https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2023/...hibiny-ew-system-while-intercepting-the-f-35/
LOL. What now? Our F35 will be useless against Malaysia Su-30?
Did we wasted billions to just to buy 6 F35?
May 9th
On May 9, a Russian Su-30SM was reported to have intercepted an Italian F-35 piloted by a Falco pilot. The interception takes place over the Baltic Sea. The interception was necessitated because the F-35 came close to the Russian An-12 military transport aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces [VKS]. The interception is carried out by the Su-30SM, which, by the way, escorts the An-12.
Photo by Todd R. McQueen
“He came almost out of nowhere. I was very confused because I did not expect to see it so close,” the Italian pilot describes his first impressions of the sudden appearance of the Su-30SM. Falco says the Russian pilot acted defiantly. He has been lost several times. The US fighter jet’s detection and warning systems failed again and again and had to be restarted.
The pilot’s story
Falco says they were warned the Russians might be using Khibiny, an electronic warfare system. But faced with this in practice, when his F-35’s targeting and targeting instruments fail momentarily, Falco begins to worry.
Seeing the Russian fighter fast approaching, Falco decided to implement the standard scheme for such cases. He turns his plane 30 degrees to maintain a safe distance. At that time, Falco plans to perform another system reboot and get out of the pesky neighbor’s electronic warfare. At first, it seemed to help.
Russian pilot tricks
Photo credit: Irkut Press Office
The Italian and the Russian fly side by side. Both use slight maneuvers as if they are approaching each other, but de facto it does not happen. Normally, in border areas, military pilots are limited to warnings, but not in this case.
Su-30SM and F-35 each other. But then, Falco recalled, the Su-30 quickly fell behind and disappeared from view. For a minute, the Italian pilot loses his detection system again. And suddenly the Russian Flanker was right in front of the F-35. He passed very close, narrowly missing an American fighter with his left wing.
“All of a sudden I just froze with fear. I did not expect such a dangerous maneuver from the Russians,” Falko commented on his impressions. The Italian pilot began to smoothly make a turn on the horizon, trying with all his behavior not to cause aggression in the Russian pilot. Falco sees the Su-30 below him and the next moment dives. Falco tried to keep the Russian fighter in his sights, so he also turned the plane’s nose towards it. The Russian pilot saw the maneuvers and instantly found himself in front of him. On board the F-35, they again began to have problems with the instruments.
LOL. What now? Our F35 will be useless against Malaysia Su-30?
Did we wasted billions to just to buy 6 F35?
must be using a huawei phone 
with him on the plane.
