Posted on 09/28/2023 6:39:35 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
Russia's air force has lost 90 planes since the start of the war in Ukraine and is becoming less formidable by overworking its jets, UK intelligence said.
The British Ministry of Defence said in its latest daily intelligence update on Thursday that Russia is quickly depleting its fleet of warplanes through overuse because the conflict is dragging on for much longer than anticipated.
"All aircraft have a projected lifespan, in flying hours," the update said, adding that it's highly likely that with the extra use, Russia is "eating into many of its airframes' lifespans" far more quickly than planned for.
Some of Russia's military aircraft are flying far more sorties than in peacetime, the update said.
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"Overuse of these aircraft is also costing Russia as the war drags on," Bohnert said, adding: "To make up for it, they'll have to procure more aircraft, increase maintenance, reduce operations, or accept a smaller force — or some combination of those."
Bohnert also said that as the air force devotes a greater share of its dwindling resources to countering Ukrainian jets, cruise missiles, and air defenses, it will have fewer aircraft left to support Russian ground operations.
After a year and a half of fighting, Ukraine's air defenses have remained effective. Its air force has managed to maintain its overall front-line strength by restoring old, grounded airframes and acquiring from NATO countries 18 Su-25s and 27 MiG-29s.
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Jet engines and airframes require constant maintenance. Constant use requires more maintenance.
The more advanced they are, the more stuff breaks down, the more maintenance they require.
That is both time consuming and costly..................
I submit that she could find her asp with both hands, butt they wouldn’t be her hands...
It could hide under her nose.................
Hey, Snake, BI would be doing a better assessment of aircraft losses if it would graph the losses per month. A better analysis would be derived from that as well as more useful “lessons learned”.
So you’re showing us your sexism now?
Wait a minute, are you saying Sophie is not a military maintenance expert?
A Russian contingent of 50 planes flew about three times as many sorties in Syria as 180 USAF planes for the same time period and managed to hit seven times as many targets.
And that before you’d look into what targets USAF was hitting (empty huts, camel tents etc).
Russian air force will be just fine.
👍👍👍
Prove it.
I was there.
Russia produces about 24 jets a year and close to a 100 combat helicopters so IF she is telling the truth their numbers are down about 45 overall.
Probably could buy that many from the Taliban that Biden gifted them.
Correct. Modern Russian military aircraft are known for relatively limited service life. In contrast, US and NATO military aircraft have much longer service lives and are intensely maintained and flown frequently, even in peacetime.
"Journalist whose naked pictures were shared by ex opens up about ‘utter humiliation’"
“ So you’re showing us your sexism now?”
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Wow, Snake, next you will be declaring that anyone who questions your reporter (who merely parrots whatever the propagandists at UK “intelligence” say to her) must be WHITE SUPREMACISTS.
GOING FULL LEFTIST MODE NOW/
Another 25 year old girl reporterette
parroting whatever the Brit intel government says.
One of her early hard hitting pieces
Used to produce about 40, now probably twice that.
So you’re showing your sexism too?
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