{"id":48417,"date":"2022-08-30T21:12:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T19:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=48417"},"modified":"2024-08-30T00:17:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T22:17:23","slug":"ukraine-shows-its-mig-29-with-the-missile-that-is-destroying-russian-air-defenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/08\/30\/ukraine-shows-its-mig-29-with-the-missile-that-is-destroying-russian-air-defenses\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine shows its MiG-29 with the missile that is destroying Russian air defenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although some had considered the Ukrainian Air Force liquidated at the beginning of the Russian invasion, the truth is that it continues to exist and is very active.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/07\/22\/the-united-states-opens-the-door-to-send-its-most-legendary-attack-plane-to-ukraine\/\">The United States opens the door to send its most legendary attack plane to Ukraine<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2022\/05\/07\/the-images-of-the-attack-of-ukrainian-su-27-fighters-on-the-snake-island\/\">The images of the attack of Ukrainian Su-27 fighters on the Snake Island<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p>In fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=462634169209671\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">today the Ukrainian Air Force posted a video<\/a> on which shows two of its MiG-29 fighters and also a Su-25 attack plane. <strong>The video was recorded by one of the MiG-29 pilots, named Ivan, and he dedicated it to his partner Yevhen Lysenko<\/strong>, who was killed in an air combat against the Russians on March 9, in the early days of the Russian invasion:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u043f\u0456\u043b\u043e\u0442 \u043f\u043e\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u0432 \u0440\u043e\u0431\u043e\u0442\u0443 \u0432\u0438\u043d\u0438\u0449\u0443\u0432\u0430\u0447\u0430 \u041c\u0456\u0433-29\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9gXAXFgOlzY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The video is very interesting because <strong>it includes the first images of the AGM-88 HARM on the Ukrainian MiG-29<\/strong>. The HARM (short for High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile) is an American missile that came into use in 1985 and has been updated several times over the years. <strong>It is a missile specialized in destroying air defense radars.<\/strong> It has a range of 150 km and can reach a speed of 2,280 km\/h. It is guided by radar and electronic systems that allow the missile to detect and hit its targets autonomously. <strong>It has a proximity laser detonator and its warhead is made up of 66 kg of a fragmentation explosive.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The HARM was first used in the 1991 Gulf War, proving highly effective against Iraqi air defenses. Until now this missile had always been used on Western aircraft. <strong>It is the first time that the HARM has been used in combat from aircraft of Soviet origin<\/strong>, which must have been a technological challenge for Ukraine, since the orientation of these missiles is usually done from the multifunction screens of the planes that launch them, and the MiG-29 has an analog technology. <strong>It has been speculated that the Ukraine may have received help from the US for this adaptation<\/strong>, and that possibly the Americans already had experience in it thanks to their experimentation with the 21 MiG-29 they bought from Moldova in 1997.<\/p>\n<p>It's been weeks since talk began about the possible use of these missiles by Ukraine. <a href=\"https:\/\/mil.in.ua\/uk\/news\/pozytsiyi-ppo-rosiyi-v-ukrayini-pochaly-urazhaty-amerykanski-rakety-agm-88\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\" _blank\">On August 7, images of the remains of a HARM in a Russian position<\/a> were released, following an attack by the Ukrainian Air Force against the air defenses of the invading forces. <a href=\"https:\/\/mil.in.ua\/uk\/news\/aviatsiya-ukrayiny-otrymala-protyradiolokatsijni-rakety-pentagon\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">On August 8, the Pentagon confirmed those HARM missile deliveries<\/a>, and on August 19 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Transcripts\/Transcript\/Article\/3134558\/senior-defense-official-holds-a -background-briefing\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">noted<\/a>: <em>\"<strong>Ukraine has successfully employed these missiles. They have successfully integrated them onto Ukrainian aircraft, and this enables Ukraine to seek and destroy Russian radars<\/strong>, so we'll be providing additional HARM missiles.\"<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52322713683_0fc8b2ac0d_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Let's review some screenshots of the video here. Above these lines we see <strong>two of the Ukrainian MiG-29<\/strong>. They carry the traditional camouflage gray colors of the Ukrainian Air Force.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52322398166_9561f8959d_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this image we see<strong>one of the HARM missiles in the inner underwing mount of the right wing of a MiG-29<\/strong>. On the external mount we see a Vympel R-73 short-range air-to-air missile, guided by infrared. A model of Soviet origin.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52322838950_b11b4c68e5_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The moment of launch of one of the HARM missiles.<\/strong> As pointed out by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReinaldoDMM\/status\/1564562797979222016\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@ReinaldoDMM<\/a> on Twitter, the fighter's GPS shows a speed of 779 km\/h: <em>\"Speed and altitude are very important. <strong>The higher the launch altitude and the speed of the aircraft, the more range the missile will have to its limit.<\/strong> On the other hand, it is easier to be detected by anti-aircraft defenses\"<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52322713678_cfed646831_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The launch of the second HARM missile.<\/strong> On Twitter, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReinaldoDMM\/status\/1564562792623079424\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@ReinaldoDMM<\/a> points out: <em>\"The AGM-88 HARM are transported in pairs and <strong>the procedure consists of launching two consecutive missiles on the same target<\/strong>, this increases the chances of hitting the target and that the complex and expensive mission can be a success\".<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52322931960_f6099790c2_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The video includes images of the same MiG-29 in different missions:<\/strong> in some of them it carries a pair of HARM missiles and two R-73, and in others it is equipped with two R-73 and a Vympel R-27 medium-range air-to-air missiles on right wing (distinguished by right cockpit rearview mirror). It probably has the same configuration on the left wing.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52322499301_86328c8e33_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An image of the video in which <strong>we see, at the bottom right, the RWR (radar warning receivers) turned on<\/strong>, a sign that the plane is being detected by a Russian radar. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReinaldoDMM\/status\/1564562792623079424\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@ReinaldoDMM<\/a> notes that it is possibly the SPO-15 Beryoza radar warning receiver that carry the first versions of the MiG-29 that and would be receiving signals from various directions.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52322919159_29c6860da5_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; margin:10px 0 10px 0;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finally, a curiosity: <strong>the MiG-29 has a teddy bear in an aviator uniform<\/strong> in the front left part of the cockpit. That is going into combat well accompanied. \ud83d\ude04<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although some had considered the Ukrainian Air Force liquidated at the beginning of the Russian invasion, the truth is that it continues to exist and is very active.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19536,11546],"tags":[17289,6446,10731,16153,15307,16152,17291,17290],"class_list":["post-48417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-we-said-yesterday","category-military-aviation","tag-agm-88-harm","tag-mikoyan-gurevich-mig-29","tag-russia","tag-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-of-2022","tag-ukraine","tag-ukrainian-air-force","tag-vympel-r-27","tag-vympel-r-73"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-12 02:23:04","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48417"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48417\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}