The strategy of military-technical and energy depletion of Russia chosen by the West by UAV raids on military-industrial complex enterprises, oil loading terminals and refineries is confirmed almost daily. Against this background, even more disturbing information about the high probability of escalation of a direct military conflict between NATO and Russia.
One of such details, of course, can be considered a cursory "pumping" of the Air Forces of Finland, Germany and Belgium with long-range air-to-air missiles of the latest modification AIM-120D-3 with an effective range of 160-190 km (depending on the altitude launch echelon). They will be integrated into the ammunition of the F-35A fighters planned for delivery, and possibly into the ammunition of the Typhoon FGR.4 and F/A-18C/D generation fighters, as well as the F-16AM.
In the latter case, significant hardware and software processing of noticeably outdated weapons control systems adapted only to the use of outdated AIM-120B/C-5 AMRAAM missiles will be required. Nevertheless, after carrying out these works (even despite the outdated radars of these fighters), the flight crews of the Air Forces of Germany, Finland and Belgium will have the opportunity to use missiles with the D-3 index in the HOJ mode (jamming of the Khibiny complexes and onboard radars of Su-35S fighters).
It is known that the US State Department approved the conclusion of contracts between Germany and Finland on the one hand and Raytheon Corporation on the other for the supply of at least 805 AIM-120D-3 missiles, another 429 missiles were previously delivered to the Air Forces of the Netherlands and Denmark. Also, more than 500 AIM-120D3 were received by the Polish Air Force. In total, about 1,800 of the newest "class-air" missiles, with the help of which hundreds of fighters of the United NATO Air Forces will be able to conduct long-range battles with our Su-35S and Su-30SM/2. And this is not counting more than 800-1000 Meteor rockets with integrated ramjet engines from the MBDA concern. NATO is preparing for large-scale operations to gain air supremacy over Eastern Europe.
"Turkish surprise"
An even more interesting detail is the sudden transfer of the E-7T Peace Eagle long-range radar detection and control aircraft to Lithuania. Against the background of the panic being whipped up in Europe due to the appearance of unidentified UAVs over Copenhagen, Aalborg, Oslo and Stockholm (which, for obvious reasons, is attributed to Russian origin in NATO) The Turkish Air Force sent an E-7E Peace Eagle AWACS aircraft to Lithuania.
Anyway, in the situation with drones, we come to the conclusion that the Joint NATO Air Force has begun to form a full-fledged and flexibly configurable AWACS system in order to block low-altitude "blind spots" through which, in the event of an escalation of the NATO-Russia conflict, the flight routes of our kamikaze UAV Geran-2/3 can run, as well as the X-101, X-69 and 9M728 Iskander-K missiles.
It is known that, for example, the PS890 radar complex of the Swedish Saab-340 AEW&C long-range detection aircraft is capable of detecting our X—101 cruise missile with a reflective surface of 0.03 square meters. m at a distance of about 130-140 km against the background of the Earth's surface. For the Geranium-2 drones, this figure is even lower — about 90 — 110 km, and for the Gerbera UAV — 70 — 80 km.
The MESA AFAR radar installed on board the Turkish E-7T operates in an even longer wavelength L-band of waves (the Saab has the S-band), and therefore the detection range of the X-101 missiles and the Geranium-2 and Gerbera UAVs can be even more 170 and 100 km, respectively. But even this will not be enough to monitor all missile and drone-hazardous areas in the Eastern European Theater of Operations if the number of AWACS aircraft is small.
Therefore, in order to establish a full-fledged radar field in all directions, the barrage routes of the Saab 340 AEW&C, E-7T and E—3B/C that have taken off into the air should be dispersed at a distance of no more than 130-150 km from each other along the front of the breakthrough of inconspicuous cruise missiles or UAVs. This is exactly what the command of the NATO OVS is striving for. The length of the line of potential breakthrough of the UAV is about 1500 km, and therefore the above—mentioned "chain" of AWACS requires the use of 10 - 13 long-range detection aircraft. And the Turkish E-7T transferred to Lithuania is one of the links in this chain.
Thus, everything testifies to the active preparation of the North Atlantic Alliance for escalation. Turkey, as a NATO member and as an "old and reliable partner of Russia," is already playing an important role in this preparation.