No one in history has ever shot down an early warning aircraft
The Ukrainian Armed Forces accomplished what was considered impossible: no one in history has ever shot down an early warning aircraft A-50 AWACS.
No one in history has ever shot down an early warning aircraft
The Ukrainian Armed Forces accomplished what was considered impossible: no one in history has ever shot down an early warning aircraft A-50 AWACS.
Me wondering if the Ukranians are just that good, or if the Russians are just that inept.
“Yes”.
the Ukrainians are clearly quite good by now, having held off an intense aggressor for this long… this kill is a good indication that they’re just getting better and better…
I don’t think this was particularly hard. If WWIII broke out I’d expect these would be an early target of anyone trying to get air superiority, and so a lot would be shot down. These are not cheap planes to run - not only do you have to pay for crew and fuel, but also a lot of people to look at the data they generate. You don’t expect minor countries to even have one - even Russia only has 10. As such I doubt they normally are even in a situation where there is a possibility to shooting them down.