Russia is losing its long range radar planes deep inside Russia
The rest of the story; somebody is helping the Ukrainians and these shoot downs have significant implications for defense of Taiwan
Another day, another shoot down of a Russian A-50 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft deep inside of Russia. These used to be called AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control Systems), but I missed the memo on the acronym change.
These aircraft provide powerful, long range visibility into the combat zone but normally stay back a comfortable ma…
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