It’s logistical. There are already video after video of russian trucks being carefully searched by hand to prevent this happening again.
It’s also moral. The russian people have always considered the “inland” areas as perfectly safe. This is a huge blow to that idea.
It’s also more of a strain on the planes. these planes are 50 years old, and have a limited remaining lifespan. Wear and tear can be spread out across the fleet, and if your fleet is reduced in size (and these were all the “good” planes, since they were sitting fueled on the tarmac) you need to put more hours on a smaller number of planes, meaning they’ll wear out faster.
And it might be strategic. Russia was keeping planes fueled and ready, so they could take off any time radar detected incoming missiles or long-range drones (which happened a LOT in the early times of the war). This is showing Russia that that simply leaves your planes more vulnerable to sneak attacks like this.
It’s more than just losing planes.
It’s logistical. There are already video after video of russian trucks being carefully searched by hand to prevent this happening again.
It’s also moral. The russian people have always considered the “inland” areas as perfectly safe. This is a huge blow to that idea.
It’s also more of a strain on the planes. these planes are 50 years old, and have a limited remaining lifespan. Wear and tear can be spread out across the fleet, and if your fleet is reduced in size (and these were all the “good” planes, since they were sitting fueled on the tarmac) you need to put more hours on a smaller number of planes, meaning they’ll wear out faster.
And it might be strategic. Russia was keeping planes fueled and ready, so they could take off any time radar detected incoming missiles or long-range drones (which happened a LOT in the early times of the war). This is showing Russia that that simply leaves your planes more vulnerable to sneak attacks like this.