LONDON (dpa-AFX) – The British Ministry of Defense believes it is possible that Russia could bring back an old reconnaissance aircraft in the war of aggression against Ukraine. “Russia is probably considering reinstating the Soviet-era M-55 Mystic B high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft,” the ministry in London said in its daily update on Sunday.
The aircraft was most recently used for geoscientific research. However, it was observed carrying a military reconnaissance capsule that was developed for use in Russian fighter aircraft.
A crucial mistake in the Russian procurement strategy was not to have built up adequate capacities for target detection and reconnaissance, for example, the British wrote on Platform X. It is conceivable that Russia will now use the M-55 again.
The British Ministry of Defense has been publishing daily information on the course of the war since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine. Moscow accuses London of disinformation./kil/DP/jha