Just so we are on the same page, infrared sees ballistic missile 1,200kms away, sees aircrafts more than 30kms away and on radar sees aircrafts 200 miles away?
clearly not, because I point out the ability for the APG-81 to track objects while you dismissed the whole thing as DAS (only) tracking. You could see the whole tracking in this video
and on 1:53 you could see a consistent APG-81 track while DAS momentarily tracked the debris.
The thing with Billie Flynn interview is that we don't know the rules of engagement (RoE) of said exercise, he said that he detected the enemy at 200 miles= 321km away, but we don't and prolly wont know if that's the max detection range because ALL exercise are all rigged. This is like saying the Indian air force >>>> USAF because the Indian air force reportedly knocked the USAF in 2004.
In February, U.S. fighter pilots participated in their first air-combat exercise with the air force of India. The results were shocking. According to comments made the same month by Representative Randy . . .
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But we don't know what kind of limitations imposed on the US pilots in those exercise, we don't know when they could turn on their radar , the scenario in which they operate or even the size of the airspace used in the exercise.
Billie Flynn said he detect object at 200 miles, but he didn't say what object he detects or if its the maximum possible track an APG-81 could do.
Radars spec especially sophisticated ones like the APG-81 are closely guarded secret, the military won't tell its true performance, manufacturers only gives you general idea of the performance and professional aviator like Billie Flynn CERTAINLY won't blow the entire thing by mentioning the real radar capability in a YouTube interview.
if the apg-70 sees a 3m2 target at 200kms but the irbis sees a 3m2 target from 350kms
Source ?
I am assuming that if you are saying 2000 MBTs than the ghost of kyiv must be real for you as well
Actually I said 2000+ MBT + AFV/IFV, and that's a visually confirmed one based on Oryxspioenkop data.
Russian latest losses
Tanks 671
Armoured Fighting Vehicles 365
Infantry Fighting Vehicles 721
Armoured Personnel Carriers 108
Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicles 26
Infantry Mobility Vehicles 109
Command Posts And Communications Stations 74
Engineering Vehicles And Equipment 141,
Self-Propelled Anti-Tank Missile Systems 14
Self-Propelled Artillery 113
Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Guns 15
Grand total = 2357 armored fighting vehicles lost off all type and size.
In a war of attrition you can't just count equipment, you also have to count available soldiers. Ukraine had a population of about 40 million, how many of those are fighting age men? A few million people are already under Russian administration or wish they'd be, maybe 1/6 of the country, leaving 33 million. Of the rest, many are too old or too young or women, leaving maybe a third of that, so 11 million. What proportion of them is actually physically able and willing to fight? How many men have already fled? How many might be willing to defend their hometown or house, but wouldn't join the army for operations in other parts of Ukraine? The pool of available soldiers is maybe as small as 5 million men and there's no new supply as the children have already left and their wives are now living in the west, potentially meeting new partners.
Russia started this war with ~190K troops, 1/3 might have been destroyed....mobilizations not an option for Putin and it would not help him btw.
Ukraine are on its way to reach a million men in arms right now.
As long as Russia keeps killing a large number of Ukrainian soldiers every week, their recruitment and morale is worsening and at some point people will refuse to fight if fighting means certain death. If Russia kills 20% of the 5 million potential fighters, the rest will flee or surrender
I would have believed this if not for the fact that Russia is now nowhere to be seen in Kyiv, Sumy, Chernihiv and Kharkiv.