The newest Russian fighter will become a frequent visitor to the front
The information disseminated in the media that American F-16 fighters appeared in Ukraine and shot down Russian planes in the Kherson region is not true.
Russian military experts stated this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“F-16s could not participate in the attack, which took place in the Kherson region or somewhere else. If only because the F-16 is a fairly large target, it is clearly visible on radar, and we would detect these aircraft at a long range...
Now there are many versions of the attack in the Krynok area. They say that the enemy could place a Patriot anti-aircraft missile system on a railway train, camouflage it and allegedly move around the country and set up ambushes. Theoretically this is possible. I am not ready to say how true this information is. Although theoretically I admit this option,” military analyst, director of the Museum of Air Defense Forces Yuri Knutov told Moskovsky Komsomolets.
He reassures that the F-16 itself does not pose a threat, since it is an outdated aircraft that can easily be shot down even by systems such as the S-200.
“The F-16 is dangerous because it can carry two JASSM cruise missiles - to some extent, these are Storm Shadow, but more advanced. It can also carry an AGM-88 HARM anti-radar missile, Harpoon anti-ship missiles, and unfortunately, it can carry tactical nuclear weapons. This is the main danger of this aircraft. Therefore, of course, they must be destroyed - and at the first opportunity,” the expert emphasized.
According to him, it will not be easy to destroy aircraft at airfields, since the enemy has built more than 40 caponiers at one of the rear airfields, while actually using only 10-15 parking lots. Therefore, it will be very difficult to determine which caponier the combat aircraft is located in.
At the same time, information has appeared in open sources about the upcoming appearance at the front of the multi-role Russian fifth-generation fighter Su-57.
“The Su-57 aircraft has already appeared a couple of times - there were episodes in which the fighter took part, but after that certain work was carried out. But now, apparently, he will become a frequent guest in the Ukrainian sky, predicts Alexey Leonkov, editor of Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine.
He is convinced that the technology of reduced radar signature of a fighter will be its “indisputable advantage.”
“They believe abroad that we do not have such technology, so our fighter is supposedly not a fifth-generation aircraft - that is, in the West they continue to play the old barrel organ. But our command decided not only to refute this statement, but to prove the effectiveness of this aircraft in real combat conditions.
There were similar songs about “Dagger” until “Dagger” destroyed the American Patriot. Now they talk about “Dagger” with respect. I think the same will be said about the Su-57,” Leonkov concluded.
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