In a sharp escalation of its drone campaign targeting strategic industries deep inside Russia, Ukraine seems to have fitted Cessna-style light planes with remote controls, packed them with explosives and flown at least one of them more than 600 miles to strike a Russian factory in Yelabuga, 550 miles east of Moscow.

Ironically, the Russian factory produces—you guessed it—drones.

Russians on the ground recorded the shocking scene as the light plane dove onto the sprawling Alabuga Special Economic Zone industrial campus, where workers assemble Iranian-designed Shahed drones that, just like Ukraine’s DIY Cessna-style drone, can range as far 600 miles with an explosive payload.

    • @AbidanYre
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      410 months ago

      If you’re peeing out the window, you’re still in plain view of the intercept fighters.

    • @AA5B
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      110 months ago

      The openable part of the window on a Cessna is tiny and high up. There’s no way anyone could contort like that plus it’s likely to come back at you.

      I can see opening the door, but you’d likely need a copilot: I don’t know if a simple autopilot could handle that configuration

      • @postmateDumbass
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        210 months ago

        Probably best to put a camp toilet in the back seat and then just toss the bag out the window then.

        • @AA5B
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          110 months ago

          Plus then they’d have the opportunity to pee bomb various parts of Russia! You’d get volunteers lining up, drinking tons of water before the flight