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by cpursley 4y ago
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- ceejayoz 4y agoFriendly fire is a thing even for US troops; 24% of US combat casualties in the first Gulf War were blue-on-blue. It's definitely happening in Ukraine. https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1642804/Russia-weapons-Ukraine-Su-34-bomber-army-military-artillery-war-Putin-NATO-defence-vn https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1642804/Russia-weapons-... There have been signs Russia's struggling to organize air operations. https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/rusi-defence-systems/russian-air-force-actually-incapable-complex-air-operations/ https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/rusi-defe...
- cpursley 4y ago^ That's an old rusi post. Russia was not running a lot of air operations (other than choppers) in the beginning because Ukraine had 100 or so S-300 systems. Airplanes and pilots are expensive. But they've absolutely been ramping up air operations in the past several months. But in general, why send in a jet when a standoff missile will do the same job with less risk? This by Andrei Martyanov (who's a US citizen fwiw) is worth a watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWS7kaHzRNw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWS7kaHzRNw
- imtringued 4y agoGood thing we have the A-10 to prop up the friendly fire statistics.