00:00Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jets dropped GBU-62 guided bombs on a Russian position containing
00:07ammunition and personnel.
00:09As a result of the precision strike, the Russian military position was destroyed.
00:15Previously, pilots operating MiG-29s attacked a building where the occupants
00:21They had established a drone, UAV checkpoint.
00:24Aerial reconnaissance identified the enemy's location and transmitted its coordinates
00:30to the crews of the Ukrainian Air Force.
00:33A precision strike with an AASM Hammer aerial bomb destroyed the building and killed the staff.
00:40enemy that was inside.
00:43It is worth remembering that the Ukrainian Air Force is bringing the missile back into service.
00:47Aire Aire R-60, developed in the 1970s for MiG-29 fighters.
00:54This measure seeks to compensate for the shortage of key missiles for intercepting drones and missiles.
01:00Russian cruisers.
01:01The transition to older weapons systems is occurring amid an increase
01:06of Russian air strikes with high-speed aircraft.
01:09The targets include unmanned aerial vehicles such as the Heran-3, Heran-4, and Heran-5,
01:16as well as Banderol cruise missiles.
01:19Some of the new Russian missile systems are capable of reaching speeds of up to
01:24700 kilometers per hour.
01:27Such speeds considerably hinder the timely response of conventional systems
01:32of ground air defense or small drones.
01:36In July, the target interception rate by Ukrainian UAVs fell to approximately
01:4250%, although it has recently recovered to between 60 and 70%.
01:49However, this rate is still considerably lower than the approximately 90% achieved against
01:57the slowest drones Heran-1 and Heran-2.
02:00To protect its airspace, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been forced to
02:05deploy fighter jets, including Western-made F-16s and Soviet-era MiG-29s,
02:12to hunt aerial targets.
02:14The MiG-29 can carry R-27, R-73 and R-60 missiles.
02:21The highly maneuverable R-73 is often preferred for engaging fast-moving targets.
02:27However, Ukraine has been forced to reallocate a considerable portion of its munitions.
02:33R-73 to other missions.
02:36Due to a shortage of ammunition, engineering units had to reinstall missiles.
02:41R-60 in the MiG-29.
02:43The R-60 was designed for a very different battlefield.
02:48According to MiG-Flug, this short-range infrared-guided missile entered service in
02:54the Soviet Union at the end of 1973.
02:57It was primarily designed for close-range air combat, with a seeker designed
03:03to detect the heat generated by an aircraft engine.
03:07When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Air Force
03:13Ukraine considered this weaponry obsolete.
03:17The more modern R-73 was considered considerably more useful and had become the
03:24preferred missile to counter fast-moving Russian drones.
03:28But four years of fighting have changed that equation.
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