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Posted on 06/22/2024 9:33:29 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Dramatic video shows Kyiv's propeller-driven Yak-52 hunting down a Russian drone.
UKRAINE are using WW2-style planes to hunt down Russian drones on the battlefield in a blow to Vladimir Putin's increasingly desperate war effort.
Air Marshal Greg Bagwell, a retired RAF commander, told The Sun Ukraine has taken inspiration from Britain's famous Spitfires and are making headway in the skies against Vlad's meatgrinder troops.
In a scene reminiscent of WW2, dramatic video showed Kyiv's propeller-driven Yak-52 plane in an intense dogfight with a Russian drone in the sky above southern Ukraine in April.
The 1970s two-seater training aircraft chased Vlad's spy drone while a co-pilot in the backseat fired a volley of shots from a machine gun at the invading UAV.
Within minutes, Ukraine's Spitfire-style plane - dubbed the 'Drone Hunter' - can be seen circling Russia's Orlan UAV after it took damage from a direct hit over Odessa.
Ukraine's military have been consistently adapting and improving their aircraft and weaponry since Vlad launched his barbaric full-scale invasion in 2022 - and the Yak-52 is the latest innovative project.
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Is it “The Ghost” doing all this heroic humiliating?
Lol
Yakety Yak Don’t Talk Back!
Ridiculous.
Ukraine using US military weapons bought with borrowed money by US govt. Annual federal deficits are now in Trillions of dollars, padding on to national debt. Interest on national debt now exceeds all other categories of spending including defense. Reminds me of my BIL who maxed out all his credit cards, living above his means, ending up in bankruptcy court.
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The Yak 52 is more along the lines of the Australian “Wirraway” fighter that was a domestically produced armed version of the USA’s North American T-6 trainer. The T-6 was called “Harvard” by the British and Canadians.
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/na-16-wirraway-from-trainer-to-fighter/
Putin stronk! Kyiv in 3 days!
> and the Yak-52 is the latest innovative project.
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This can’t be good for Putin’s five year old bout with cancer?
Top speed of 17O mph is a “Spitfire equivalent?”
Putin stronk! Kharkiv in 3 days!
“Ukraine using US military weapons bought with borrowed money by US govt. Annual federal deficits are now in Trillions of dollars, padding on to national debt.”
Forget it. He doesn’t care. He’s a proud Ukrainian nationalist and to him whatever happens to our country is inconsequential.
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