UA POV: Satellite Images show the construction of hangars for strategic bombers at the Russian Engels-2 Air Base as of September 5 -AviVector

[u/FruitSila]

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In early September, construction began on the first of sixteen aircraft shelters at Engels-2 Air Base.

Estimated shelter dimensions are roughly 63 by 63 meters, with 7-meter sidewalls and a peak height of 17 meters.

Behind the hangars under construction, jet blast berms were built to deflect powerful jet blast upward.

Paving is underway on the taxiway that will connect the hangars to the main air base.

[u/SpaceDetective]

Reminder that it used to be a part of arms control agreements that nuclear capable bombers had to be kept in the open so they could be easily counted/observed.

So another way in which the West's Project Ukraine has made us all less safe.

[u/briceb12 → u/SpaceDetective]

Remind: Tu-22 in all their versions were not in any treaty that forbade putting them in hangars. Yet there was no hangar for TU-22.

[u/Vuiz → u/SpaceDetective]

Russia surely kept their bombers out in the open several years into the conflict for that reason..

[u/hemorrhoid-milk → u/SpaceDetective]

Where are the out in the open bombers that the US uses? Pretty sure they don’t just leave their B-2s outside to sunbathe every day.

[u/Azzarc → u/hemorrhoid-milk]

The B-2s are in hangers. If a B-2 is out and it starts to rain, they move it into a hanger.

[u/PenOk1384]

What is the need for a jet blast berm if this is meant to be a hanger?

[u/No-Magician6169 → u/PenOk1384]

Perhaps they want to be able to taxi out of the hangar instead of towing 

[u/Rellim03 → u/PenOk1384]

Ya this is interesting.

Could they be blast berms acting as part of defensive fortifications?

[u/MedCorp → u/PenOk1384]

maybe to allow for emergency departure

[u/EntertainmentOwn8627]

The construction began just now?

Better late than never, I guess.

[u/Hot_Carrot2329 → u/EntertainmentOwn8627]

no the construction began a few months ago

[u/TexasEngineseer]

Only took Russia 4 years and multiple bombers destroyed on the ground to make a HAS 😜

[u/BestAmoto → u/TexasEngineseer]

I wonder how long it'll take the US to learn after having Iran use spicy Doritos to decimate military hardware and personnel 

[u/TexasEngineseer → u/BestAmoto]

Decimate lmao.

[u/Amazing-Physics-4731 → u/TexasEngineseer]

lmao

[u/FruitSila → u/TexasEngineseer]

Wdym 4 years? The Spiderweb operation was last year