Reports That Ukraine Is About To Get 70 Donated Fighter Jets Don’t Add Up
There are big timetable and quantity issues with the claim that 70 Soviet-era jets will be joining the Ukrainian Air Force.
There are big timetable and quantity issues with the claim that 70 Soviet-era jets will be joining the Ukrainian Air Force.
A few EU countries still have jets similar to ones that Ukraine flies, which would allow them to be rushed into combat.
F-16s appear to have remained in Azerbaijan long after Turkey sent them there for an exercise months ago, despite denials from Ankara and Baku.
Both sides have various types of ballistic missiles and Azerbaijan’s use of these weapons, if confirmed, could prompt a major escalation.
The Armenian claim, which is so far unsubstantiated, follows days of major fighting with Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
The Su-25 Frogfoot isn’t much of an air-to-air fighter, but its Vikhr anti-tank missiles can ruin another aircraft’s day under the right circumstances. In this case, the Russian missile’s high-explosive anti-tank warhead ends the bomber’s life quite spectacularly.
Reports state that a shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile took the jet down.
Reports of two separate incidents, weeks apart, sound almost too similar to just be a coincidence.