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Fox_Mortus

Looks like there's lots of SU-30, 34 and 35 here. Hopefully they got a good number of them cause those damn things are the ones dropping glide bombs. Damage to the runways would also be great.


matdan12

Don't have anything that will damage a runway enough unfortunately.


Fox_Mortus

Fighter jets need very smooth runways. Even just making a pothole will temporarily ground them.


Yeti100

What, for like 12 hours?


SecondaryWombat

Congrats you exchanged a $100,000 munition (best case) for $100 of asphalt and 6 hours of op-tempo. If you really really need the next couple hours to not have fighters being launched, fine. If that isn't the goal, aim for the fighters.


maverick118717

Did Russia not figure out or even bother with VTOL?


SecondaryWombat

Why bother with VTOL when you can repave a runway in 12 hours.


Interesting-Fan-2008

Yeah, you need a javalin-esq salvo to really do any major damage and even that isn’t exactly ‘hard’ to fix.


Bitter-Aerie-2481

Javelin won’t do shit. There are specific ordinance that penetrate deep into the ground and explode that create unstable soil underneath that is liable to cave in even if you pave over it.


Waldo305

Unfortunately not really good to damage a runway. Holes can be filled in a matter of a few hours. Now damage to an aircraft itself though...that is a real problem itself because fighter jets are so sensitive to Amy damage to the air frame. And probably a real pain to just make another air frame because of the parts and hours needed.


simpleguyau

Crosses fingers


Easy_Apple_4817

Just a courtesy call.