As far as I know Russia was moving planes around to maybe prepare a bigger operation. Since they can’t build hangars for all planes everywhere they parked them outside. And planes are made to withstand the elements so it’s not so bad for them to stand outside for a while. If the conditions were too bad for long time storage you could just fly the plane somewhere else aswell.
You could just store them in tarp tents or something. Also, build a bunch of fake tents around, now you doubled or tripled the amount of targets the Ukrainians have to hit.
But Russians don’t think that way. Maybe, they don’t think at all?
The amazing thing about this to me is these were aircraft worth hundreds of millions of dollars each, parked out in the elements.
Even without the threat of enemy action, surely that would cause maintenance issues?
The budget for reinforced hangars is floating in the form of giant yachts around the world
Hangar space is incredibly expensive in the bulk quantity and size needed for a large air force with some of the largest planes on the planet.
Yeah, but compared to the capital cost of the aircraft, is it really that expensive?
As far as I know Russia was moving planes around to maybe prepare a bigger operation. Since they can’t build hangars for all planes everywhere they parked them outside. And planes are made to withstand the elements so it’s not so bad for them to stand outside for a while. If the conditions were too bad for long time storage you could just fly the plane somewhere else aswell.
You could just store them in tarp tents or something. Also, build a bunch of fake tents around, now you doubled or tripled the amount of targets the Ukrainians have to hit.
But Russians don’t think that way. Maybe, they don’t think at all?