Video from the drones that destroyed the Il-76 planes at the Pskov airfield.
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  • partial_accumen
    9•1 year ago

    This video adds another view to something that surprised me about this attack. Drone hits that were off-center burned the targets to the ground. Drone hits that were perfectly centered certainly damaged the planes but didn’t set fire to them for full destruction.

    I’m guessing that the off-center hits were able to breach the wing fuel tanks and start the fires. Does this mean that Russia has kept these at least partially fueled on the ground meaning that future drone attacks could leverage incendiary munitions for a better chance at destroying the planes altogether with off-center hits?

    • partial_accumen
      1•1 year ago

      I wondered if the surveillance drone was the last drone used for attacking. So it goes in first at high altitude (and may be the only one equipped with thermal camera) getting a good vantage point for the show. Watches the other drones attack, then finally attacks a parked plane itself.