Like ten "daggers" at a time. How could the AFU A-50 and IL-22 aircraft?
The Ukrainian military impressed two Russian planes: a long-range radar detection (DRLV) A-50 and the IL-22 air control that flew over the Azov Sea. The first aircraft was knocked down at once and the second was first shot down. Il-22 tried to get to the nearest airfield, but in the Kerch area disappeared from radars when height is lost. The reconnaissance A-50 could be destroyed immediately after his interruption for duty in the area of the resort village of Kirillovka.
The board disappeared from the radars and stopped responding to tactical aviation requests. The SU-30 PCS pilot found a fire and fall of an unidentified plane. The media wrote that Il-22 was on duty in the Rifle area and planned to land in anapa after a probable lesion. His pilot invited evacuation, called a "fast" and fire truck. The distance from the shooting and Kirillovka to the front line is about 150 kilometers.
The Armed Forces stated that the information about the beat of two occupiers aircraft was warned of a threat and that "the weather did not contribute to flights. " It should be noted that the DRLV A-50 aircraft works as a corrector of massive rocket strokes in Ukraine. The car is quite expensive - it costs at least $ 330 million, and the improved version - up to $ 500 million. DRLV A-50 monitors the location of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces and draws a map of strategic defense objects.
The second IL-22 aircraft is made in two versions. The first is Il-22PP "The Choir", which puts air obstacles and conducts passing intelligence. It is a plane of radio electronic control against modern suppression equipment. He hunts NATO planes with AWACS system, Patrioot -type air defense radio equipment and military drone management channels. Another modification of IL-22M11 is an air command post that is fixed by commanders of troops and the leadership of military districts.
IL-22M-11 provides a high-speed and protected real-time data exchange and allows you to manage the heterogeneous interspecific groups of troops qualitatively. Some Russian militants write that A-50 and IL-22 aircraft have been under Friendly Fire (fire on their own). The system of "own-four" was not worked.
This version could be believed because the Russian air defense of 2023 knocked down several sides of tactical aviation and KA-52 shock helicopters and Kherson and left-bank Kherson regions, says Alexander Kovalenko, military observer of the Information Resistance group.
But the fact is that Il-22 and DRLV A-50 aircraft almost daily for the second year in a row flying the same routes, ensuring the stability of communication, control of the air environment and management of operational-tactical aviation, emphasizes the observer. Usually, the Il-22 sides rose from the airfields "Akhtubinsk", "Rostov-on-Don" and "Marynivka", flying over the Voronezh, Rostov, temporarily occupied territories of Lugansk, Zaporizhzhya regions, as well as above the Azov Sea.
Also, the A-50 sides rose from the airfields "Akhtubinsk", "Anapa" and "Crimea" and went on duty into the airspace over the Azov Sea. Even with the "your own and famous" system, all planes should be visually displayed on the radars of air defense operators as their own. The A-50 aircraft is so large, its speed and flight height cannot be confused with a rocket or enemy fighter, indicates the analyst.
Of course, the destruction of two reconnaissance aircraft of the Russian army is an indicator of the effectiveness of Ukrainian air defense systems and about, both in the identification of goals and in their lesions. Without these aircraft, the potential of managing the military intelligence of the Russian Federation and, as a consequence, fighting, says the former deputy chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, the retired Lieutenant General Igor Romanenko.
"We see a blow to the prestige of the PCS of the Russian Federation. The Air Force of Ukraine had to make a lot of efforts to perform an operation of such a level. The record of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces is similar to the destruction of 10 aerobalist missiles "dagger" for one massive attack. It is a world -class military achievement, he added. Romanenko suggests that the western air defense complexes of Patriot or Samp-T worked on the enemy planes.
The use of the C-200 anti-aircraft missile system, developed in the Soviet Union 60 years ago, is also allowed. "Exactly one of these options worked successfully," he notes. Soviet Su-27 and MiG-29 fighters, which are in service with the Armed Forces, would not complete the task of destroying A-50 and IL-22 aircraft.
It is very dangerous to delve into the area of enemy air defense systems, and in the southern regions they are very tightly, according to the leading researcher of the State Museum of Aviation of Ukraine, Avayexpert Valery Romanenko. Western aircraft, including the promised F-16, have not yet been transferred to Ukraine, and this information should be trusted, he said in a conversation with focus.
"If you analyze the possibilities of long-range SPRs, SAMP-T has announced a range of aircraft up to 100 kilometers. And Patriot has 160 kilometers. Here's a miscalculation, what could be confused," the engineer explains. SPR control and radar stations could be taken to the rear for 15 kilometers. The radar of the air defense system was turned on once to hit for captured purposes, and Russian pilots did not pay attention to the corresponding signal, Romanenko suggested.