Russia has clearly set up a no-fly zone in Ukraine and the Russian border area, which cannot be accessed by any warplanes, and NATO member states do not dare to cross, but after Russia launched a special military operation against Ukraine, NATO member states have been sending various types of reconnaissance aircraft to try to spy, and the data provided by the broadcast automatic surveillance system shows that on March 2, at least 14 NATO and Swedish reconnaissance aircraft appeared in the airspace near Ukraine. These include the U.S. Air Force's RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, RC-135W electronic reconnaissance aircraft, MQ-9A Tchatha integrated unmanned aerial vehicle, U-2S high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, the U.S. Army's RC-12X reconnaissance aircraft and E-3A early warning aircraft and other air reconnaissance forces, and the continuous circling of these 14 NATO reconnaissance aircraft also means that the situation in Ukraine is clearly seen.
In order to enable reconnaissance aircraft to hover in the air for a long time, the US military has sent a number of air refueling aircraft, including KC-135 air tankers and KC-10 air tankers, which can provide air refueling services for E-3A early warning aircraft and RC-135W electronic reconnaissance aircraft, while the number of electronic reconnaissance aircraft and early warning aircraft currently dispatched by Russia is very small, and the reason why the early warning aircraft have only two A-50U early warning aircraft is that the number of Russian early warning aircraft is limited at present. Before the special military operation against Ukraine began, there was an ADS-B transponder signal, and The Russian Figure 214 appeared in the nearby airspace.
After Russia launched military operations, a large number of military targets in Ukraine have been targeted, but in the following days of military operations, Russia has been slightly passive, according to the data provided by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, the current Ukrainian military has shot down 44 fixed-wing fighters, 48 helicopters, 447 vehicles, 250 tanks, 109 artillery, 21 air defense systems, and the death toll of the Russian army has reached more than 11,000.
Ukraine now has the ability to counterattack, on the one hand, NATO member states are transporting weapons and equipment to Ukraine, on the other hand, because a large number of reconnaissance aircraft can provide Ukraine with the movement of the Russian army, the current Russian military aircraft have been shot down, on the one hand by the United States early warning aircraft and electronic reconnaissance aircraft in the air, on the other hand, also because the Russian military's tactical means are too traditional, the Russian army has let advanced bombers such as the Su-34 carry out its free-fall bomb launching mission, which is simply a waste of the Su-34." Bomb Truck".
Because NATO reconnaissance aircraft have not entered the no-fly zone designated by Russia, so Russia can not launch strike operations against these military aircraft, so the current situation in Russia is slightly passive, the most effective way for Russia is to launch electronic warfare interference, so that these reconnaissance aircraft can not obtain effective intelligence data, but Russia's electronic warfare capabilities are obviously relatively backward, and even Russia does not have the same weapons as China's J-16D electronic warfare aircraft. Text/Iris