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Ukrainian pilots shooting down Russian drones with WW2 Spitfire-style planes in humiliating blow to Putin’s war machine
Sun UK ^
| 6/22/2024
| Rachel Bunyan
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.
(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat
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To: ansel12
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posted on
06/22/2024 2:53:12 PM PDT
by
Jumper
To: Jumper; adorno
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posted on
06/22/2024 2:55:12 PM PDT
by
going hot
(Happiness is a Momma deuce)
To: marcusmaximus
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!)
To: Jumper
64
posted on
06/22/2024 3:16:20 PM PDT
by
ansel12
((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
To: marcusmaximus
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)
To: Kazan
To: AndyJackson
Top speed of the MK 1 Super Marine Spitfire was 369 mph.
Bloody good jog, I’d say.
67
posted on
06/22/2024 3:38:17 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
(Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
To: aMorePerfectUnion
To: marcusmaximus
They need those F-16s. Why is Biden dragging his feet?
To: Jumper
Of those many, find a good one.
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posted on
06/22/2024 5:15:01 PM PDT
by
ansel12
((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
To: ansel12
I suspect now that was old video. However, there is a lor of movement north of Kiev and massive construction of minefields and fortifications, which apparently were not actually constructed per funding in past budgets paid out.
Ukraine is training female sappers.
I do doubt any canucks in Ukeland.
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posted on
06/22/2024 6:11:01 PM PDT
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Jumper
To: Jumper
Why post that Canadian SF are doing minefield labor in Ukraine if it didn’t make sense and you don’t think any Canadians are there anyway?
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posted on
06/22/2024 6:38:28 PM PDT
by
ansel12
((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
To: marcusmaximus
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posted on
06/22/2024 6:43:59 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
To: Jumper
Your kind of people would keep the residents in the buildings as humun shields
That is such an idiotic statement when it is me who relates your kind to being the causes of wars. So, how the 'f' did you come to that idiotic conclusion about me? I'm the one trying to defend the defenseless against your kind of thinking. Get a clue, 'donbas'.
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posted on
06/22/2024 7:15:07 PM PDT
by
adorno
(CCH)
To: ansel12
Further research. Sometimes it doesn’t prove out.
75
posted on
06/22/2024 7:34:51 PM PDT
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Jumper
To: going hot
Way too late for that!
Whatchutalkingabout, Willis? Do try to quote what you're responding to. Makes it easy for everybody to understand what you mean.
And, yeah, I was too late, but that's way back during my H.S. days. How'd you know?
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posted on
06/22/2024 7:42:04 PM PDT
by
adorno
(CCH)
To: marcusmaximus
You love this Biden catastrophe so much you should go over there and enlist.
To: marcusmaximus
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)
To: marcusmaximus
This is what you fellate multiple times a day.
79
posted on
06/23/2024 12:20:40 PM PDT
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wastedyears
(The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
To: wastedyears
You know, he has made other movies and television shows. I’m sure some of them are available on DVD or on YouTube.
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06/23/2024 12:28:32 PM PDT
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