#Reality:

Apprentice: “I put new tires on the plane like you asked, boss!”

  • Narrrz@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    wouldn’t it be more useful to break up its silouette, or something?

    Or even just cover it in a tarpaulin? surely they can manage to find enough material of some sort in all of russia to make a makeshift cover. It’s gotta be easier than car tyres.

    • Jay@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      The only logic I can see with tires is it MAY help deflect/catch some shrapnel, or potentially cushion a dropped charge if hit from above. If its purpose was to mess with image targeting they could just paint shapes on them and not have to toss tires around all the time, or as you say toss some tarps on them.

        • maynarkh@feddit.nl
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          1 year ago

          Anti RPG cages protect armoured vehicles. Planes are squishy. AA missiles explode in their general direction and bring them down with sprays of shrapnel.

          Improper painting can damage and ground an airplane. These tires don’t do squat IMO.