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On June 8th, a Su-57 multi-purpose fighter was hit at the Akhtubinsk airfield in the Astrakhan region of Russia, 589km from the front line. (sopuli.xyz)

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https://gur.gov.ua/content/vpershe-urazheno-su-57.html

Su-57 was hit for the first time

On June 8, 2024, a Su-57 multi-purpose fighter of the aggressor state was hit on the territory of the Akhtubinsk airfield in the Astrakhan region of the Russian Federation, located 589 kilometers from the line of combat.

This is evidenced by satellite images of the aircraft parking at the enemy airfield.

The pictures show that on June 7th, the Su-57 was standing intact, and on the eighth, there were ruptures from the explosion and characteristic spots of fire caused by fire damage near it.

The Su-57 is Moscow's most modern fighter, which can be used to attack the Kh-59 and Kh-69 missiles.

A few units of the specified combat aircraft are in service with the Russian Aerospace Forces.

Su-57 damage is the first such case in history.

Glory to Ukraine!

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[-] smonkeysnilas@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago

Russia is doomed if they can't even manage to protect these.

[-] mrgreyeyes@feddit.nl 6 points 2 years ago

This thing should be the equivalent of an F22? Why are they getting destroyed so easy?

And would they park such assets out in the open?

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Rusiian incompetence? Also any plane no matter how advanced can easily be destroyed if it is parked on an airfield.

[-] CameronDev@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

Wonder womans plane might be okay :D

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Does it have any other special features apart from just being invisible?

[-] CameronDev@programming.dev 12 points 2 years ago

"Just being invisible" - Tough to please aren't you :D

Wikipedia says:

Silent
Invisible
2000mph (mach 2.6) (later upgraded to faster than light)
fog penetrating rainbow rays
intergalactic travel
controlled by thoughts
sentient

So not a bad piece of kit

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Well I am not a comic nerd so I just onow it is invisible. I see now it does have quite some cool abilities. But I see none that would make it more tough. So if it were parked and got bombed, it would probably still be destroyed.

[-] CameronDev@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago

I'm not a comic person either, I only knew the invisible bit as well.

Still, cant be bombed if you cant find it. It also has some regen ability as well, so that would help if someone did get lucky. Other benefit is that it comes with some pretty strong plot armor :)

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago

I mean… it’s not, really. For a lot of reasons.

But none of those reasons actually matter here, because any plane is easy to destroy if you don’t properly secure your airbase, and Russia demonstrably kinda sucks at securing their airbases. They tend to rely on the fact that Russia is huge. Which doesn’t help if the people gunning for your shit are highly motivated and can blend relatively effortlessly into your own society.

[-] Invertedouroboros@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Just to add to this, every plane is vulnerable while on the ground. It doesn't really matter how stealth an aircraft is if your bombarding the hanger they're in with artillery.

But Russia doesn't even really bother with hangers. This plane was just out in the open, on the fucking tarmac, for God, observers, satellites, and anyone else who cared to see. Even stretching a fucking tent over the aircraft would have at least introduced a certain amount of guesswork to the strike. But no, Russia put "the pride of their airforce" out there for everyone to see and paid the price for it.