An overview of the recent losses by the Russian air force and overall situation for their readiness. Kind of a follow-up on some questions I asked on other posts here.

    • muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      U saw har far behind the lines the latest big fuck off command plane thing was. Seems awfully long distance to be a missile.

        • NoiseColor@startrek.website
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          9 months ago

          Yes, I’m just surprised they still have those. They are really in a bad shape right now and these few downed airplanes don’t mean much.

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            9 months ago

            these few downed airplanes don’t mean much

            The article is talking about a possible death spiral of the Russian air force. I think that means something.

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              9 months ago

              A lot of hopium. Same stuff we heard since the start of the war. First it was food, then equipment, then shells, troops, missiles,… And looking at the the Russian army today it’s fed, well equipped, as many shells as they need, new drones, missiles in production, planes in production. Not to mention new motivation as they see the west faltering in their resolve to help Ukraine. Russia is in war economy, unfortunately it’s not running out of anything anytime soon. They are not that stupid and will adapt if the losses become unmanageable.

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                8 months ago

                And looking at the the Russian army today it’s fed, well equipped,

                Lol, no, it is not

                Too many deserters showing up severely malnourished for that to be the case

                Too many documented cases of unusable or plain fake equipment, like plastic helmets, or artillery rounds missing propellant, rusted rifles, etc