A Russian military expert and columnist of the
journal Arsenal of the Fatherland explains the details of the downing of
the bomber and why not all went smoothly in an interview to the news agency Regnum
How did it all happen?
A
U.S. Air Force Boeing E-3 Sentry AWACS plane took off on 24 November
from the Preveza airbase in Greece. A second E-3A of the Saudi Arabian
air force took off from the Riyadh airbase. Both planes were
executing a common task—determining the precise location of Russian aircraft. It is they that picked the “victim.”
The
American E-3A was supposed to determine the activity of the Su-24M2's
onboard targeting radar, to determine if it was in search mode or if it
had already locked on to a target and was processing launch data. It is
known that the AWACS can direct the activity of aircraft in battle,
conveying information to their avionics and flight computers.
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