‘Engels Airfield Can Be Turned Into Ashes’

A Ukrainian Armed Forces Colonel named a condition.

The Minister of Defense of the Netherlands Kajsa Ollongren assured Kyiv that the F-16 fighters that the country is transferring to Ukraine can be used to strike targets in Russia.

This information was commented on for “24 Channel” by military expert, retired Ukrainian Armed Forces Colonel Petro Chernyk.

What missiles can be used to strike Russia from an F-16

According to the expert, this requires a missile for the F-16 - AGM-158 JASSM with a modification for 900 kilometers, and a warhead of up to half a ton. In addition, it is subsonic within 1,000 kilometers.

“We understand that the F-16 takes on board 2 such missiles. If we take 6 aircraft, we will have 12 missiles. With their help, the airfield in Engels can already be turned into ashes," Chernik said.

At the same time, he noted that we must wait for the planes and then we will finally understand how it all works.

Was the strike dealt with a HIMARS missile?

After the United States allowed Ukraine to use its weapons on Russian territory, Ukrainian troops struck a military base in the Belgorod region using HIMARS. This was reported by Forbes.

Chernyk noted that it could have been their own weapon.

“Last week, we were convinced that we have our own weapon which is quite good. The Neptune missile system hit barges in the Black Sea, but HIMARS may have been used. The only question is what kind of ammunition was used. I should remind you that the most common ammunition that we have in service is the M31A1 and M31A2. It strikes at 84 kilometers,” the military expert noted.

We need to wait for confirmation of this information to understand what exactly hit the target.

“Is it good that such targets are hit? Definitely. Their air defense system is being revised. The missile systems themselves, which are designed to fight precisely such missiles, cannot protect themselves. The destruction of radars is of a special value, because it is becoming more and more difficult for them to build new ones with each new location,” said Petro Chernyk.