Massive explosion as kamikaze drone smashes into Russian air base damaging one of Putin’s prized supersonic bombers

Sun UK ^ | 8/19/2023 | Sarah Hooper

[ModelBreaker]

“What’s with calling this a “terrorist” attack? It’s an attack by the military of a country your at war “special military operation” against on one of your military bases, Russia. It’s not like they are bombing a soccer stadium.”

In modern war, all attacks are terrorist. It’s kind of like in modern American politics — all bad things are racist and whit supremacist.

[buwaya]

“IF that’s correct, it is quite significant.. “

It is. For tactical aircraft it makes it harder to generate sorties, without a very temporary surge through closer airfields. They cant stay long close by, as a drone strike may be on the way, or they must use aerial refueling, for which Russia has very limited capacity.

For strategic aircraft it increases detection/warning range of a coming strike.

[buwaya]

On the other hand, if it is a short range drone attack by Uke special forces or local guerrillas, range/distance may not be an issue. The local security situation may be the critical element.

Strike on Russian AWACS -

https://tvpworld.com/66870978/belarusian-partisans-damage-russian-surveillance-aircraft

[buwaya]

It certainly could be, they have done so before.

[The Duke]

"Putin airbase stronk as bull! Burning missiles and bombers all capitalist lies!"

And Russia is not capitalist?

[rottweiller_inc]

Well you can Detonates at altitude with a puff of oil cheap and easy. I would appear that Russia has already figured out this weakness

[Pilsner]

If Putin didn’t invade Ukraine, whoever was President of Russia (such as Medvedev) would have LEVELED all of it in a week.

Putin, Russia’s authoritarian ruler for decades, had to order Russia to invade Ukraine, to save Ukraine from an attack by Russia?

Hey BotL, that makes so little sense that even your fellow Putin Fanbois notice.

[BobL]

“Putin, Russia’s authoritarian ruler for decades, had to order Russia to invade Ukraine, to save Ukraine from an attack by Russia?”

I think my meaning was clear. This sexual-based hatred of Putin is irrelevant to what happens regarding Ukraine, as the bottom line, dating back to Gorbachev, was that Ukraine was NOT going to be taken by NATO.