i am not sure what they are getting from this data. as they losing so much area to small force. hardly any Ukranian chopper or drone in the air.
these are more mechanical failures. where things are abandoned. the Ka-52 are the older models.
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these are more mechanical failures. where things are abandoned. the Ka-52 are the older models.
Russia has had AWACs and EW planes long before it had drones though. It is very familiar with using them.
The other thing is that yes, Putin is holding back. He has not yet used:
1. Any strategic bombers like Tu-22M, Tu-95 or Tu-160
2. Any EW/AWAC/ground command planes like Tu-214, A-50, Il-80
3. Much artillery at all beside a few SMERCH rockets
Whats the point of holding back on EW and AWACS?!?
Then again Baghdad Bob was saying there is no problem, everything is A-OK... as M1A1s rolled into Baghdad.
There's Su-25s dropping PGMs on Kiev, that doesn't happen when you don't control the airspace.
It could be that Russian AWACs are optimized for air targets, and not useful for ground combat (i.e. US uses E-2 and E-3 for air, but E-8 JSTAR for ground). EW I have no idea.
Or we could all be BSing and nobody knows because Russian planes are all flying dark with their transponders off and nobody has air to air recon assets up.
again, like with computer ban, swift cut, kicking out russian nationals from US, stores banning russian food, and now outright piracy and naval blockade, everything US and vassals are doing to Russia now is what it has in store for China once America turns its attention back to China
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