The American newspaper AirForceTimes stated that the stealthy fifth-generation F-35 multifunctional fighter-bombers could not recognize the Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system. It is reported by RIA Novosti.
American pilots of stealthy F-35 fighters complained that their planes could not recognize the Russian S-300. The US Air Force has encountered a deceptive Russian air defense system that allows you to “fool” enemy aircraft. The authors of the article focus on the fact that fighters did not always distinguish objects around them, since Russian air defense systems have built-in digital methods for evading detection.
“We saw the SA-20 (the designation of the S-300 in NATO countries – ed.), We knew that it was the SA-20, but my fighter could not identify it,” Colonel Craig Andrle, commander of the 388th Air Force Fighter Wing, was indignant USA.
The second American pilot, Colonel Brad Bashor, clarified that the Russian and Belarusian air forces did not try to provoke a conflict, but behaved as befits professionals. Both pilots note that they did not encounter provocations from the two states during their patrols.
“They do what we do. We just looked at each other. … No direct interaction and nothing unprofessional on both sides,” Bashor said.