Military expert Roman Svitan listed at least three types of weapons that Ukraine could use to destroy Putin’s “barn with wings” - the A-50 aircraft.
He clarified that for now we can only say about its liquidation. Since the photos that Russian public pages published last week with the “perforated” Il-22 were fake. Svitan stated this on the air of the Argument program.
“There was only one plane destroyed - an A-50, a flying radar. The Il-22 flying command post was damaged. It was at least damaged, so far there is conflicting information about this. Those photos that were distributed on the network are not his photographs. That is, There’s still a question, maybe he’s no longer there either,” Svitan emphasized.
He explained that in the skies of Ukraine it was possible to strike not just expensive enemy aircraft. We are talking about a tandem that performed a serious task of controlling troops: air traffic and ground operations. “Therefore, the destruction of this tandem, especially the officers of the headquarters and command post... It is very difficult to restore it, although the Russians are already trying. They launched another A-50 to “watch”. But this will most likely end badly. We have a sufficient number of mechanisms, how could this A-50 be destroyed at such a range,” Svitan said.
Among such mechanisms, the military expert listed:
- “Wandering Patriot” with a range of 150 km, which is already operating in Ukraine;
- a certain French missile system with missiles of certain modifications (Aster 30) with a range of up to 300 km;
- some of the NATO aircraft. Perhaps a Reaper or F-16.
Svitan does not rule out that it was thanks to the F-16 missiles that Putin’s “flying barn” was shot down.
“That is, we have at least three such long-range mechanisms for destroying these “flying barns”... Such a “barn with wings” is a very good goal, it lights up like a Christmas tree for any system that can reach it in range,” he concluded He.