"Did a Russian Made Missile Hit an Israeli F-35 Stealth" Topic
8 Posts
All members in good standing are free to post here. Opinions expressed here are solely those of the posters, and have not been cleared with nor are they endorsed by The Miniatures Page.
For more information, see the TMP FAQ.
Back to the Ultramodern Warfare (2009-present) Message Board
Areas of InterestModern
Featured Hobby News Article
|
The Membership System will be closing for maintenance in 9 minutes. Please finish anything that will involve the membership system, including membership changes or posting of messages.
Tango01  | 30 Nov 2019 12:11 p.m. PST |
… Fighter in 2017?. "Key point: Although Moscow claimed they damaged the fighter in 2017, the proof is unclear as to what exactly happened. Pro-Russian media are claiming that an Israeli F-35I was hit and damaged by a Russian-made S-200 surface-to-air missile during an Israeli air strike in Syria earlier this month. Israel says one of its F-35s was damaged—after colliding with a bird…"
Main page
link Amicalement
Armand |
| Thresher01 | 30 Nov 2019 1:11 p.m. PST |
I suspect the bird strike is more plausible, but even the Russians/Syrians can get lucky, if they throw enough stuff into the air. |
| skipper John | 30 Nov 2019 4:54 p.m. PST |
Ummmmm, so a Russian made S-200 surface-to-air missile hit simply causes a bit of damage? I do not think there was a hit… |
| Thresher01 | 01 Dec 2019 1:28 p.m. PST |
Possibility of a bad proximity blast, and/or a weapon failure, but I think that is quite a bit less likely than the birdstrike report. |
| Barin1 | 02 Dec 2019 1:27 a.m. PST |
just for the record, we're talking about extremely "patriotic" and not especially reliable Russian media here.
Our MOD has not reported anything similar.
S-200 is good (and old) and not this good to score a guided hit on a stealth. Still, it throws a lot of "shrapnel" into the air, so you can indeed score a hit you were not hoping for. |
| emckinney | 02 Dec 2019 4:48 p.m. PST |
Yevgeni, do you have a web site up anywhere? Contact information? |
| Lion in the Stars | 02 Dec 2019 7:09 p.m. PST |
@Barin: Thanks! I'd believe fragment damage from an SA-5, no chance in hell it was a direct hit except by the Israeli pilot flying head-on into the missile! |
| Barin1 | 02 Dec 2019 10:44 p.m. PST |
no site, but you can always contact me
barin.steelhand on gmail.com |
|
