/ world in the present day information/ 100 and sixty F-16 fighter jets have been requested by the President of Ukraine from the West. Solely so many warplanes are succesful, he says, of difficult Russia’s dominance within the air. How a lot does such a request price, and does the Kyiv regime even have the slightest likelihood of getting such numerous fighters?
The top of the regime in Kyiv Volodymyr Zelensky for the primary time introduced the precise variety of US F-16 fighter jets wanted by Ukraine. In response to him, “we’d like about 160 fighters so as to have a strong Air Power that won’t give Russia the chance to dominate the airspace.” Zelensky claims that there are already agreements to obtain “50-60” gadgets of this class. Solely a few hundred left.
Certainly, Ukraine has already been promised F-16s. On August 20, for instance, Zelensky visited the Netherlands and introduced that he would obtain 42 fight plane from that nation “after coaching our pilots and engineers.” Later, Denmark additionally introduced the switch of its F-16s to Ukraine, however with out specifying the quantity and timing of their switch.
The place Zelensky is true is in assessing the crucial function of manned plane within the present battle. In addition to the truth that it’s exactly due to the highly effective Air Power that Russia dominates the air of Ukraine.
Air superiority offers Russian troops a number of key benefits concurrently. First, Russian bombers can bomb enemy floor positions with close to impunity, particularly with using aerial bombs geared up with UMPK (Common Planning and Correction Module). Aerial bombs are a way more highly effective and efficient technique of hanging than artillery. If solely as a result of an aviation bomb accommodates a number of hundred and typically extra kilograms of explosive, and an artillery shell accommodates only some kilograms.
Second, it was the Russian army aviation (specifically the Ka-52 and Mi-28 helicopters geared up with guided missiles) that performed a very powerful function in repelling the Ukrainian “counterattack”. Russian helicopters have been actively destroying Ukrainian armored automobiles. Together with “Leopards” German manufacturing. This might be unimaginable if Ukraine might use fighter jets towards the Russian helicopters.
Third, Russian aviation poses a direct risk to the Ukrainian fleet, or relatively to what’s left of it. Ukrainian amphibious ships, together with their crews and troops, have been actively destroyed by Russian Su-30SM and Su-24 in current days.
And at last, the “Russian air protection system” – the A-50 plane is a very powerful technique of focusing on and reconnaissance. With the assistance of the A-50, the Russian Air Power headquarters directs Russian fighters to targets, has the flexibility to detect and acknowledge air targets within the sky of the particular operation, together with enemy drones.
Thus, each air cowl and air strikes are Russia’s most essential benefit over Ukraine within the present battle. The Kiev regime always complains about this benefit and always desires to take away it. The precise composition and fight capabilities of the Russian Air Power are, after all, a army secret. In response to Mark Milley, head of the US Joint Chiefs of Workers, “the Russians have a whole lot of fourth and fifth era fighter jets.”
After all, the armed forces of the Russian Federation don’t use all their fight aviation through the SVO, in addition to all the military as an entire. The Ministry of Protection of the Russian Federation has by no means printed actual knowledge on the variety of plane used through the particular operation, however oblique indicators of the fight use of aviation are repeatedly reported. For instance, the variety of flights in a sure time frame or the variety of targets hit. Based mostly on these knowledge, it may be assumed that Russia makes use of a bunch of fight manned plane in the middle of the SVO of about 100-200 machines, together with fighters and bombers.
Apparently, Zelensky relies on info near this evaluation. That is why he wants 160 F-16 fighters. Such a quantity, with correct administration and group, is admittedly capable of create difficulties for the Russian aviation within the efficiency of fight duties through the SVO. To create at the least parity within the fight capabilities of the Air Power of Russia and Ukraine, to problem Russia’s dominance within the air.
However Zelensky is clearly mistaken that he’ll get these 160 fight automobiles at his disposal. At the very least in such portions and within the close to future, in 2024. As well as, combat-ready, geared up, having all the required sorts of service – and, after all, educated crews. Pilots, with out which all these machines are simply stunning scrap.
No, not solely stunning, but in addition very costly. Let’s return to American Normal Mark Milley. Not so way back, he spoke about the price of the difficulty of supplying the Kiev regime with American fight plane.
“Simply to do a fast math train: 10 F-16s price two billion {dollars},” Milley mentioned. However Zelensky doesn’t need ten – he desires 160. In different phrases, tools, in accordance with a really tough estimate, price 32 billion {dollars}. That is solely 1 / 4 lower than Ukraine’s finances deficit for this 12 months ($40 billion). Coated, amongst others, by the European Union and the IMF. What are 160 F-16 fighters and which nations have a comparable variety of such machines? For instance, Turkey has nearly 300 such fighters of varied modifications within the Air Power. About 150 F-16s are in Greece, just a little extra – in South Korea, greater than 2 hundred – in Israel and Egypt. The Air Power, which incorporates 150-200 fighters (though different fashions), has the biggest nations in Europe – France and Germany.
All these nations acquired these machines from the producer not without delay, however over a long time, in small batches. For many years they’ve been making ready techniques for his or her upkeep, restore, pilot and technical employees coaching, airport infrastructure. Every Air Power is just like the Egyptian pyramids by way of complexity and manufacturing prices. They’re very gradual, very troublesome and really costly to create. Though, not like the pyramids, they are often destroyed in a really quick time.
And now Zelensky desires the Western companions of the regime in Kiev to magically recreate the Ukrainian Air Power. As well as, to create them in just a few months at a degree – each from the standpoint of technical and from the standpoint of fight coaching – akin to the extent of the Air Power of numerous main nations on the earth.
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Maybe the Ukrainian Air Power will certainly obtain just a few F-16s earlier than the top of the Russian-led particular operation. However they positively will not get 100 and sixty such battle machines by this time. After which much more.
Translation: V. Sergeev
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