Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoRussia painted fake fighter jets at its airfields, new satellite images show, likely to trick Ukraine into not blowing up the real dealwww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1222arrow-down13
arrow-up1219arrow-down1external-linkRussia painted fake fighter jets at its airfields, new satellite images show, likely to trick Ukraine into not blowing up the real dealwww.businessinsider.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareANIMATEK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57·9 months agoDecoys are as old as war itself. Every army has used them and they will keep using them. Business as usual here.
minus-squarebreakfastmtn@lemmy.cacakelinkfedilinkarrow-up25·9 months agoTotally. Ukraine uses HIMARS decoys that have proven really effective.
minus-squaremindbleachlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoIIRC, it’s even in the bible: soldiers moving at night carried one torch per ten guys, spaced-out, instead of one torch per hundred guys.
Decoys are as old as war itself. Every army has used them and they will keep using them. Business as usual here.
Totally. Ukraine uses HIMARS decoys that have proven really effective.
IIRC, it’s even in the bible: soldiers moving at night carried one torch per ten guys, spaced-out, instead of one torch per hundred guys.