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Russia reeling as £38m fighter jet shot down by Ukrainian sea drone in world first
Express UK ^ | 5/3/2025 | John Varga

Posted on 05/03/2025 6:53:40 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

An unmanned Ukrainian sea drone shot down a Russian SU-30 fighter jet near the port of Novorossiysk - home to the Kremlin's Black Sea Fleet. The downing of the £38 million jet was carried out by Group 13 on May 2, a special unit within Ukraine's military intelligence.

The sea drone was reported to be equipped with a R-73 air-to-air missile, which struck the jet in midair. The SU-30 crashed into the sea. Reports suggest that the crew were able to eject from the stricken jet and were later picked up by a civilian cargo ship.

In a statement confirming the plane's shooting down, Ukraine's military intelligence said: "This is the world's first destruction of a combat aircraft by a naval drone."

Ukraine has previously shot down two Russian Mi-8 helicopters using Magura V5 drones on December 31, 2024.

The Sukhoi Su-30 is a twin-engine, two-seat, all-weather, long-range, multirole fighter jet.

It's designed for air superiority, air-to-ground, and air-to-sea operations.

Key characteristics include powerful engines, a large payload capacity, and advanced avionics for air-to-air and air-to-ground combat.

(Excerpt) Read more at express.co.uk ...


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To: Turbo Pig

I don’t deny they’ve a few dozen helicopters and a few jets, but that’s what the silly claim was that I was referring to said.


81 posted on 05/03/2025 3:21:29 PM PDT by BobL
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To: PIF
The B-52 dropped bombs in the Korean War ...

I believe the Korean armistice was signed in July 1953, and (IIRC) B-52s weren't actually operational until the late in the following year. Pretty amazing aircraft, to be in service so long!

;^)

82 posted on 05/03/2025 3:27:56 PM PDT by Who is John Galt? ("...mit Pulver und Blei, Die Gedanken sind frei!")
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To: Cronos
"If Putin was fighting NATO, he’d have lost in a very short time."

Maybe you're right, but I have difficulty imagining a strong military emerging from nations that reacted as the nations of the West did to COVID.

83 posted on 05/03/2025 5:19:38 PM PDT by The Duke (Not without incident.)
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To: marktwain

No, they didn’t. Drones are here to stay but to say they are the most importnat is childish.


84 posted on 05/03/2025 7:50:44 PM PDT by NorseViking
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To: PIF

Really? What is the name of supposedly Ukrainian design bureau that developed it?


85 posted on 05/03/2025 8:00:56 PM PDT by NorseViking
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To: The Duke

It wasn’t only the west. The same or similar reactions were seen in China, India, Russia


86 posted on 05/03/2025 9:05:46 PM PDT by Cronos
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To: BobL

Being in the tank is being in the tank, no matter which side you support.


87 posted on 05/03/2025 9:48:05 PM PDT by Turbo Pig ('To close with and destroy the enemy")
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To: Cronos
I very much agree with regard to China and India. I didn't really notice how Russians responded. Originally I was going to use the phrase "national cowardice".

I do live in a little corner of America where COVID was pretty much laughed at.

88 posted on 05/04/2025 12:16:31 AM PDT by The Duke (Not without incident.)
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