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Originally Posted by FlameOn
Speaks to the incompetence of Putin and Russia's military leadership's planning and logistics. Those fighters shouldn't be anywhere near the range of Starstreaks. Sudden hastily planned invasion with delusional objectives and timelines without enough PGMs to fight a long war, and Russians will lose more equipment than they will be able to afford to replace.
Not to mention those aircraft are within the range of NATO radar in Romania and intel is likely being shared with Ukraine.
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They lost a Su-35 earlier to a MANPAD and several Su-34s, because they had to fly at lower altitudes due to limited guided missiles after a couple weeks.
At 6000 meters altitude, they are out of range of a MANPAD, even the max ceiling range of a Starstreak is supposed to be 5km. I am sure they thought they were safe at 6000 meters.