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F-16 Shoots Down Russian Su-35 Over Kursk! | First F-16 Air-to-Air Kill of the War
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Slava Ukraini! Whoever wins the air war wins the war.
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Ooof, how much more embarassed does Putin want to be? I would be suing for peace hard right now if I was him.
I mean no offense to the F-16 but what the hell was the Su-35 thinking?
Not that any platform can't launch an AA missile but in most respects the Su-35 heavily outclasses the F-16, which is why this is such a PR win for Ukraine (compare Su-35 to a more modern F-15 at least in capability of airframe yes I know it is single seat).
From march 11th
Yuriy Ignat, a former spokesperson for Ukraine’s Air Force Command, made a striking statement about the country’s newly acquired F-16 fighter jets. Speaking to Ukrainian media, Ignat said the planes, provided by Western partners, are not modern enough to compete effectively with Russia’s Su-35 aircraft in one-on-one air combat.
AHAHAHAHAHA
spills coffee on my armchair
Putin can't sue for peace. The wartime economy is the only thing holding Russia up. He's fucked himself right into the ground.
He probably won't say outright, but he absolutely can and will do so through evolving the war into performative shows of military force in response to devastating evidence Russia is decisively losing.
From what I have seen that is already happening.
Maybe that's why he's a FORMER spokesperson. "GTFO you buzzkill!"
