Seven Sukhois In Five Days. Ukraine’s Patriot Missile Crews Are Shooting Down Russian Jets Faster Than Ever

February 23, 2024

Forbes

On March 24, 2023, 10 Russian air force Sukhoi Su-35 fighters streaked toward Sumy in northeastern Ukraine—and lobbed, for the first time, new kinds of munitions for the Russians: satellite-guided KAB bombs with pop-out wings.

The KABs aren’t terribly accurate, likely owing to the relative imprecision of Russia’s satellite-positioning network, but they’re accurate enough to deliver hundreds of pounds of high explosives and burst a buried bunker or topple a fortified building.

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