"Significant goals": Russian A-50 and IL-22 beat with Patriot or Samp/T,-Expert (Video)
This was reported by a military expert, instructor pilot and Colonel of the Armed Forces in the stock Roman Svitan in a comment to the Channel 24. According to the expert, in the occupation army is approximately on the squadron A-50 and IL-22, which on average is 10-12 aircraft of each type. "A-50 is a flying radar. There are up to 20 crew people, if you count with the pilots," the colonel said. According to Svitan, IL-22 is a team point focused on the management of land troops.
A-50, according to his statement, is a command point for managing in the air. "These are significant goals," he added. Roman Svitan emphasized that the A-50 board rises to airspace to a height of about 10 kilometers. In the case of missiles with sufficient range, they are potentially possible. In order to ensure the safety of such missions, it is necessary to have at least one Su-35 in the closest accompaniment, which provides a reliable coverage for all these air equipment.
"If it is not in the information stream, then" drying "flew. Did not cover and fled itself. That is why the Su-35 pilots will write reports for a long . He added that air defense systems such as Patriot or SAMP/T may be involved in intercepting these aircraft. In addition, according to the expert, the F-16 fighters could handle this task. Ukrainian pilots are already ready to work with air purposes. Information on damage to two air objects over the Azov Sea was received on the evening of January 14.
One of them, the A-50 aircraft, disappeared from the radars instantly. The second, Il-22 aircraft, was able to land at Anapa Airport, as reported by the Air Command Representative Yuri Ignat on January 15. The Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces, General Valery Zaluzhny, confirmed the strikes for Russian purposes, providing monitoring data where the movement of aircraft was visible, with the subsequent disappearance of one of them at a certain point.