Video Shows Drone Landing on Russian A-50 Radar Jet

Another video has appeared showing a drone, apparently launched by Belarusian partisans, landing on a Russian A-50 Mainstay airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft at Machulishchy Air Base in Belarus.

The footage is inconclusive when it comes to confirming whether the claimed drone attack caused any damage to the radar plane. It does, however, reveal that drones have succeeded in reaching the aircraft on at least two occasions, demonstrating a significant degree of vulnerability.

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BYPOL, a Belarusian military dissident organization opposed to the Lukashenko government, claimed on February 26 that it had used drones to strike the A-50, although no video was released at that time, this later appeared on Twitter:

BYPOL’s claims that it damaged the Mainstay in two critical places — its radome and upper forward fuselage area — seemed to be undermined by satellite imagery which showed no outright signs of major damage to the A-50, although less severe damage remains possible.

Full analysis available at The Drive

 

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