American F-35s are scanning Ukrainian territory to determine the exact location of Russian air defense systems.
US Air Force F-35 fighters are actively involved in missions over the territory of Ukraine. The purpose of these tasks is to determine the exact location of Russian air defense missile systems. Finally prepare for the entry of the F-16 into Ukrainian airspace.
In the most recent operation, the United States mobilized its F-35s to detect the deployment of Russian anti-aircraft missile systems on the territory of Ukraine. The intelligence collected was then shared among NATO countries,". bulgarianmilitary.com reports citing information from the head of Singapore's military department....
The portal ** recalls that a similar case of the use of the F-35 in support of Ukraine was reported in April last year. At the time, the American pilot said that the F-35 he was flying was used to locate the Russian S-300 system, which is located near the Belarusian-Ukrainian border.
The F-35, known to the military as an electronic vacuum cleaner, is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment to help gather a variety of intelligence. This includes the AFAR APG-81 radar, the AN ASQ-239 electronic warfare system and the EOTS optoelectronic system. In short, the F-35 is an add-on that has been added to the complex network of platforms and sensors currently being used by Western countries, led by the United States, to provide critical intelligence to Ukraine.
Despite the advanced capabilities of the F-35 to detect and identify enemy systems, sometimes this feature is not always effective. In particular, during the last such incident, the F-35 pilots could not detect the Russian S-300 air defense system. At the time, he claimed that this was due to the fact that the Russian air defense system was in "combat reserve mode" - a rather unusual mode in which the radar of the S-300 remained passive, thereby collecting data without emitting it.