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Old 21st August 2023 | 20:01
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Originally Posted by ORAC
If they turn on their radar, they are locked onto by an anti-radiation missile (HARM) from a Ukrainian plane. The HARM locks on and keep going to the site of the radar, even after they turn in off. Ukraine has eliminated so many Russian AD systems that their drones are now flying all over the Russian lines and beyond.
[Also they likely recovered this tape when UA advanced to this location. Another possible indication of UA advances that are still not posted due to opsec.]
This answers a potential "local air superiority" question I had, somewhat, in terms of a campaign to suppress enemy air defenses.
We'll see how that works out.
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