Since the attack on Ukraine, the Russian military has been increasingly spotted taking seemingly desperate protective measures against Ukrainian attacks (keyword: car tires). Welded together metal cages are currently intended to protect fighter jets from kamikaze drone impacts. However, the effect is questionable.
With the new protection measure (see tweet below), the Russian Air Force is apparently responding to the recent attacks by the Ukrainian army on its bases in Russia.
“Looks a bit weird”
“It looks a bit strange,” American broadcaster CNN quoted aviation and maritime expert Steffan Watkins as saying. “They are really trying to do everything they can to better protect their aircraft. Whether it works depends on what type of drone or warhead is used to attack.”
Repeated attacks on Russian air bases
Just last week, at least four Il-76 transport aircraft were damaged or destroyed in an attack on Russia’s Pskov air base near the Estonian border. It is unclear which weapons were used to attack Pskov. Various kamikaze drones, but also cruise missiles developed by Ukraine, which could bridge the distance of 700 kilometers between Pskov and the Ukrainian border, are among the possibilities. At the end of last year, Engels-2 air base was also targeted twice by attacks suspected of being carried out by kamikaze drones.
Russians equip their bombers with old car tires
Last week, satellite images emerged showing that the Russian air force was preparing its bombers with old car tires to increase protection against drone attacks. However, this strategy is surprising when you consider that car tires can become extremely hot and even overheat. In the worst case, they catch fire and blow or burn for hours.
Russian air defenses shot down a drone over Crimea
Meanwhile, Russian air defenses shot down a drone in the northwest of the Crimean peninsula. The Russian head of the peninsula’s government, Sergei Aksyonov, announced this on Saturday evening. Earlier, a fire broke out at a military unit in Simferopol.
Source: Krone
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