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I recently read an article that stated that Russian anti-air can basically reach all over Ukraine. I wonder how effective these planes can be if they can be tar
by david422 5y ago
I recently read an article that stated that Russian anti-air can basically reach all over Ukraine. I wonder how effective these planes can be if they can be targeted from anywhere.
- melling 5y agoThat’s why “low-cost” drones would be useful. Ukraine needs more than a couple dozen MIGs. Dozens of UAV’s in the air at all times would be beneficial
- topspin 5y agoRussia is operating their Buk S-300/400 anti-air system in Ukraine. Unfortunately for Russia the Ukrainians have been prioritizing the destruction of these systems and they've destroyed a significant number. Here is an example: https://youtu.be/TdTGT1dLSKA?t=73 https://youtu.be/TdTGT1dLSKA?t=73
- nuccy 5y agoBuk and S300/S400 are different things. Buk is self propelled all-in-one system, which has four rockets and integrated radar [1]. Buk's rockets range is about 50km. While S300/S400 have mich bigger rockets thus range, 300 and 400km respectively [2]. 1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buk_missile_system https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buk_missile_system 2. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-400_missile_system https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-400_missile_system
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- AYBABTME 5y agoI'm gonna guess that this is only true for the higher altitudes, simply due to the curvature of the earth and the inability of radars to target below a certain angle above the horizon.