Oopsky.
LOL
keep it up pooty poot
More dead Russians.
More destroyed Russian military equipment.
Works for me.
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Friendly fire goes both ways in all wars.
They do have slave camps, starvation and no electricity.
That’s your UK Daily Tabloids report for today.
IFF failure? Something is wrong.
NATO and Russian (and Chinese, a knock off of Russian models) IFF use encrypted interrogations so that the aircraft does not respond unless the interrogator is a friendly. Air defense systems will not over interrogate* to prevent enemies from triangulating on an encrypted reply.
The Ka-29 may have turned off his transponder to prevent being detected by Ukrainians, he may have been using the wrong key, the Panstir may have been using the wrong key, or there could have been an equipment failure, on the aircraft or ground equipment.
A couple of friendly fire incidents in the Gulf War were attributable to coalition aircraft not replying to IFF, a serious mistake in an environment where friendly fire is much more likely than hostile.
The Pantsir is considered a piece of crap, but better than nothing, as long as your life doesn’t depend on it.
*Civilian “IFF” - secondary radar - interrogate with about 1000 unencrypted pulses per second, and match transponder replies to primary radar echoes. Military IFF only interrogate intermittently, and only for targets whose identity is in doubt, and needs to be established. Establishing identity before shooting is considered mandatory, of course. An unidentified target not replying to interrogations is likely to be hostile. Since the Pantsir is so vulnerable, no wonder the operators would be trigger happy.
Russians shoot down their own aircraft frequently enough to suggest some are intentional. Maybe some guy owes another money, is a competitor for a girl or a promotion? It’s hard to be this incompetent.
Silly stories like this are just a diversion from realities like this:
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-air-attack-damages-ukraines-energy-infrastructure-2024-06-20/
KYIV, June 20 (Reuters) - Russia launched a new barrage of missiles and drones at Ukraine in the early hours of Thursday, causing "significant" damage to a thermal power plant and maintaining pressure on the electricity grid, Ukrainian officials said.
The attack on energy infrastructure in four regions damaged equipment, wounded seven workers and cut off electricity to more than 218,000 consumers, the energy ministry said.
The attacks, Kyiv says, have knocked out half of Ukraine's energy generating capacity since March and forced rolling blackouts. Moscow has said energy facilities are a legitimate military target and that some of the strikes were retaliation for Ukrainian attacks on Russian territory.
Officials in Kyiv have for months been appealing to Ukraine's allies to supply more air defences against the air strikes carried out by Russia.
Private power company DTEK said one of its thermal power plants suffered significant damage during what it said was the seventh large-scale attack on its infrastructure since March 22.
"Enemy missiles hit a DTEK power station already damaged in previous attacks... We urgently need to close our skies or Ukraine faces a serious crisis this winter. My plea to allies is to help us defend our energy system and rebuild in time," said the company's CEO, Maxim Timchenko. National grid operator Ukrenergo said the attack would lead to an increase in scheduled blackouts on Thursday.
Friendly fire happens in all wars.
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