Ukraine’s F-16 Fighter Jets Just Got Handed a Grueling New Job: Its Aging American-Made Warplanes Are Now Chasing Down Russian Drones
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Ukraine’s F-16 Fighter Jets Just Got Handed a Grueling New Job: Its Aging American-Made Warplanes Are Now Chasing Down Russian Drones
With its air defense interceptors nearly gone, Ukraine is leaning on aging American-made fighter jets to shoot down Russia’s new jet-powered drones, which fly about three times as fast as older models. The constant missions are wearing down the planes, and Russia may be counting on that, one analyst says.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Ji-heon = Although Ukraine is using U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets as its primary means to shoot down Russian drones, this has long...
Ukraine uses multimillion-dollar F-16s to intercept Russian jet drones, writes NYT. However, permanent flights accelerate the wear and tear of a limited fleet and deplete ammunition stockpiles. Experts warn: you will not go far in such tactics.
Although Ukraine is deploying F-16 fighter jets as a first line of defense to shoot down Russian jet-powered drones, concerns are growing that this approach will be difficult to sustain in the long run. The new Geran-5 jet-powered drone, recently deployed by Russia, can fly at a maximum speed of 600 km/h and is equipped with anti-jamming capabilities, making it difficult to intercept with Ukraine's ground-based air defense network. This speed i…
How Ukrainian F-16s hunt Russian jet drones — and what are the disadvantages of this tactic. World media about the war on October 19
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