Ukraine - Russia Conflict

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Source: A MiG-29 Pilot’s Inside Account Of The Changing Air War Over Ukraine

R-37M is forcing Ukrainian pilot to fly low and dive in order to avoid it. You can't gain air superiority if enemy forces you defensive. So in that regard Su-35S combo with R-37M is doing a perfect job. Plus, as I said R-77M is now under serial production. It has 200kms range, dual-pulse solid rocket motor and AESA seeker. Once US/NATO decide to send those F-16s/F-18s to Ukraine, Russians would use R-77M to destroy these US fighters.
Forbes said the R 37M's hard kill was not much, mainly to force the Ukrainian aircraft to turn, which is consistent with what I said about its lack of motility
 
Forbes said the R 37M's hard kill was not much, mainly to force the Ukrainian aircraft to turn, which is consistent with what I said about its lack of motility
Ability to force your enemy to go cold and defensive is very important in BVR combat. Honestly, had Su-34s succeeded in SEAD/DEAD, then Su-35S and Su-30SM would have turned mince-meat of Ukrainian air force. But because of S-300 they can't go close and hunt them down.

I was a great fan of Su-34 before this war. But now it's obvious that Rafale>> Su-34. Rafales would have destroyed Ukrainian S-300s with aplomb, something Su-34 failed to achieve.

Also, despite western propaganda, I think Su-35S, Su-30SM and Mig-31M have performed exceedingly well.
 
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Ability to force your enemy to go cold and defensive is very important in BVR combat. Honestly, had Su-34s succeeded in SEAD/DEAD, then Su-35S and Su-30SM would have turned mince-meat of Ukrainian air force. But because of S-300 they can't go close and hunt them down.

I was a great fan of Su-34 before this war. But now it's obvious that Rafale>> Su-34. Rafales would have destroyed Ukrainian S-300s with aplomb, something Su-34 failed to achieve.

Also, despite western propaganda, I think Su-35S, Su-30SM and Mig-31M have performed exceedingly well.
The biggest revelation of the war was that the SEAD mission required a variety of aircraft, and the Su-34 was not very good, Suppressing the Soviet-era S 300V is still possible, but Russia lacks the relevant electronic warfare equipment and sophisticated C 4I capabilities, If Russia had a few J 16d and Y 9g, the outcome would be very different
 
You literally believe what took to destroy the dam was a single 5T box packed with explosives? Where did you get that from, Looney Tunes?

:ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
'Tons of explosives.' Sorry @randomradio, you're wrong again. Becoming something of a pattern.



Telling since ages, the Tanks are outdated before 90s itself.
Let's put this in perspective, Russia was losing dozens of BMPs per day during its major offensives. It was using them up faster than a family with diarrhoea uses sheets of toilet paper.

Progress has been made.

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The biggest revelation of the war was that the SEAD mission required a variety of aircraft, and the Su-34 was not very good, Suppressing the Soviet-era S 300V is still possible, but Russia lacks the relevant electronic warfare equipment and sophisticated C 4I capabilities, If Russia had a few J 16d and Y 9g, the outcome would be very different
Su-34 failed because Russia doesn't have advance targeting pods and lack of PGMs and LGBs. Going down low to target your enemy with dumb bombs is so retarded in this age and time, especially when your enemy has dense IADS and plethora of MANPADs. Only Rafale can make this low and fast work because of its uncanny ability to fly extremely low and extremely fast plus using Hammer on its target.


Telling since ages, the Tanks are outdated before 90s itself.
Lol, no. Tanks will evolve to tackle the new threats. This is war, jets will be shot and tanks destroyed. What else did you expect?
 
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Hope he gives them hell:

In the Bryansk region, for several hours now, they have been looking for an armed conscript who left the military unit. He has a Kalashnikov assault rifle with him and 120 rounds of ammunition for it.

 
Su-34 failed because Russia doesn't have advance targeting pods and lack of PGMs and LGBs. Going down low to target your enemy with dumb bombs is so retarded in this age and time, especially when your enemy has dense IADS and plethora of MANPADs. Only Rafale can make this low and fast work because of its uncanny ability to fly extremely low and extremely fast plus using on its target.
Russia does lack targeting pods, but this is mainly used for close support, Russia didn't attack the S 300 with iron bombs, Russia has enough KH 31,What Russia lacks is the ability to pinpoint the Ukrainian S 300 and lacks the soft kill,Russia lacks something like the ALQ 184 or EA 18G,Does the Rafale have a dedicated SEAD missile?
 
They've almost reached the curve in the railway line to the south of Bakhmut, so a few km further than the earlier map.
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Is this AASM? This is a guided bomb, not an anti-radiation munition
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French air force reintegrated the SEAD mission into its competencies by using the resources of the SPECTRA electronic warfare system combined with the SAR mode (synthetic aperture radar calculating a radar image of the ground) of the Rafale's RBE2 radar, which makes it possible to guide a non-specialised munition (GBU or AASM) on the coordinates of the enemy's defence radar emission.
 
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Russia does lack targeting pods, but this is mainly used for close support, Russia didn't attack the S 300 with iron bombs, Russia has enough KH 31,What Russia lacks is the ability to pinpoint the Ukrainian S 300 and lacks the soft kill,Russia lacks something like the ALQ 184 or EA 18G,Does the Rafale have a dedicated SEAD missile?
Targeting pods like Litening allow to pin-point SAM batteries, troop formation and other high value static or stationary targets. This is a big miss, IMO.

Rafale doesn't have SEAD missiles, but it can use Hammer and Scalp-EG to achieve DEAD.
Is this AASM? This is a guided bomb, not an anti-radiation munition
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Yes, but thanks to Rafale's low level penetration ability and SPECTRA, Rafale achieves DEAD better than most planes. It also has Scalp-EG to attack from standalone distance.
 
French air force reintegrated the SEAD mission into its competencies by using the resources of the SPECTRA electronic warfare system combined with the SAR mode (synthetic aperture radar calculating a radar image of the ground) of the Rafale's RBE2 radar, which makes it possible to guide a non-specialised munition (GBU or AASM) on the coordinates of the enemy's defence radar emission.
This weapon should be within 20KM of the target, which is very dangerous, even if the anti-aircraft gun can shoot you down, SAR patterns are common, and most radars have
 
Yes, but thanks to Rafale's low level penetration ability and SPECTRA, Rafale achieves DEAD better than most planes. It also has to attack from standalone distance
This is equivalent to air bombing, and Russia's use of iron bombs what is the difference, but you throw a bit accurate, even the United States is developing AGM88G,Scalp-EG is a cruise missile similar to AKF 98A and AGM 158,Not anti-radiation munitions