this post was submitted on 02 Mar 2024

80 points (97.6% liked)

Ukraine

8251 readers

598 users here now

News and discussion related to Ukraine

*Sympathy for enemy combatants is prohibited.

*No content depicting extreme violence or gore.

*Posts containing combat footage should include [Combat] in title

*Combat videos containing any footage of a visible human must be flagged NSFW

Donate to support Ukraine's Defense

Donate to support Humanitarian Aid

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

lisko@sopuli.xyz

doo@sh.itjust.works

Burstar@sopuli.xyz

80

Russia Building More Dated A-50 Radar Planes Is Desperate But May Be Necessary (www.twz.com)

submitted 8 months ago by tal@lemmy.today to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

11 comments fedilink hide all child comments

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/7336903

Speaking yesterday, Sergei Chemezov, the head of Russia’s Rostec state defense conglomerate, said that production of the A-50 would be restarted, according to a report from the state-run TASS news agency.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 3 points 8 months ago

I'd bet they really end up cobbling together a couple more from the scrap heaps they parked years ago. At one point they had a couple dozen. But it seems only a few were operational.