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They're most probably already modified to use NATO armament.
by petre 5y ago
They're most probably already modified to use NATO armament.
- brimble 5y agoIf so, IMO that's where things get really interesting. If these things can equip modern NATO weapons, and (here's a big if) if they've been retrofitted with good enough sensor & comm suites to use them, then this transfer takes on a whole new dimension. I've been assuming they're stuck on Soviet weapons and with upgraded, but still outdated, electronics, but if that's not the case, it changes things a lot.
- rich_sasha 5y agoI believe the weapons are Soviet still, in fact they have been harder and harder to source, since Russia (surprise!) didn’t want to sell them to Poland, whose only conceivable aggressor is Russia itself. Comms etc not sure, these must have been somewhat matched.
- Ancapistani 5y agoI don't have a reference handy, but I recall reading that Poland had already begun to transfer R-73 air-to-air missiles to Ukraine. Those are Russian missiles designed for use on the MiG-29.