The occupiers can begin to return the mothballed A-50 long-range radar detection and control aircraft to service.
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A week after the loss of the second A-50, Russia stopped flying them. The enemy is now conducting internal investigations into the failure to protect these aircraft, as well as how to reduce the threat that Ukrainian air defense continues to pose to Russian aviation. The British Ministry of Defense announced this on the social network X on March 2.
Foreign intelligence believes that the loss of these aircraft, which provide day-to-day command and control of Russian air operations, would very likely significantly degrade the situational awareness of aircraft crews. It is likely that the Russians will bridge this gap by repurposing aircraft.
The British do not rule out that the invaders will try to return previously mothballed A-50s to service to mitigate this problem.
Let us recall that almost half of the Russian A-50 AWACS aircraft in service with the Russian Army are not able to remain in the air. Such aircraft were discovered at the airbase in Akhtubinsk, Astrakhan region, and at the airfield in Ivanovo.
Source: Racurs
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