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Another Ukranian anti-aircraft missile unit shared their kill marks. (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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https://t.me/in_factum/25429

One of our calculations of the S-300PS air defense system (possibly of the 208th Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade) shares its frag_list

The first three UAVs (first row from the top) are Russian "Forpost" UAVs.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Likely lots of factors.

  • so many shot down there are fewer to fly
  • sanctions hurting repair channels meaning they fly fewer hours to reduce maintenance demands
  • longer range Ukrainian missiles exceed the useful operational range of helicopters so to use them they'd have to station them inside Ukrainian missile range
  • Lack of trained pilots? We know that Russian army trainers were put to the front lines (and liquidated), it wouldn't surprised me if this was also done to helicopter trainers so now that they are dead the pipeline for new pilots is drastically reduced.
[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Not only longer range but also highly mobile air defense supplied by NATO countries specially designed to take on helicopters.