State Duma deputy Aleksey Zhuravlev urged Kiev to prepare the all-Russian air defense system for receiving American F-16 fighter jets. The statement was published by the MP. telegraph channel.
“Ukraine will sooner or later get F-16s and if they don’t have time to train Ukrainian pilots, then they can hand over control to the American pilots, although in principle this is an easy task,” said the parliamentarian. his idea.
According to him, when Kiev takes over the F-16s, Russia “must rebuild its air defense in order to be able to effectively resist them.”
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At the same time, Zhuravlev described the situation with the air defense in Russia as “terrible”, noting that among the reasons for such an assessment was the absence of an air defense commander who is part of the Russian Air Force.
“The situation is at the level of the last century, if in practice we do not allow Soviet aircraft to pass, then, for example, the use of drones showed that our systems are practically helpless against them,” the politician emphasized. To modernize the air defense systems of the Russian Federation.
Earlier, former US Air Force pilot Venable said that the Russian air defense would easily destroy the F-16 over the Ukrainian skies. disagree socialbites.ca expert Khodarenok.
Source: Gazeta
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