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According to relevant sources, the Ukrainian Air Force recently dispatched six Su-24M bombers and three MiG-29 fighters to attack Crimea under the joint command of a NATO RQ-4 "Global Hawk" reconnaissance drone and a P-8A "Poseidon" anti-submarine patrol aircraft. Before the air strikes were about to take place, the RQ-4 managed to obtain specific location information about the relevant targets in Crimea. Then, under the guidance of the P-8A anti-submarine patrol aircraft, the Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter took the lead in firing several ADM-160 MALD air-launched decoy bombs to lure the Russian air defense system to start exposing the position, and the Su-24M bomber launched more than 10 "Storm Shadow" air-launched cruise missiles at relevant targets in a row.
Given the significant discrepancies in the statements issued by Russia and Ukraine, Ukraine claims to have destroyed several targets of Russian forces. However, Russia said that all the cruise missiles launched by Ukraine were intercepted, and the Russian army did not suffer losses, so it is not clear what the results were.
However, due to air strikes, the Crimean bridge was temporarily blocked, and after the Russian army fired a large number of smoke bombs to it, the traffic of Crimea was once blocked. Judging from the scene, this time the Russian army was heavily damaged by the Ukrainian Aerospace Forces, the commander of NATO, and was beaten so much that it had no chance to fight back. During this strike, the Ukrainian aviation units were executed quite smoothly, following the standard "SEAD" (front-line air defense suppression operation) process, while the NATO command showed a high degree of professionalism. The fact that the Ukrainian Air Force can significantly improve the quality of strikes by sending only two aircraft is the military charm of NATO.
Contrary to what the outside world believes, NATO's strength does not lie in its hard military power. If they simply fight each other, it is impossible for any other NATO member state to win the Russian army by themselves, except for the US military, and even many European countries may not be able to win the Russian army if they share the same hatred for the enemy. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States and Europe weakened their military power, while Russia and China continued to face forced military oppression.
However, NATO still has its strengths, that is, its technical equipment and operational and tactical command capabilities, which crush the Russian army. In the event of a high-tech war, NATO is fully capable of winning the Russian army. However, the Russian army did not follow NATO's script to wear out, gave full play to its strengths, and did not give NATO the opportunity to use its strengths in science and technology.
Political factors aside, from a military point of view alone, in fact, NATO has long begun to understand the Russian army through Ukraine. By the beginning of the war, NATO had captured all the features of the Russian army, in which there were both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage of the Russian army is that it retains a certain military volume, and the stocks of the Soviet period have not been exhausted so far, while the disadvantage of the Russian army is that it is unable to succeed. The inability to follow up refers to high-quality soldiers, and the update of advanced equipment cannot catch up with the consumption on the battlefield.
Taking the Su-35 as an example, it is not considered developed among NATO countries, and NATO's advanced fighters are stronger than the Russian army in terms of quality and quantity. However, it is precisely the Su-35, which lags behind NATO standards in performance, that the annual output of the Russian army is said to have exceeded 100. But on the other side, the NATO F-35 also broke a hundred. In addition to fighter jets, electronic warfare systems and advanced strike munitions, the Russian army does not have NATO capabilities. If NATO really strikes at the Russian army, the consequences will inevitably be detrimental to the development of the Russian army.