The decades-old aircraft will not have a 'major impact' on Moscow's attempts to stem the tide of Ukrainian surface drone attacks, one expert told Newsweek.
Moscow's forces are using Soviet-era amphibious aircraft to sniff out Ukrainian surface drone attacks in the Black Sea, the British Defense Ministry has said—but the decades-old aircraft is ill-suited to spotting Kyiv's innovative naval drones in the Black Sea.likely looking out for Ukraine's uncrewed surface vessels , flying out of Russia's military bases in the Crimean peninsula, the U.K. government said on Monday.
In this photograph taken on November 28, 2019, sailors observe a Russian Beriev Be-12 aircraft at an undisclosed location in the Black Sea. Russia is likely using the Soviet-era aircraft to detect uncrewed Ukrainian surface vessels in the Black Sea, the British defense ministry said on Monday.The turboprop-powered aircraft, also known as the Chayka or Seagull, was designed in the early days of the Cold War for anti-submarine warfare and maritime patrols.
But these operational Be-12PS do not appear to have modern radar or imaging infrared systems that the aircraft would need to be able to reliably detect elusive targets like Ukraine's surface drones, Mertens said. Russia has had to up its defenses around its Black Sea Fleet facilities in Crimea, which Ukraine has increasingly honed in on as military targets. Although Ukraine does not have a heavily equipped navy, it has heavily invested in its sea drone development program.
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