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Russia would carpet bomb if they had air dominance

But they don't, planes that fly over radar range get shot down, planes only survive flying under radar and you can't fly a large bomber low because they are big and slow and will get shot by man pads in seconds/minutes.

To effectively use a large bomber you need to fly high and directly over the target and it's impossible to do that when the enemy has S300 launchers that your fighter jets have been unable to suppress
 
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Grim5 said:
Russia would carpet bomb if they had air dominance

But they don't, planes that fly over radar range get shot down, planes only survive flying under radar and you can't fly a large bomber low because they are big and slow and will get shot by man pads.

To effectively use a large bomber you need to fly high and directly over the target and it's impossible when the enemy has S300 launchers
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Yep, rather laughably, Russia have been unable to control the sky over Ukraine.
 
Rroff said:
I don't know what Ukraine's losses are but I'm not sure they are as high as Russian losses - they've not deployed from the mobilised numbers to replace frontline losses at anything like the same extent. I find 10K extremely unlikely but they could be as low, relatively, as a little over 30K.
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I'd be surprised if the Ukrainian casualties are anything like as high as the Russians even if similar numbers were being wounded and killed outright, as from what I've been reading the Russians are loosing soldiers who should have survived with relative ease from things that even ww2 era first aid/training could deal with, let alone modern training, equipment and the understanding of the need to get casualties to proper treatment facilities as fast as possible.
 
Russian losses just passed the 90.000 mark!
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bris said:
Does Ukraine have the capability to counter long-range Tu-95 and Tu-160 bombers?

Apparently satellite images show a few of them loading up and getting ready to fly.

They are high altitude so could they be out of range? They carpet bomb large areas similar to the B29.

Wouldnt like to be on the ground with them overhead.
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Don't think so, to take them out Ukrainian SF would have to perform an SAS style operation to take them out while there on the ground.

Just to think Ukraine actually handed over it's own long range bomber aircraft for debt relief on Russian gas supplied to Ukraine and now they are being used to destroy Ukraine's own cities.
 
bris said:
Does Ukraine have the capability to counter long-range Tu-95 and Tu-160 bombers?

Apparently satellite images show a few of them loading up and getting ready to fly.

They are high altitude so could they be out of range? They carpet bomb large areas similar to the B29.

Wouldnt like to be on the ground with them overhead.
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Even the BUK can hit high altitude targets let alone the S300 but as said they will be launching stand off munitions rather than flying overhead.
 
Freddie1980 said:
Don't think so, to take them out Ukrainian SF would have to perform an SAS style operation to take them out while there on the ground.

Just to think Ukraine actually handed over it's own long range bomber aircraft for debt relief on Russian gas supplied to Ukraine and now they are being used to destroy Ukraine's own cities.
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It’s almost as if the Russians planned to quietly and slowly reduce the Ukrainians defensive capabilities ahead of some military action.
 
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