@[email protected] to World [email protected]English • 11 months agoUkrainian drone destroys Russian supersonic bomberwww.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1413arrow-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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish39•11 months 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish19•11 months agoI’d be surprised if more than 30 can actually fly right? I mean, only a fraction of their working tanks were real.
minus-squareThaleslinkEnglish12•11 months agoAnd how many of those have all their parts and are capable of getting airborne?
minus-squarebrianorcalinkfedilinkEnglish3•11 months 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.
I’d be surprised if more than 30 can actually fly right? I mean, only a fraction of their working tanks were real.
They have 30 sets of spare parts
The shitty bomber of Theseus
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.