Its unclear how Ukraine managed to target and shoot down the planes.
Well, when you're defending your home, you tend to test the limits of systems. I would wager some of those classified maximum ranges and flight speeds are classified for such a reason.
Slava Ukraini
Hate to have been in the A50 when you could see the missle coming, but couldn't do a thing about it.
Eject?
Imagine it as a modified transport plane. The American versions are typically based off the 737 airframe, although Russia's are not, it's still similar enough to see why "eject" isn't really an option.
Don't the Boeing airframes have removable door panels at least for jumping out of?
Too soon.
Ejection through explosive decompression
It's a Russian plane, so you never know.
Came here to see lemmygrad spin from the fascists. Was not disappointed by their absence in this thread (so far).
The plane retreated to the ground very fast to take a strategically better positions there.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Ukraine’s military has shot down two of Russia’s command planes, in one of the most disastrous days for the Kremlin’s air power since the start of Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion.
Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ukraine’s commander in chief, said his air force had destroyed an A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft and an Il-22 control centre plane.
Pro-Kremlin bloggers suggested the planes were hit by friendly fire or even shot down by a team of British SAS operatives using surface-to-air missiles.
Kyiv’s counter-offensive last year failed and in recent months Russia has launched a wave of attacks across the east, along a frozen frontline, seeking to regain the initiative.
Since last year Ukraine has systematically degraded Russian military infrastructure in occupied Crimea, targeting radar stations and other installations.
It bombed the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea fleet in the port of Sevastopol and has forced naval vessels to relocate to safer harbours.
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