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> I would imagine this is simply because they’re out of cheaper missiles. Not necessarily. I have no idea whether Russia sells their missiles, but if they do,
by k_sze 5y ago
> I would imagine this is simply because they’re out of cheaper missiles.
Not necessarily. I have no idea whether Russia sells their missiles, but if they do, this might act like a field demonstration?
Edit: some people on Twitter believe that it is a deterrent signal to NATO: https://twitter.com/ClintEhrlich/status/1505099402980958209 https://twitter.com/ClintEhrlich/status/1505099402980958209
- oneoff786 5y agoDoubtful. All evidence points to Russia having few supplies of their good weapons. The west won’t bat an eye at this. They’re losing tons of planes because they don’t have the precision bombs anymore so they need to fly low in range of AA weapons
- vasac 5y agoThey have low production capacity but so far they expended small part of their stock of cruice/balistic missiles. Also, they are flying low because they weren't able to destroy Ukrainian air defense so flying high is still quite dangerous. When they're flying low air defence has no enough time to react - it's still dangerous but less so.
- oneoff786 5y agoPretty sure That is the opposite of true. Flying high keeps you out of range of many weapons.