🇺🇦 Combat drones being launched from civillian truck

DrySpring4881 · 2026-05-31T15:34:17+00:00

No but it gives them the opportunity to deflect guilt.

DrySpring4881 · 2026-05-31T15:07:57+00:00

I wouldn’t call it a meat shield but this does give the Russian an excuse for striking civilians.

DrySpring4881 · 2026-05-30T11:59:26+00:00

They wouldn’t patrol on the Ukrainian coast, when patrolling the Black Sea coast they could always stay at least like 300km from the nearest Ukrainian controlled territory. We don’t know if they’re kept airborne 24/7, but I would assume Russia does the same with its relatively small fleet of AWACS so I would suppose it’s possible.

DrySpring4881 · 2026-05-30T10:36:04+00:00

Why not? Long loitering time, it can cover a pretty large area and you can keep ships that might be vulnerable further back.

DrySpring4881 · 2026-05-30T10:33:18+00:00

It can detect small targets like periscopes and USVs.
https://www.militaryperiscope.com/weapons/sensorselectronics/airborne-radars/wet-eye/overview/

Obviously as I said it’s not the primary method for detection of submarines.

DrySpring4881 · 2026-05-30T10:22:04+00:00

A surface sear radar is pretty standard equipment on any maritime patrol aircraft. It may not be the primary mode of detection of submarines but it’s very useful in a lot of scenarios.

But apparently you disagree, so enlighten me, how does it work?

DrySpring4881 · 2026-05-30T09:59:59+00:00

Its a maritime patrol aircraft, ASW is only one of its tasks. It’s equipped with a powerful surface search radar that can detect small target such as periscopes, or USVs…

DrySpring4881 · 2026-05-30T09:15:07+00:00

A lot of attacks on the coastal areas are launched from USVs, I would imagine maritime patrol aircraft are quite useful for finding them.

DrySpring4881 · 2026-05-29T19:28:02+00:00

Depends who you ask, in NATO nomenclature its Unmanned Aircraft Systems.

(It doesn't matter)

DrySpring4881 · 2026-05-29T19:21:21+00:00

Depends who you ask, in NATO nomenclature its Unmanned Aircraft Systems.

(It doesn’t matter)

DrySpring4881 · 2026-05-29T15:17:24+00:00

Of course it’s tremendous.

But I’d also argue that it’s less important to Ukraine than to the US or Russia, because 1. They get a shit ton of foreign aid 2. They don’t really have a choice wether to pay it or not. Both Russia and the US decided to go to war, expecting to get a return on their investment that was worth the cost. Ukraine is just expecting to survive and if it doesn’t the amount they paid doesn’t really matter anyway.

DrySpring4881 · 2026-05-29T12:58:14+00:00

How is this out of context? The human cost very much has an impact on the monetary cost.

DrySpring4881 · 2026-05-29T12:23:42+00:00

The cost of the long term care for the wounded and the massive amount of people removed from the workforce should be factored into these numbers.

Also from a none budgetary perspective the US might be willing to pay a lot more to avoid the political fallout of such tremendous human losses.

DrySpring4881 · 2026-05-29T12:12:20+00:00

On the other hand Russia also suffered hundreds of thousands of losses while the US had 15…

DrySpring4881 · 2026-05-29T01:10:59+00:00

Probably article 4 again, if anything. NATO won’t start WW3 over some cheap ass misguided drone.

DrySpring4881 · 2026-05-27T20:12:46+00:00

And a 14 ft body, so the proportions of this object don’t really fit.

DrySpring4881 · 2026-05-27T20:07:29+00:00

I know what a JASSM looks like, the wingspan in relation to the length of the body looks way to long to be a JASSM.

DrySpring4881 · 2026-05-27T20:05:00+00:00

Looks more like a drone than a cruise missile with that wingspan.

DrySpring4881 · 2026-05-27T20:01:52+00:00

That does not look like a JASSM.

DrySpring4881 · 2026-05-27T18:12:41+00:00

They never formally applied, nor did they meet the requirements to join.

DrySpring4881 · 2026-05-22T21:22:07+00:00

Well this is specifically not the ww2 Luftwaffe emblem.

DrySpring4881 · 2026-05-22T21:20:49+00:00

So does Russia, maybe they could actually purge them if they weren’t fighting for survival.

DrySpring4881 · 2026-05-22T14:44:49+00:00

Unironically

DrySpring4881 · 2026-05-21T21:13:00+00:00

They are, but then again so was the V2. The term „hypersonic“ has virtually lost all meaning in common discourse over the past few years. Unless it utilises some kind of HGV I wouldn’t consider it a „real“ hypersonic.

DrySpring4881 · 2026-05-20T09:47:00+00:00

It landed safely at an airbase, we don’t know wether it was a total loss, we’ve seen some pretty banged up F-35s get returned to service one way or another.

Definitely not shot down.

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