Quote from: suchmoon on August 29, 2023, 11:03:26 PM

Quote from: LTU_btc on August 29, 2023, 11:02:10 PM

And now there is big drone attack onnPskov airport, there is reports about 4 damaged Il-76 transport planes
https://t.me/shot_shot/56299
Interesting part that Pskov isn't somehwere close to Ukraine, but nearby to Russian border with Latvia and Estonia.

Z-tards noticed that and started making shit up about NATO attacking them:

Quote from: https://t.me/wingsofwar/15403

However, there is a nuance - the Baltic countries are much closer. And these countries are part of NATO. Have you really decided to be so bold?

Can't wait for our resident kremlinists to parse that one out.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-military-repelling-drone-attack-pskov-four-planes-damaged-officials-2023-08-29/

This is a very peculiar attack, firstly because it occurs far from the front, second because it has to be done from either inside Ruzzia or from the nearby border (I cannot discard that operatives could use NATO territory to launch the attack to be honest).

However, what I find more interesting is the target, the ILUs. These are similar to AWACS (quite large planes with a huge radar array) which are used to keep track of war planes. One or more reasons that could be economical:

- Expensive - these are super-high value targets.
- Scarce - Ruzzia does not have a lot, and they are quite difficult to produce or repair.

Or could be a preparation for an scenario in which Ukraine finally gets some decent Western 4th gen fighters and removing some ILUs would help to gain a degree of air superiority even if local and time limited.

Other less likely reasons are simply to provide Ukraine with a detection advantage. I am thinking that Meteor missile could do an impressive job out Ruzzia's jets provided you can see them first from 150 km - which could happen from an AWAC if they do not mirror with an ILU.

In any case, this is not just "some equipment", as said is critical for air defence, very expensive, not abundant and difficult to repair or build. It is an strategic attack, not your regular harrasment.