After the satellite tv for pc photographs of the Tu-95 and Tu-160 bombers, now a photograph appeared exhibiting a Su-34 getting the identical remedy.
Per week after the satellite tv for pc photographs of Tu-95 Bear and Tu-160 Blackjack bombers coated with tires began showing on-line, a brand new photograph is now exhibiting additionally a Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback bomber with tires on the fuselage, wings and horizontal stabilizers. The photograph, took at an unspecified location, has been edited to take away the registration and bort quantity, making the identification unattainable.
It seems the photograph was printed on the Russian social media VK’s web page of the well-known FighterBomber Telegram channel. The plane is parked on the ramp, unarmed and with the cover additionally coated by a tarp, so we are able to’t rule out the plane being not operational. Once more, the explanation for the presence of the tires on prime of the plane will not be recognized, so the theories already introduced in our earlier report nonetheless stand.
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In response to Ukrainian sources, the tires are getting used as a type of makeshift safety from assaults carried out with kamikaze drones, whereas different concept say the tires could be used as counterweight. This time, nonetheless, unlike the Tu-95s, it isn’t potential to find out the absence of any main parts. In truth, it appear the Su-34 could be lacking at the very least part of the precise engine’s nozzle, if not your entire engine, however this will’t be verified because of the high quality of the photograph.
One other concept sees the plane getting used as decoy to get potential strikes away from operations plane, or to make radar focusing on more durable. The final one can also be supported by the truth that the tire cowl on the Tu-95 was noticed altering the artificial aperture radar (SAR) picture of the bomber.
Russian forces have been noticed for months attempting to scale back the results of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and to enhance the safety towards drone strikes, usually with improvised camouflage and covers.
For what considerations makeshift protections, it seems to be just like the Russians are utilizing all possibile methods, together with essentially the most unconventional ones, to guard their property from Ukrainian air strikes..
🤡 As a substitute of air protection: within the Kaluga area, monks from a helicopter poured 100 liters of holy water on a navy base
To do that, they concerned the navy, a spraying gadgets and bottles of holy water.
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Stefano D’Urso is a contract journalist and contributor to TheAviationist primarily based in Lecce, Italy. A graduate in Industral Engineering he is additionally finding out to attain a Grasp Diploma in Aerospace Engineering. Digital Warfare, Loitering Munitions and OSINT strategies utilized to the world of navy operations and present conflicts are amongst his areas of experience.
