Why is it so difficult for Ukraine to provide any visual evidence of their numerical claims? like 12 russian aircrafts shot down in 2 weeks and the only visual evidence was some grass on fire by farmers. They were able to show satellite data of aircrafts that get hit by drones with what airbase they were in but why are they having difficulty with that now?
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There is absolutely nothing in that post confirming that Russian aircraft were not damaged and towed off the airfield into hangars. I'm not making the claim that Ukraine's reporting was accurate. Reporting from the Ukrainian Government is often inflated and exaggerated for propaganda purposes. But the exact same thing is true of Russia. They do everything in their power to exaggerate their battlefield success and they try to hide any significant damage done to their armed forces. They literally employed mobile crematoriums early in the conflict so that they wouldn't have to ship thousands of dead soldiers back home to Russia in body bags and spook the population.
I mean I never had any high expectancy for their current electronics but the reason the news is considered significant is they domestically made that satellite without any kind of western assistance. Its like I dont expect a very certain country to immediately make 3 stream cycle engines for their 5th gen but a low bypass ratio engine would be good enough for them and their airspace to defend against any kind of aerial threats at high altitude performance. The goal is more towards to good enough for a conflict and then you can improve those conditions whenever you want.
36 minutes could be enough for their targetted interest in Ukraine like incoming military formations or identifying any supply houses with military equipment. Of course one satellite wont be able to predict missile and drone strikes because they can hit russian targets in less than 30 minutes but air defenses seem sufficient enough to deal with them based on the we ukrainians just launched 40+ drones news and seeing the end results that they amounted to nothing.
I mean do they really have to care if there is a dummy F-16 or a F-16? Aircrafts need airfields to fly from and the Geran and missile production is enough to target them throughout ukraine. Also a simple google search told me there are like 12 airfields in Ukraine that are suitable for F-16s, Russia has enough missiles or drones for that.
I mean it will be hard to move F-16s around if your airfields are all destroyed, airfields just dont walk around with legs. I mean I have seen F-16s land on car roads but eastern europe is not known for having the best road condition where one little pot hole at high speed landing might fuck up the entire aircraft and considering its Ukraine we are talking about with a major war going on for 2 years and barely that great economically, in which yeah I am not betting on that..... Even if they do somehow have the best car road conditions. They will have to keep constant communication coordination with trucks that specifially carry its fuel and ammunition. those trucks have to be constantly moving around to not get targetted by Gerans and even they need to resupply on fuel assuming the gas stations dont get targetted and you will need to constantly swich comms with other fuel and ammo trucks. All the F-16 landing on car roads all looked pre-coordinated by the military in those videos which means you will need more than truckers that will tell you what highway they are like I am in interstate 70 will not be enough for the F-16 pilot to where you are are in interstate 70 and if you did get lucky seeing those trucks parks and land nearby they will need to reposition themselves towards you with the fuel and the ammunition to be loaded which will be a timely process assuming you dont get hit from a missile or drone.
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