They will get 900 km: as F-16 aircraft will change the situation on the battlefield-the Colonel of the Armed Forces (video)

According to the expert Petr Chernik, the Armed Forces, with the F-16, will be able to make a volley of 24 missiles that have a combat part of half a ton. In doing so, they reach a distance, almost twice as much as the distance to the Crimean bridge. When the air forces receive F-16 fighter jets, they will be able to reach the positions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation at a distance of up to 900 km.

In addition, there are about 5 thousand rockets that reach such distances, that is, quite a lot. This is discussed in an interview with the Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Peter Chernik, whom he gave focus. Chernik noted that the F-16 aircraft is suitable for AGM-158 Jassm. He called this rocket "fantastic" and better "for everything that exists in nature. " According to the colonel, she can fly up to 900 km and has a fighting part of up to 500 kg.

Such F-16 missiles can raise two pcs on board, explained the interlocutor of the focus and made some calculations. It should be noted that the distance from the territory controlled by Ukraine to the Crimean bridge is about 500 km. For example, the Armed Forces can receive two F-16 squadrons-that is, 24 aircraft. Each can be attached to two AGM-158 Jassm-so we have 48 missiles. According to the Chernyk, to direct these shells exactly to the target, you need to make complex calculations.

However, even if at least half of them hit, "it is a tremendously big step forward and it is very sufficient for the enemy. " In addition, the Colonel of the Armed Forces said, the United States has about 5,000 missiles AGM-158 Jassm. Of these, "one thousand could share. " AGM-158 Jassm is a high-precision winged rocket of the Air-Touch Class, which was developed in the United States in the 80s of the last century. The estimated cost of the rocket - $ 850 thousand.

Lockheed Martin, which has produced 500 missiles a year by 2023, is released, but announces that it could be released twice as much. It should be noted that in the summer of 2023, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky visited a number of European countries, trying to gather a "aircraft coalition" to provide F-16 fighters.

As a result, it was announced that the Armed Forces have a chance to receive about 42 aircraft from the Netherlands, and Ukrainian pilots went to study for foreign military bases. According to a spokesman for the air command Yuri Ignat, Ukraine will receive the F-16 not earlier than spring 2024. However, Russian troops are convinced that fighters were already in the territory of Ukraine - they seemed to be transported secretly in a disassembled state.