Su-57 fifth-generation multirole fighter. Archival photoMOSCOW, June 9 During a special operation in Ukraine, Russia deployed a flight of four Su-57 fighter jets linked into a single information network to destroy air defense, an informed source told RIA Novosti.
&# 34; Within the framework of the NMD, the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out an operation to identify and destroy the air defense systems of Ukraine using a flight of four of the latest Su-57 multifunctional fighters. The aircraft were combined into an information network through automatic communication, data transmission, navigation and real-time identification systems,» the source said.
The source noted that «combining the aircraft in a single information space increases the effectiveness of detection and defeat goals.» He also specified that the low radar visibility of the Su-57 was confirmed. The Su-57 is a fifth-generation Russian multirole fighter developed by the Sukhoi company. The machine is designed to destroy all types of air, ground and surface targets. It has a supersonic cruising flight speed, intra-fuselage armament, a radar-absorbing coating, as well as the latest on-board equipment. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a military special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin stressed, its goal is «to protect people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the Russian army has completed the main tasks of the first stage — it has significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The agency called the liberation of Donbass the main goal.