Katerina Schwartz11:31, 04/01/24
This is the 16th case in the last two weeks.
Two more aerial bombs , 500-kilogram aerial bombs with a high-explosive warhead, were dropped by Russian planes on the Belgorod region, writes the Russian publication ASTRA, citing sources.
It is reported that on March 31, FAB-500 was found in the area of the Nina farm. And in the area of the village of Kryukovo they found a crater in which, preliminary, there was also a FAB-500.
According to the publication, this is already the 16th case of “unscheduled release” of aerial bombs in the Belgorod region over the past two weeks.
They write online that so far Belgorod residents are saved by the low quality of bombs, most of which do not explode, but there have already been cases of “target hitting.” The reasons for what is happening are cited as a decrease in the qualifications and experience of ground personnel at military airfields, as well as problems with the bombers themselves due to wear and tear.
It was also reported that Belgorod resident Ivan Matveev wrote a statement to the Investigative Committee against the Russian military, who repeatedly dropped bombs on the region. He demands that they be held accountable.
(C)UNIAN 2024
“The reasons for what is happening are cited as a decrease in the qualifications and experience of ground personnel at military airfields, as well as problems with the bombers themselves due to wear and tear.”
Hehehe, sure! Of course, the reason can’t be that Russian pilots are afraid of flying too close to the frontline and getting Patriots on their tails. Those pilots are all daredevil heroes of RuSSia, totally willing to give their lifes for Putin’s “special operation”, that’s for certain! 😈
Btw, my long comment confirms what you said, my comment was about the sentence you have quoted, not your own opinion which it actually supports.
^bert
Ok with me, Bert. 👋🙂
I think there is a different reason.
It is not incompetence, but most indifference to the lives of the people on the ground.
Such a heavy bomb makes a fighter jet basically a flying brick, unable to manoeuvre.
When Russian jets fly in the Belgograd region, they will be tracked by a Ukrainian SAM radar.
The pilots will be notified they have been tracked by radar and know that SAM missiles are most likely coming in their direction.
So what do they do? They know they will most likely be unable to out manoeuvre the incoming missile, so they drop everything they have so they can quickly get out of range or dodge a missile.
And they are Russian, so they care more about their own lives than the lives of people on the ground.
Usually they will try to drop the missiles at some empty fields, but some care less or panic and drop them even while they are flying over urban area.
This btw is not a Bert-theory but some I heard in a Twitter audio talk or whatever it is called.
If this theory is wrong, please don’t shoot the messenger. I am just a bert repeating what I have heard and what I think makes sense. What supports this theory is that it only seems to happen with very heavy bombs and not with smaller ones, as they don’t affect the flight characteristics of a plane this much.
But I think it makes a lot of sense, I don’t think fighter jets can accidentally shoot or lose missiles. They aren’t attached with duc tape, although with Russians you can never be sure.
The same guy also said he wasn’t convinced that the new FAB-3000 bomb is as dangerous as we think it is, as fighter jets aren’t really designed to carry such heavy payloads. The range will be limited by its heavy weight while Russian planes will not dare to go anywhere near SAM coverage as they will be unable to get out in time or dodge missiles.
So the explosive power is really deadly and is almost equal to a tactical nuclear bomb, but the issue will be getting it where the Russians want it without getting shot down.
If he is correct, I think it is mostly a propaganda and political thing (bigger is better!) than something that makes any military sense.
^bert, as you already figured.
I want to thank the cockroach pilots at this point that bomb mafia land regularly.