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Actually they downed 2. First above Azov sea Jan 14th 2024, which Russians furiously claimed that it was work of their own SAM. Second 23rd of February, where w

Actually they downed 2. First above Azov sea Jan 14th 2024, which Russians furiously claimed that it was work of their own SAM. Second 23rd of February, where was also a video of A50 dropping flares and then getting hit. Furthermore there is one A50 getting attacked by FPV while on Airport in Belarus on Feb 26th 2023 and attack on Taganrog service airbase in March 2024 where hangar was targeted, according to satellite one A50 destroyed. That makes 4 of 6 lost?

rainworld 3y ago
One FF more or less admitted, maybe two. In the later case we have the missile launch on tape. No Ukies anywhere close. Belarus a hilariously wasted opportunity. Taganrog on tape flying away the next day. So in short, 1–2 destroyed, 0/4 destroyed by Ukraine. Also, even Budallo said six A-50U remaining. Also, they are not “irreplacable”. A-50U production got restarted, there’s a number of airframes to upgrade/refurbish, plus there’s the A-100 project.
- tibbydudeza 3y ago
  A100 project has been talked about for years and Ukraine already drone striked the plant where the A50 refurbishments happen (there is only one in Russia thanks to central planning). It smacked into the hangar where the damaged A50 from Belarus was being repaired. Cold war relic and in the mean time NATO is flying off in international waters near the Black Sea sending back telemetry and signals data to Kyiv - not the kind of war that Russia ever thought about.
  - rainworld 3y ago
    Nice little touchdown it was. But that’s all it was. At least there was some doubt and ambiguity then; these days it’s just plain parallel universes: https://x.com/chronology22/status/1776661958827151663 https://x.com/chronology22/status/1776661958827151663 >not the kind of war Russia ever thought about Did the NATO ubermenschen of March ‘22 imagine getting themselves fried in musty old Soviet bunkers? Did they imagine they’d end up burning a cool quarter trillion and still lose? Did they picture their fancy schmancy hangar queens stuck deep in mud, being among the easiest prey for the new threats? Did they picture entire Patriot batteries gone in one strike? Did they unironically think they could “just drive around” or punch through the minefields? Did they ever consider the logistics of something that wasn’t a three week airland wet dream? Barrels? Shells? Did Ukropians think twice before dooming themselves demographically and economically, for updoots and likes? Good news, this isn’t even the funny part yet.
- TheLoafOfBread 3y ago
  After 4 were destroyed, they stopped appearing in Azov sea. If it would be just a FF, they could have solved it by improving AA processes, but Russians stopped using A50 in general.

rainworld 3y ago

One FF more or less admitted, maybe two. In the later case we have the missile launch on tape. No Ukies anywhere close. Belarus a hilariously wasted opportunity. Taganrog on tape flying away the next day. So in short, 1–2 destroyed, 0/4 destroyed by Ukraine. Also, even Budallo said six A-50U remaining. Also, they are not “irreplacable”. A-50U production got restarted, there’s a number of airframes to upgrade/refurbish, plus there’s the A-100 project.

tibbydudeza 3y ago
A100 project has been talked about for years and Ukraine already drone striked the plant where the A50 refurbishments happen (there is only one in Russia thanks to central planning). It smacked into the hangar where the damaged A50 from Belarus was being repaired. Cold war relic and in the mean time NATO is flying off in international waters near the Black Sea sending back telemetry and signals data to Kyiv - not the kind of war that Russia ever thought about.
- rainworld 3y ago
  Nice little touchdown it was. But that’s all it was. At least there was some doubt and ambiguity then; these days it’s just plain parallel universes: https://x.com/chronology22/status/1776661958827151663 https://x.com/chronology22/status/1776661958827151663 >not the kind of war Russia ever thought about Did the NATO ubermenschen of March ‘22 imagine getting themselves fried in musty old Soviet bunkers? Did they imagine they’d end up burning a cool quarter trillion and still lose? Did they picture their fancy schmancy hangar queens stuck deep in mud, being among the easiest prey for the new threats? Did they picture entire Patriot batteries gone in one strike? Did they unironically think they could “just drive around” or punch through the minefields? Did they ever consider the logistics of something that wasn’t a three week airland wet dream? Barrels? Shells? Did Ukropians think twice before dooming themselves demographically and economically, for updoots and likes? Good news, this isn’t even the funny part yet.
TheLoafOfBread 3y ago
After 4 were destroyed, they stopped appearing in Azov sea. If it would be just a FF, they could have solved it by improving AA processes, but Russians stopped using A50 in general.