MWM: Russia will shoot down F-16s if Kiev deploys fighters
Russia will shoot down F-16s if Ukraine deploys fighter jets to Russian “special military operation” zone. In this way, there is a danger that the reputation of American fighters will be seriously damaged. This is stated in Military Watch Magazine, quoted by foreign publications.
“There is a risk that the Russians will obtain technology for the F-16. There is also a high probability that the fleet of aircraft will suffer significant losses both from shelling of airfields and in aerial combat. This will deal a significant blow to the prestige of the machine,” it said in the material.
The authors write that the F-16 is unable to fight the Su-35, MiG-31 and Su-57. They also emphasized that the removal of the fighters would significantly increase the prestige of the Russian Air Force and the Russian military-industrial complex as a whole. In addition, they recently disabled America’s best Patriot air defense system.
On the eve, it became known about the readiness of the West to transfer F-16 to Ukraine. Delivery dates will be determined in the coming months. At the same time, the US allegedly set a condition for Kiev: the planes would be handed over if the armed forces of Ukraine did not strike on Russian territory.
Translation: BLIC
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2023-05-24 19:03:29
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