After Russia launched a special military operation against Ukraine, a large number of NATO member states have transported weapons and equipment to Ukraine, including defeated country in World War II Germany. Currently, the main weapons transported by NATO member states include stinger-shoulder air defense missiles. In addition, some former Soviet Union's franchise republics also provided needle-type air defense missiles to Ukraine. These portable air defense missiles are posing a great threat to Russian military aircraft.
On the Ukrainian battlefield, the consumption of air defense missiles is quite large. According to statistics from the US media, Ukraine launches at least 300 shoulder-mounted air defense missiles every week, which also means that on average, about 42 or 43 missiles and will be lifted off every day. Although the United States and other countries are constantly providing shoulder-mounted air defense missiles to Ukraine, Ukraine's consumption has exceeded the US's production capacity, especially the production of the stinger shoulder-mounted air defense missiles, and the United States provides Ukraine to clear inventory. However, the United States has miscalculated the speed of Ukraine's use, which leads to the possibility of US inventory being cleared in advance.
Some time ago, Russia used card 52 gun helicopter to attack Antonov Airport outside the outskirts of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, and the Ka52 gun helicopter was shot down. However, the body of the Ka52 helicopter shot down was kept intact at that time, which also means that the pilots have more chances of escape. Now that bad news has come, the wreckage of the Ka 52 shot down has been shown that these helicopters have been blown into pieces, which means that it is difficult for the pilot to escape safely unless the pilot uses the ejection seat. However, since a large number of Russian-made aircraft do not have an infrared guidance warning system, they can only use the pilot to visually shoot infrared jamming bombs or make maneuvers to avoid shoulder-resistant air defense missile weapons by visualizing the missile smoke traces, so the pilot of the Ka 52 armed helicopter is in danger.
China has purchased the Kazakh 52K gunship helicopter from Russia. In the future, this type of gunship may be put into service on the 075 amphibious assault ship . For the People's Liberation Army, Russia's time in Ukraine has also reminded that after introducing the Kazakh 52 gunship, it is also necessary to add many domestic equipment to this type of helicopter, such as infrared guidance warning system, which can also effectively prevent the attack of the stinger-shoulder air defense missile.
For Russia, it is difficult to prevent these attacks from being air defense weapons, because these shoulder-resistant air defense weapons can fight guerrilla warfare with Russian military aircraft. In this regard, the Russian army either adopts high-altitude flight or increases the bombing of military targets in Ukraine to avoid being attacked by shoulder-resistant air defense missiles. However, in terms of the number of missiles launched and the number of Russian fighter jets lost, the Russian army's losses account for only a small part. Text/Aris
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