maporita@unilem.org to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoUkrainian drone destroys Russian supersonic bomberwww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1301arrow-down16file-text
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A Ukrainian drone strike has destroyed a Russian TU-22 long range bomber at an air base south of St Petersburg
minus-squareseverien@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 year agoThe bad news is that Russia still has ~60 of those. The good news is that they can’t replace the losses, the production line was scrapped 30 years ago. The supposed successor, PAK DA, continues being a vaporware.
minus-squareThales@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoAnd how many of those have all their parts and are capable of getting airborne?
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minus-squarebrianorca@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoThis was a short range drone with a small explosive attached. It was launched from only a few miles away. It’s a cheap drone.
The bad news is that Russia still has ~60 of those. The good news is that they can’t replace the losses, the production line was scrapped 30 years ago. The supposed successor, PAK DA, continues being a vaporware.
And how many of those have all their parts and are capable of getting airborne?
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This was a short range drone with a small explosive attached. It was launched from only a few miles away. It’s a cheap drone.