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Russia’s Bad Day in the Skies—After Su-34 Fighter Jet Loss, An-26 Transport Plane Crashes (united24media.com)
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[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

There are rumours that the An was downed by a Firepoint 1 or 2 drone...

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 10 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

I mean this is the kind of shit that happens when you try to bullshit air defense like russia does. Depending on the situation, hitting a large cargo aircraft wouldn't be too hard with a fixed wing drone, or even a quadcopter in the right circumstances I guess, but the point is where the fuck was their air defenses? I don't know why the world still treats russia like it is a military superpower, this is pathetic, they are just willing to condemn their entire next generation to death rather than evolve.

[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Rumors? We have the screenshot of it directly before impact.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Please show it, You can copy paste images easily in Lemmy, and a link to the source would be nice too.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

I saw it I think at RFU News Strategic, and also at Jake Bro, but it has not yet been confirmed so for me it's, well, not confirmed.

Edit: have been looking but can't seem to find it.