CDRMITTENS@sh.itjust.works to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agoWhich ones of you had the "air-to-air kill of a crewed aircraft by an FPV drone" on your 2024 bingo card?sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1263arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1261arrow-down1imageWhich ones of you had the "air-to-air kill of a crewed aircraft by an FPV drone" on your 2024 bingo card?sh.itjust.worksCDRMITTENS@sh.itjust.works to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square48fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNuXCOM_90PercentlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoYup Kind of amazed the drone was going fast enough to trigger the impact fuse. but no propellant so couldn’t be fired
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-21 month agoPresumably they tamper with the charge so a fast impact isn’t needed. Y’know, because what would be the point otherwise, regardless of the target.
minus-squarescrion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoI’d also assume they just flew the thing near the hovering helicopter and triggered it remotely, that would do the trick.
minus-squaregraycube@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoOr maybe they hit the blades?
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoIt’s not mutually exclusive.
Yup
Kind of amazed the drone was going fast enough to trigger the impact fuse. but no propellant so couldn’t be fired
Presumably they tamper with the charge so a fast impact isn’t needed. Y’know, because what would be the point otherwise, regardless of the target.
I’d also assume they just flew the thing near the hovering helicopter and triggered it remotely, that would do the trick.
Or maybe they hit the blades?
It’s not mutually exclusive.