• mars296
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    372 months ago

    If the picture is accurate it would have to have crashed into it.

    • Match!!
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      202 months ago

      save a lot of money if you just have a grenade and propel it yourself

      • mars296
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        172 months ago

        Good luck hitting your target. With the drone even if you miss you can fly it back to safety until there is a new target too. Neither is meant for this type of combat and this case was probably just luck and an opertune target. The drone probably wasn’t launched specifically to take out the aircraft.

      • @scarilog
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        72 months ago

        The invention of the suicide bomber (circa 2024, colourised)

      • @Evotech
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        2 months ago

        Doesn’t rpg literally stand for rocket propelled grenade

        • @[email protected]
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          102 months ago

          No, it stands for Role Playing Game. The drone was role-playing as a suicide bomber, keep up.

        • @Rato
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          52 months ago

          Sadly no, it stands for “Ruchnoĭ protivotankovyĭ granatomet,” or “Hand Held Anti-tank Grenade Launcher” in English.

    • @[email protected]
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      92 months ago

      Yup

      Kind of amazed the drone was going fast enough to trigger the impact fuse. but no propellant so couldn’t be fired

      • @[email protected]
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        2 months ago

        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.

        • @scrion
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          102 months ago

          I’d also assume they just flew the thing near the hovering helicopter and triggered it remotely, that would do the trick.

        • @graycube
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          32 months ago

          Or maybe they hit the blades?