Watch “Russian plane shot down over Crimea. 28 March 2024” on Streamable.
Appears to be SU-27, shot down by friendly fire shortly after taking off from Belbek
I’d think that planes like that and large SAM systems would have some kind of IFF system active.
Given that it was shortly after takeoff, I wonder if it was some guy with a MANPADS that wouldn’t have had access to that sort or information?
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Yeah, sounds like something called “Parol”.
https://www.mil-airfields.de/equipment/soviet-russian-iff-parol.htm
Parol is a Soviet / Russian system for identification, friend or foe (IFF) and is the successor to Kremnij-2 system. Using cryptographic methods, a much better imitation security is achieved. In the late 1980s, introduction to the East German forces began.
