The Libyan army showed the MiG-23 with powerful bombs

The army of Libyan Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, leading the fight against the Islamists, continues to return to service combat aircraft purchased by Gadhafi from the Soviet Union, writes Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

Recently, the Libyan military showed 2-local training and combat fighter MiG-23UB with bombs hanging. The interest of specialists was caused by 273-kilogram bomb cassette RBC-250-275, equipped with 150 fragmentation bombs AO-1ch. The weight of each deadly “gift” is only 1,2 kg, while its flying fragments leave no chance for the enemy to survive in the diameter of 12,5 meters. Such cassettes can be used already from a height of 400 meters.

The combat load of the MiG-23UB is up to 1,6 tons. In addition to free-falling bombs, a fighter can use unguided missiles and an 23-mm GSH-23L cannon with an 200 rounds ammunition.

Previously, the Libyans were also guided missiles, but it is unlikely that they are now in working condition.

According to military experts, the use of combat training aircraft as a strike aircraft is a forced measure. Affects the lack of serviceable combat vehicles.

In early May, a parade of Haftar troops took place at the Benin airbase near Benghazi. In addition to the aircraft depicted in the photo, the military showed one MiG-23BN fighter-bomber, a couple of MiG-21МФ, Su-22, Mirage F1, and Mi-8 and Mi-25 helicopters.

Comments

[Megatron]

So Haftar seems to have died? In Libya there are now 2 or 3 governments, not counting terrorists.

[conservative]

So Haftar seems to have died?

that day when I read the news about it - there was a refutation a few hours later. somewhere he lit up at some kind of event

in 1983 was a student of courses at the Frunze Academy

[Anatole Klim]

Quote: Megatron

So Haftar seems to have died?

On April 11, 2018, the French newspaper Le Monde reported that in Benghazi, Haftar had a stroke and was in a coma. Field Marshal was taken to the hospital of Jordanian Amman, and later to the clinic in Paris. The publication Middle East Eye, citing a European diplomat, reported that Haftar had lung cancer that metastasized to the brain. Anonymous doctors confirmed the stroke, which caused the commander to lose his speech. Already on April 13, information appeared in the media about the death of the commander of the Libyan troops. However, information about the death was not confirmed and on April 26 Khalifa Haftar returned to Benghazi. Https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haftar_Hal
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[Kasym]

Polite. This rumor was launched by French journalists, citing anonymous sources. In late April, Hufftar returned to Benghazi.
I’m wondering where did they get the spare parts for the MiG-23? In Syria, the MiG-23 is also still in service.

[NN52]

Kasym

Most likely they are engaged in cannibalism ... And this spark is probably the last of the MiG 23 ...
But as soon as they fly on such equipment ...
There, after all, for sure, all the regulations and on the chair came out .. Fearless guys ...

[Kasym]

Good evening Dmitry!
I also thought about "cannibalism" and the fact that the MiG-23 was practically written off from us ... They, after all, must have been looking for spare parts all over the world. And we have recently been in the ranks.

[NN52]

Dauren

So maybe you helped?

[Kasym]

Of course, there is no official confirmation. But in fact they began to be written off when they were repaired and put on the wing in Syria.

[NN52]

Dauren

I see ...
But to throw bombs from 23, from a dive ... it's still that pleasure ...
I didn’t throw it. But I found the guys from Afghanistan who did this ... But not from Sparky ....

[Kasym]

Dmitry, I served at the air training ground, 87-89, where all the allies studied. In 88g. one Libyan crashed on our MiG-23, just after the bombing.
Interestingly, the first Su-30SM, which we bought in 15g. were intended for the Russian Aerospace Forces.

[PalBor]

No, slander of enemies. Now the largest city and port of Dern are being stormed, almost taken. The US-backed Sarajah government yells about arbitrariness and a catastrophe, but something to everyone in FIG. Haftar, with the explicit support of Egypt and the UAE and implicit France and Russia, is gradually crushing all the key points in the country.
Field Marshal, of course, dog krev, but for Libya he is better than chaos and the dominance of terrorists.

[PalBor]

This is his return.
And it’s crisp on the way to Sod.
If not a double.

[Yak28]

Wow, Libya still has an army

[Servisinzhener]

I would not say that Libya. Because there the situation is like ours at the height of the civil war.

[conservative]

there is also a lot of oil - they will also conclude contracts that were broken. we need to help them tidy up the situation in the country. there were large contracts with Russian Railways and with oil companies.

[Captain Pushkin]

Quote: conservative

there is also a lot of oil - they will also conclude contracts that were broken. we need to help them tidy up the situation in the country. there were large contracts with Russian Railways and with oil companies.

In fact, Haftar, if I am not mistaken, flew to Moscow last year for negotiations and this was shown on TV.

[san4es]

The interest of experts aroused the 273-kilogram bomb cluster RBC-250-275, equipped with 150 fragmentation bombs AO-1sch

The single-use bomb cluster RBC-250-275 AO-1sch, equipped with fragmentation bombs AO-1sch, is intended to destroy enemy manpower.
The main data of the cartridge:
Length - 2119-2151 mm;
Case diameter - 325 mm;
Swing stabilizer - 409 mm;
Cassette weight - 273 kg;
The number of bombs in the cartridge - 150 pcs;
Minimum cassette opening height - 400 m
The main data of the AO-1sch air bomb:
Length - 153-158 mm;
Diameter - 49 mm;
Swing stabilizer - 60 mm;
The weight of the bomb - 1,2 kg;
Explosive weight - 0,038 kg;
Solid defeat radius
on slaughter splinters - not less than 12,5 m.

[APASUS]

According to military experts, the use of combat training aircraft as a strike aircraft is a forced measure. Affects the lack of serviceable combat vehicles.

Interesting information from Libya. If you compare it with commercial directories that state that the only 100% restored industry after the war is the oil industry, you get a strange impression.
Do American treasuries buy the same?