CDRMITTENS@sh.itjust.works to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 months 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-up1266arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1264arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square48fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNuXCOM_90PercentlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 months 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-23 months 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-up10·3 months 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-up3·3 months agoOr maybe they hit the blades?
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months 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.