Hier nog een hypothese over de vernietiging van Russische AA wat we de laatste tijd gezien hebben:
The Western Satellites are seeking Russian Air Defenses
— Patricia Marins (@pati_marins64) 5 juni 2024
During the last 45 days, 3 Russian anti-air complexes like the S-300 and S-400 were totally or partially destroyed by Ukrainian western-operated missiles. The last one was 48 km inside Russian territory, and had its… pic.twitter.com/dA6lak4HsY
The Western Satellites are seeking Russian Air Defenses
During the last 45 days, 3 Russian anti-air complexes like the S-300 and S-400 were totally or partially destroyed by Ukrainian western-operated missiles. The last one was 48 km inside Russian territory, and had its position informed by western allies who located the system by satellites and provided the coordinates for the Ukrainian Army.
Now, the Russians are moving Buk and Pantsir batteries to reinforce the uncovered perimeters. As I mentioned in a previous post, the Russian complexes were completely without any integration, similar to the recent S-400. It had only four 5P85SM2-01 launchers with 16 48N6DM missiles and one six-channel 92N6 illumination radar. Against this, Ukraine used some HIMARS batteries successfully overloading the launchers.
But why are the Western allies hunting these batteries knowing that the Russians have several dozen of these divisions with more than a thousand launchers? The answer is that deploying new systems takes time to move, time to set up and more time to integrate the systems.
The Western allies are analyzing by satellite, how long Russia takes to deploy a new system and all the deployment process to cover a region.
Then another question comes to mind: Can the Russians deploy Buk M3, Tor-2M, or Pantsir systems quickly to cover that zone? Yes, but these systems are even easier to overload, and we can't compare.
They have a shorter range and aren’t as efficient against missiles. The latest upgrades in some S-300 and S-400 Triumph systems gave them good performance against most missiles.
Why are the allies adopting this strategy on Russian anti-air complexes?
Either they are planning large deliveries of missiles for Ukraine and are opening the way, or they are timing how long it takes Russia to perform each task related to anti-air systems, probably considering larger operations to create intervals to operate and protect the F-16 in the future.