August 29, 2024, 3:01 pm
In the last two and a half years, it has become evident that the Russian conventional military might have been overestimated by the world.
Instead of a short decisive war, Russian forces are still unable to subdue Ukraine. Importantly, Kyiv now even controls significant Russian territories with its surprise Kursk offensive.
One of the very big failures is that the Russian Aerospace Forces or VKS has still not been able to stamp its authority over the Ukrainian skies.
This shouldn’t have been the case since Ukraine had very limited combat aircraft and mainly depended on ground-based air defense.
When Russian forces faced trouble in the aerial domain, it was believed that Russian President Vladimir Putin would unleash one of the so-called trump cards – the Su-57 Felon and impose air superiority over Ukraine.
However, this has not been the case – the Su-57 has been utilized in the conflict to a very limited degree.
In this video, Defense Updates analyzes why the Su-57 is nowhere to be seen even as Russia struggles to control Ukraine ?
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Chapters:
00:11 INTRODUCTION
02:09 LIMITED AVAILABILITY
03:31 NOT REALLY STEALTHY
05:21 MANY TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES REMAIN
06:43 CONFIDENCE IS ABSENT
08:40 PROPER AMMUNITION MISSING
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▶️ Narration by Scott Leffler (scottleffler.com)
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"Giant Wyrm" Kevin MacLeod (Licensed under Creative Commons)
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