Russia's air power is also one of the best in history, known as "invincible, invincible".
During World War II, the Soviet Air Force developed rapidly and defeated the Japanese Air Force in Germany.
The Soviet Air Force defeated the United States in Korea and Vietnam, respectively. The Soviet Union had more than 4,700 warplanes in Europe, enough to wage a direct war with a European fleet of only 2,000 soldiers.
The Russian Air Force defeated Chechen, Georgian and Syrian rebels at the end of the Cold War, and flew air cruises.
However, during the Russian-Ukrainian war, the Russian Air Force has not achieved the goal of "spreading its wings". Advanced fighters such as the Su-30 SM and Su-35 have been destroyed, and even the Ukrainian A50 has been destroyed, which is the largest loss of the Russian Air Force in 79 years, and the Air Force, which is known as the second in the world, has also become vulnerable in this war.
Is there any mistake? Is the Russian Air Force at the end of its rope?
Yes, the Russian Air Force is in a period of decline. Although Russia may be reluctant to accept such a fact, the Russian Air Force must recognize its own shortcomings in order to be able to catch up. The Ukrainian army seized on three weaknesses of Russia and shot down the Russian A50 again, an experience that the Russians remember deeply.
Here are three weaknesses of Russia.
The first flaw, that is, the failure of the early warning system of the Russian Air Force to fully function, led to the fact that Russian fighters were shot down one after another, and as a result, they were shot down.
What is an alarm system? AWACS is a device that can accurately determine the location of one's own aircraft as well as the location of enemy aircraft, and can quickly carry out effective attacks on enemy aircraft.
For example, judge the enemy's surface-to-air missiles and other air defense**, so as to guide your own fighters to conduct air combat, destroy the opponent's air defense radar and surface-to-air missiles, and remove the enemy's air force threat.
But did the early defense system of the Russian Air Force play such a role? No. Now that the Su-35 has been shot down one after another, it is obvious that the Russian Air Force has not destroyed Ukraine's air power, what is the A50 in mind? The Russian Air Force should reflect on it.
And the A50 fighter was shot down by the Ukrainian military, what does this mean? As the center of air operations, the combat deployment of early warning aircraft should be planned and overall in nature to ensure that they are not shot down by the enemy. In addition, the A50 fighter was shot down by Ukraine, which also exposed the lack of early warning aircraft in the Russian Air Force, which is something that the Russian Air Force can learn from the United States, even if it is learned from the United States, it will not appear that after the American fighter is continuously shot down by the other side, there will be a huge situation.
The second weakness is that the Russian Air Force's early warning system does not cooperate with other fighters, but only takes on the task of fighting.
During the Vietnam campaign, the U.S. Air Force Early Warning and Early Warning System was also put into operation with its support.
Israeli E2C fighters unfurled a flight formation consisting of various types of electronic fighters such as Boeing 707 and F4 over the Bekaa Valley.
The main role of early warning aircraft is to track and lock on enemy targets and strike at their own fighters. Who exactly is manipulating and destroying the enemy's radar? You have to have an electronic fighter. Russia's A50 early defense system is indeed capable of conducting air combat, so will the electronic warfare aircraft that follow them, such as the Il-38, also participate in the battle? Does a person's radar have strong electromagnetic interference? And the Russians never did. Russian electronic warfare planes are "sleeping" as if they were not even a single one. The mistakes made by the Russian Air Force in information-based operations cannot be ignored.
The third point is that the Russian side lacks some key intelligence, which makes the A50 fighter become a "bare-bones commander" without intelligence support.
This means that in the Russian-Ukrainian war, Russia did not adopt a complete A50 intelligence system, but a kind of "air command". This is also the reason why the Russian A50 is often knocked down by the enemy.
How can we succeed in the information age?
Under the guidance of digital information, every combat vehicle, every fighter, and every bomber knows where they are, the location of friendly forces, and the enemy's equipment and personnel. Before the enemy could appear, the army was completely annihilated. Under the guidance of the electronic intelligence system, the entire battlefield is in a situation of "omniscience and omnipotence", and every move of the enemy is under his control.
Taking the Persian Gulf incident as an example, the United States used a large number of unmanned reconnaissance planes, plus some satellites, to show the movements of the Iraqi army in front of the American people. As long as Iraqi planes attack, the United States can fly directly to the surrounding area and bomb them.
If it is a single soldier, Russia can dispatch a Su-35 and then cooperate with the Su-35, so that the enemy will not have time to make any response and will be knocked down.
Real-time acquisition of enemy intelligence and disclosure of all intelligence authority in the entire theater is a prerequisite for the realization of informationized warfare.
However, Russia's role in the Russia-Ukraine war is nothing more than an information technology in the 21st century, a consumable means of confrontation. ** People have returned to the level they were at when Iran entered the Iran-Iraq war.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the Russian Air Force has not suffered a defeat in 79 years.