Russian military intervention and aid to Syria #12

miketheterrible wrote:

Isos wrote:

He was obviously flying CAS, which limited pilots to URO for most part in RuAF. So he had to fly low, he had no other option with what he was given.

They really need some reco pods. Even a simple camera with a zoom would be nice. The most advanced zoom in civilian market allow you to clearly zoom on the moon and see the details of it. Just see nikon coolpix p900.

Looking for targets with eyes from less than 1km height is stupid.

For fucks sakes, are you for real?

You are aware that the Su-25 is equipped with sights, no? You seriously think its all eye sight, really?

Militarov wrote:

miketheterrible wrote:

Isos wrote:

He was obviously flying CAS, which limited pilots to URO for most part in RuAF. So he had to fly low, he had no other option with what he was given.

They really need some reco pods. Even a simple camera with a zoom would be nice. The most advanced zoom in civilian market allow you to clearly zoom on the moon and see the details of it. Just see nikon coolpix p900.

Looking for targets with eyes from less than 1km height is stupid.

For fucks sakes, are you for real?

You are aware that the Su-25 is equipped with sights, no? You seriously think its all eye sight, really?

For most part sadly yes, its eyesight.

Regular wrote:Brave way to go out. Seeing aftermath I guess Islamic cunts would have done their worst to him. They were basically rebranded ISIS to begin with.
I expect less SU-25 flying now and it's back to strikes from high altitudes by capable aircraft. Lack of modifications means one thing- Russia will get rid of 25s after they will reach their shelf life. Sad as it's really capable platform, but it's time for ducks to fly.

Regular wrote:Brave way to go out. Seeing aftermath I guess Islamic cunts would have done their worst to him. They were basically rebranded ISIS to begin with.
I expect less SU-25 flying now and it's back to strikes from high altitudes by capable aircraft. Lack of modifications means one thing- Russia will get rid of 25s after they will reach their shelf life. Sad as it's really capable platform, but it's time for ducks to fly.

JohninMK wrote:Sad.


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3h3 hours ago

Russian An-72 (RF-72949) landed in turkish #Hatay province. It's about Su-25 tragedy..

The Russian Ministry of Defence has submitted a request to the Turkish side for assistance in getting back all fragments of the Su-25 jet that had been shot down by terrorist MANPAD over Idlib province, #SYRIA, on February 3 http://s.mil.ru/2E2YvOx

Russia asks Turkey to help recover debris of jet downed in Syria

The Russian military said Tuesday that it asked Turkey to help recover the debris of the Russian fighter jet that was shot down over embattled northwestern Syrian province of Idlib over the weekend.

Al-Qaida-linked militants on Saturday said they downed the Russian Su-25 in Idlib. Russian officials said the pilot engaged in a gunbattle with militants before blowing himself up with a hand grenade.

"The Russian military sent a request to the Turkish side to assist in obtaining all the wreckage of the Russian Su-25 fighter jet shot down by terrorists Feb. 3 with a MANPADS in the airspace over the Syrian province of Idlib," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The ministry added that it asked Turkey to help recover the debris in order to establish the type of weapons used to shoot down the jet.

Moscow also said Turkey helped to return the body of the pilot back to Russia.

eehnie wrote:For Russia today is perfectly possible to abandon totally the CAS combat style.

https://www.russiadefence.net/t4343p75-older-warfare-performance-and-short-mid-term-decommissions#215525

ultimatewarrior wrote:

eehnie wrote:For Russia today is perfectly possible to abandon totally the CAS combat style.

https://www.russiadefence.net/t4343p75-older-warfare-performance-and-short-mid-term-decommissions#215525

What they should do is use UAV to locate targets and designate them with laser, and use Krasnopol to pinpoint bomb them from 20 km away behind front lines.