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Kyiv shoots down second AWACS plane in major blow to Moscow
(www.euronews.com)
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It's pretty crazy that it was just flying there alone with apparently zero fighter jets accompanying it. AWACS are like aircraft carriers. They're never supposed to be alone. In the video you can see that it was deploying flares for minutes before the impact. They were probably tracking the missiles since they were fired and there was plenty of time react but all they could do is just hope for the best.
I wanted to continue off of your well* written comment.
These planes are damn near irreplaceable for RU, they require very advanced electronics and sensitive equipment. They already had a very limited number of these planes in service, nevermind actually capable of doing their actual jobs. They are invaluable so far as providing top down radar of a battlefield for RU, and this is a massive, massive loss. Absolutely wreckless for this type of craft to not have a fighter wing with them.
Amazing job UA.
Edit: I a word
I think there usually are also a few pretty important high-ranking generals on those planes.
Not really generals, but specialiced and valuable operators which are also very hard to replace.