These F-16AM/BM models, previously part of the Danish fleet, come with modern upgrades and additional equipment that could significantly boost the Ukrainian Air Force’s fighter capabilities.
No, it’s more about the radar and the missile avoidance systems. Though for the AIM air-to-air rockets, they explode so high up in the air that finding wreckage of them may be difficult.
so the ordinance stays behind the front line?
No, it’s more about the radar and the missile avoidance systems. Though for the AIM air-to-air rockets, they explode so high up in the air that finding wreckage of them may be difficult.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-13_(missile)
idk if something like this would actually happen these days but I’d guess this is what they’re worried about