The available number of F-16 can cover only 50% of the territory of Ukraine – ex-officer
The former officer emphasized that the exact percentage of the effectiveness of shooting down Russian targets with the help of the F-16 should not be disclosed.
If Ukraine has a squadron of F-16 fighters, then the state can protect 50% of its territory at the expense of these planes.
Anatolii Khrapchynskyi, a former officer of the Air Force and deputy director of the company that manufactures EW equipment, told about this on the air of “Kyiv24”.
The former officer of the Air Force emphasized that it is not necessary to disclose the exact percentage of the effectiveness of shooting down Russian targets with the help of F-16 fighters, so as not to help the enemy.
“It is necessary to understand that the percentage of which missiles and what they miss is, in principle, a secret, because it is a calculation: you can immediately guess where, what is used to protect the airspace. Let's go back to the fact that the enemy uses thermal traps…
