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Ukraine likely destroyed 3 of Russia's prized S-400 missile systems worth $1.5 billion, weakening its air defenses, says UK intel (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] intelisense@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Prep work for the F-16s, I think...

[–] dyslexicjedi@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That was exactly my thoughts too. Attack air defense while you train with F-16 so you can try to establish air dominance when they are ready.

[–] flying_monkies@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I wonder if the pilots are getting SEAD training with an eye towards future support packages including HARM. The platform is the wildest of weasels.