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Comments by "verdebusterAP" (@verdebusterAP) on "Russian Su-35’s Modern Radars, Missiles Crush Zekensky’s Soviet-Era Jets; Kyiv Pilot’s Big Admission" video.
No, the F-16 will Russia's worst nightmare
Russia's saving grace is that Ukraine Air force has very limited capabilities
The F-16 changes that
First the Black Fleet Sea has operated with impunity because Ukraine has no effective way to get them
The F-16 with Harpoon missiles changes that. With the loss of Moskava, the remaining Russian ships have no long range weapons to prevent Ukraine from taking shots at them
with Harpoons
More the point, the F-16 makes strike against the Black Sea Fleet and bases a reality
Ukraine can't fully use JDAMs and AGM-88 with their existing planes, the F-16 again would Ukraine to use both to maximum potential
Specifically, the AGM-88 with the F-16 can home on jam against Russian electronic warfare assets.
The F-16 has the MTD-STD data bus which allows to be integrated with EU, Israeli and France weapons in additional to the US
While it took months for western weapons to added to Ukrainian jets
The F-16 can be integrated with Storm Shadow and KEPD-350 a fraction of the time. Depending on the weapon, a few days at most
Lastly unlike Ukraine's current aircraft, the F-16 has modern RWR, MAWS , EW as well as radar which means they can detect when Su-35s are trying to lock them up in BVR
and actually counter
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