rendered unusable, according to intercepted comms.
This happened far south over the azov sea, not even patriot could reach that far, so the only plausible causes are:
Russian air defense,
Russian fighters being stupid
a yet unknown superweapon able to intercept aircraft at 3-400 km range,
or some Ukrainian hotshot flying a jet all across the southern ukraine and half the sea of azov, shooting them down, and then flying back, unnoticed by radar.
The above list is sorted by plausibility.
Statistics: Posted by LaCroix — 2024-01-15 05:39am