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2022-04-06 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

First Russian Su35 downed in Ukraine | 3 potential reasons

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Posted by DarthVader 2022-04-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 No Soviet era weapon profiles?

Posted by Skidmark 2022-04-06 02:26|| 2022-04-06 02:26|| Front Page Top

#2 You keep your systems turned off. You allow other systems to acquire the flight profile information and pass it to the engagement system. You set your acquisition system to engage only to initiate fire at the optimal trade off point to lighting the target and launch, then shut down again. Do this with several launch systems and the suppression craft can't engage them all.

Or do like the North Vietnamese did during Line Backer faced with overwhelming SEAD, volley fire into a virtual box without guidance. You'll hit something and they did, however, by day three they were out of SAMs.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-04-06 07:08|| 2022-04-06 07:08|| Front Page Top

#3 Once attritable armed drones take over the SEAD mission most ground based AA will be instant toast in a warfighting situation.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-04-06 07:15|| 2022-04-06 07:15|| Front Page Top

#4 /\ Suppression of Enemy Air Defense (SEAD)

Posted by Besoeker 2022-04-06 07:16|| 2022-04-06 07:16|| Front Page Top

#5 The Sukhoi had "737" painted on it, and the Buk just couldn't help itself.

Posted by ed in texas 2022-04-06 09:42|| 2022-04-06 09:42|| Front Page Top

#6 ^ Ow!

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-04-06 09:44|| 2022-04-06 09:44|| Front Page Top

#7 the Su-35S Flanker-E was on a SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses) mission

ayuh? and how did that work out for ya?

Posted by Mercutio 2022-04-06 10:08|| 2022-04-06 10:08|| Front Page Top

#8 mature weapons systems responding like that mature drunk lady at the local bar. Not attractive, unless you are even more drunk.