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fubar57
General
Best of luck to the few
Best of luck to all Ukrainians
Admiral Beez
Major
The fog of war and a lot of wishful thinking, but I'd like to think this is accurate.
Admiral Beez
Major
IFF must be tricky.
Admiral Beez
Major
Hmm… looks like I might be right and it's wishful thinking?
Footage shows flight simulator game, not Russian fighter jet being shot down
Social media users on Thursday misrepresented footage from a video game showing close combat between two fighter jets, claiming the clip showed the Ukrainian air force shooting down a Russian fighter.
apnews.com
Escuadrilla Azul
Tech Sergeant
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- Feb 27, 2020
I was just thinking about that. I seems that he have a nick name "The Ghost of Kyiv".
With all the misinformation flying around, the fog of war and the possible breaks in communications from those on the front line to the those up un the chain command is hard to tell.
I don't think there is only one ukrainian pilot fighting the russian planes, more likely a small bunch fighting like some air guerrilla. But doubtlessly is a morale booster.
I have seen footage of what is like a russian sapper column destroyed and a supposedly russian APC out of gas in a highway and reports of other logistical problems and low morale amongst russian troops.
It seems like the russians were overconfident or the ukrainians planned an inteligent defense or a mix of both.
Admiral Beez
Major
I'm surprised the Russians haven't used air strikes, TLAMs or even special forces to disable the Ukrainian air forces and runways on day one. Perhaps the Ukrainians have dispersed their combat aircraft like the Swedes, using roads as runways.
I do hope the West has shut down Russia's access to their network of GPS satellites.
Escuadrilla Azul
Tech Sergeant
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- Feb 27, 2020
The russians tried to occupy an air base (Hostomel) near Kyiv and succeded initially but an ukrainian counterattack regained the base. There are reports of two Il-76 transports downed by ukrainian AAA/SAM and several assault helicopters (even 6 at once). If they are correct, russian losses could be pretty hard and perhaps could ruled out new airborne assaults.
It is my understanding that the MiG-29 and Su-27 were designed with the aim to use roads and even open ground (more or less even and hard I guess) as runways, so it could be very possible that ukrainians dispersed the AF in advance. The russian attack was far from a surprise one.
Don´t know if Rusia had been denied the use of GPS but since they use an alternative (Glonass) I think it didn´t truely make any difference.
Escuadrilla Azul
Tech Sergeant
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- Feb 27, 2020
I hope that this attack don´t become the 21st century Sudete Crisis.
That video has been confirmed as fake. Someone took video from a video game and placed it over actual video. There was a guy online who even was able to crop out the planes and you clearly see the pixels from the game.
It's very well done though…
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According to the information available, they were dispersed. Allegedly, thanks to the NATO warning.
Admiral Beez
Major
IFF - Identification Friend or Foe had to the tricky when your opponent is flying the same kit. Maybe when this is all over the Ukrainians can swap over to F-16s, etc. Likely provided FOC.
Lockheed Martin offers Ukraine F-16 fighter jet
Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest defense contractor, has offered Ukraine a new F-16 Block 70/72 multirole combat aircraft as it looks to modernize its air force. Ukraine wanted to buy new or used fighter jets to replace the fleet of aging Soviet-made aircraft. Ukrainian Air Force currently...
Meanwhile Poland is buying Abram tanks. Maybe Ukraine can buy some? Mind you, they make their own T-64 tanks in Ukraine, which are apparently a match for anything the Russians have.
Poland Cleared To Buy 250 M1A2 SEPv3 Advanced Abrams Tanks
Adding 250 of the advanced tanks would be a huge boost to the Polish Land Forces as they seek to match Russian developments.
www.thedrive.com
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Thumpalumpacus
Major
Russians don't use TLAMs, and even if they did they're not anti-runway weapons. Tomahawks are American weapons and haven't been sold to Russia, and they're not very useful against runways, except perhaps for generating FOD which can be swept up.
Admiral Beez
Major
My bad, I was referring to tactical land attack missiles, not Tomahawk. Precision guided missiles used to hit ground targets from afar.
Thumpalumpacus
Major
Gotcha. Runways still require special munitions, which generic tlams don't really do.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Any speculation on a "what if Ukraine hung onto the nukes that had been stationed there?"?
Day 3 of the invasion and they still hold Kyiv!
The Nukes are gone. The Budapest Agreement in 2004 signed by the US, UK, and Russia guaranteed Ukraine's defense and security if they gave up the nukes.
We see what Putin thinks of the agreement.
