These new plane loss rates indicates to me the ukraine has some new weapon. I suspect they may finally be fielding some f16s.
this post was submitted on 01 Mar 2024
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Its more likely it's the patriot or updated s200.
U saw har far behind the lines the latest big fuck off command plane thing was. Seems awfully long distance to be a missile.
S-200 can do that distance though. Has a range out to 150 miles. They're gigantic.
Yes, I'm just surprised they still have those. They are really in a bad shape right now and these few downed airplanes don't mean much.
these few downed airplanes don't mean much
The article is talking about a possible death spiral of the Russian air force. I think that means something.
A lot of hopium. Same stuff we heard since the start of the war. First it was food, then equipment, then shells, troops, missiles,... And looking at the the Russian army today it's fed, well equipped, as many shells as they need, new drones, missiles in production, planes in production. Not to mention new motivation as they see the west faltering in their resolve to help Ukraine. Russia is in war economy, unfortunately it's not running out of anything anytime soon. They are not that stupid and will adapt if the losses become unmanageable.
And looking at the the Russian army today it’s fed, well equipped,
Lol, no, it is not
Too many deserters showing up severely malnourished for that to be the case
Too many documented cases of unusable or plain fake equipment, like plastic helmets, or artillery rounds missing propellant, rusted rifles, etc