Could the Ukrainian F-16 knock down the Russian SU-34 that dropped the cabins: the expert gave an explanation (video)
The destruction of the bomber of the Russian Federation will deprive the Russians of some opportunities. In particular, they will no longer be able to dump the cord at the distance they were counting on. Aviation expert Bogdan Dollec said this in a comment from Channel 24. According to him, given the possibilities of the Western fighter, he could really "land" the Russian aircraft, since the latter has limited possibilities of self -defense and detection of air goals.
If the F-16 radar operates effectively at a distance of 150 km, then in the Su-34-90 km. "This allows you to detect Su-34 before he can see the F-16, start and fly away in a safe distance unnoticed. Since Su-34 will see the rocket at a distance of up to 90 km, it will complicate the ability to deviate or get out of the lesion area" , - explained the head. He suggested that the destruction of a Russian aircraft could affect the tactics of Russian Kabiv. such types of weapons.
"Now these bombs will either not fly to the front line, or maximize strokes only on it. It will affect the reduction of their intensity," the background explained. The Ukrainian F-16 knocked down the Russian SU-34 on October 12, the American Institute for War Study (ISW) reported with reference to its own sources. However, analysts noted that they could not confirm it from other sources.
"The Ukrainian fighter F-16 was probably knocked down by the Russian Su-34 fighter when Su-34 dropped out the planning bombs of fabs with unified modules planning and correction (UMPC) at a distance of about 50 kilometers from the front line," the statement said. Analysts also referred to a Russian source that confirmed the death of the Su-34 crew, but said that this loss was not related to the war in Ukraine.
"Su-34 could be broken as a result of a technical malfunction or human mistake," the institute noted. Thus, the Z-Blogger, the pilot of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Ilya Tumanov in his telegram channel Fighterbomber stated that the Russian Su-34 was beaten. "No one is our SU-34. Our planes are fighting, but not always we lose them from the enemy's fire or fire.
In most cases, the technique (and crew) is lost due to refusals, the wrong actions of the crew or the loss of orientation in space. Sometimes aircraft And helicopters have to attack and avoid the enemy missiles, seeing nothing except for devices that do not always show the correct information. At the time of publishing the material of the Command of Ukraine did not comment on the possible destruction of Su-34 bomber with F-16.