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1 posted on 06/22/2024 9:33:29 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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34 posted on 06/22/2024 10:48:41 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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Propeller driven aircraft and pilots who can handle them are cheap. Probably quite effective on drones.


35 posted on 06/22/2024 10:49:54 AM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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World War I Tactics Make A Comeback As A Ukrainian Gunner In The Back Of A Propeller Plane Shoots Down A Russian Drone

April 29, 2024 - The first aerial dogfights during World War I were slow, almost comical affairs. So was last week's mid-air skirmish pitting a Ukrainian Yak-52 training plane against a Russian Orlan drone.

World War I Tactics Make A Comeback As A Ukrainian Gunner In The Back Of A Propeller Plane Shoots Down A Russian Drone

This method of destroying drones is cheap—but it’s not easy.

This is either a rehash of a story from a fw months go, or they had another success months later. Either way, it' s insignificant. Russia can withstand this kind of loss all day long, everyday.

40 posted on 06/22/2024 11:03:13 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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43 posted on 06/22/2024 11:19:43 AM PDT by fso301
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47 posted on 06/22/2024 11:50:14 AM PDT by doorgunner69 (When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty)
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Ukraine's military have been consistently adapting and improving their aircraft and weaponry

The latest innovation is based on the WW2 Spitfire.

48 posted on 06/22/2024 11:50:49 AM PDT by woodpusher
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And a 170 MPH Yak does what against a hypersonic drone?


50 posted on 06/22/2024 11:56:28 AM PDT by Gaffer
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Send em some Stearman`s.


55 posted on 06/22/2024 12:41:49 PM PDT by bunkerhill7 (Don't shoot until you see the whites of their lies)
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Even taking the story at face value, why is it a "humiliating blow"?

Whatever else is going on, it is no surprise to President Putin that Ukies hit back. Abd Spitfires versus drones does less harm to Russian forces than had they used piloted aircraft. The whole point of drones is enhanced expendability.

56 posted on 06/22/2024 1:02:55 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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I heard Ukrainians are using M80s to scare the shxt out of the Russians. Word has it umcrevmom has written the surrender document and Russia signing is imminent.


63 posted on 06/22/2024 3:09:43 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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Regardless of the side....

We are seeing the cheapness of modern weapons of war. Drones costing a few hundred bucks are taking out multi million dollar equipments and killing with accuracy and abilities like never before.

Meanwhile.... our idiot brass, Chief joints, and Chomo in Chief are planning weapon systems that will enrich politicians while remaining completely useless against these cheap drones. Heck, the worlds’s most powerful Navies can’t even take on a bunch of stinky low IQ tribal thugs in Yemen.


65 posted on 06/22/2024 3:32:38 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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They need those F-16s. Why is Biden dragging his feet?


69 posted on 06/22/2024 4:27:53 PM PDT by Brilliant
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QiXUtJ3dQE


73 posted on 06/22/2024 6:43:59 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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You love this Biden catastrophe so much you should go over there and enlist.


77 posted on 06/23/2024 11:16:29 AM PDT by FlyingEagle
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LOL you’re pretty desperate with the terrible propaganda.


78 posted on 06/23/2024 12:18:35 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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