they could've still bought 100 Wing Loongs from China if they felt their own systems weren't ready and 100 Wing Loongs would've made a significant difference. If they had enough money then they didn't have the humility or urgency.
The War in the Ukraine
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The Russian source, Rybar, complains about the VKS not carrying out SEAD missions since the beginning of the war (at least not effective), talks about the vTioa shoot-downs today and the Su-34 hit by the Ukrainian defenses (which could confirm the Ukrainian announcement of 4 aircraft shot down in one day)
He talks about Russia's inability to suppress Ukrainian defenses, despite theoretically having systems to do so... Assumes American and Israeli systems are superior to their Russian counterparts
It is a reality that Russia theoretically possesses systems to suppress the Ukrainian defense systems, but we must also consider that it is not the same situation today, the one Russia faced in March... Perhaps that is why they do not risk too much, since that when they do, they make a loss, like today
It was known that the Western systems were better than the Russian ones, but what this war has shown is that the gap is much wider than previously thought, especially in what Rybar says, the Russian EW and HARM systems, much lower than western
He talks about Russia's inability to suppress Ukrainian defenses, despite theoretically having systems to do so... Assumes American and Israeli systems are superior to their Russian counterparts
It is a reality that Russia theoretically possesses systems to suppress the Ukrainian defense systems, but we must also consider that it is not the same situation today, the one Russia faced in March... Perhaps that is why they do not risk too much, since that when they do, they make a loss, like today
It was known that the Western systems were better than the Russian ones, but what this war has shown is that the gap is much wider than previously thought, especially in what Rybar says, the Russian EW and HARM systems, much lower than western
3rd day into mobilization. Just Russian things. Considering that he was working in the field for almost 15 years at the top positions speaks for itself.
The Russian source Rybar does not confirm four downed aircraft in one day.
Here's what Rybar wrote, automatic translation:
how you do SEAD against manpads from medium to high altitude?.
unless you have medium altitude shoot down videos. the rest may have been mechanical breakdown or pilot errors.
I am surprised that a Flanker would be flying this low. Still, it’s a remarkable achievement to take it out with a MANPADs given the very short reaction time and perfect positioning needed to do that. Assuming that’s what actually happened.
What’s up with Russian SEAD? They’re not able to suppress even their own SAM system designs?
Zelensky fired a hundred times more people in leadership positions since the beginning of the special military operation.
Western tanks will need to make their debut no matter how much the Americans are trying to delay it.
There are a lot of Soviet tanks out there but the numbers aren't infinite. Most countries will sell mothball tanks only and not ones in current service. Even if America offers to replace them for free with western ones it's a bad deal as the operational & maintenance costs will be higher.
That's been one of my major frustrations with the Russians since the start of the war. Their apparent inability and/or unwillingness to conduct a proper SEAD campaign; despite having the appropriate assets to do it on paper.
The only plausible explanations I've seen are:
1. SEAD is not and has never really apart of Russian/USSR military doctrine, which priorities its airforce primarily for close tactical air support of ground forces. Therefore the Russian airforce does not plan for SEAD campaigns and its pilots have minimal training for such operations.
2. Inadequete C4ISR systems and capabilities to locate and target enemy air defences, except for the immobile targets they were destroyed at the beggining of the war like fixed radars and non-mobile SAMs.