@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 month ago'Russian bombers are burning en masse' — Ukraine's SBU drones hit 'more than 40' aircraft in mass attack, source claimskyivindependent.comexternal-linkmessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1496cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink20•1 month agoAn aircraft hit by explosive is usually pretty much unairworthy, at least for some times.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•1 month agoAnd I’m guessing Russia doesn’t have much of a supply of usable spare parts for all these aircraft.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink12•1 month agoSome of these aircraft are leftovers from the USSR days and were built in Ukraine so there are no parts and no facilities in Russia to make them. For the modern ones, Russia is having trouble getting the parts due to sanctions, even with all the help from China.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 month agoI’m a particular fan of Ukrainians destroying Ukrainian built war equipment in use by Russians. It’s beautiful.
An aircraft hit by explosive is usually pretty much unairworthy, at least for some times.
And I’m guessing Russia doesn’t have much of a supply of usable spare parts for all these aircraft.
Some of these aircraft are leftovers from the USSR days and were built in Ukraine so there are no parts and no facilities in Russia to make them.
For the modern ones, Russia is having trouble getting the parts due to sanctions, even with all the help from China.
I’m a particular fan of Ukrainians destroying Ukrainian built war equipment in use by Russians. It’s beautiful.