cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/33949743
Drones operated by Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) struck five Russian fighter jets overnight on Aug. 4 at an airfield in Saky, a city in Russian-occupied Crimea, the agency said.
Ukrainian drones, in a Special Operations Center “A” mission, destroyed a Su-30SM aircraft, damaged another, hit three Su-24s, and struck an aviation weapons depot.
The Saky airbase plays a critical role in Russia’s military operations in the Black Sea, and the damage from the Ukrainian strike is considered “significant,” with a single Su-30SM jet valued between $35 million and $50 million, according to the SBU.
The American military spent decades trying to destroy Russian aircraft and Ukrainians are doing it in their backyard with a bunch of spare parts.
You love to see it.
necessity drives innovation.
Oh. Good, but darn. From the photo, at first I thought they were hitting planes in-air with drones! I thought, man, that’s an expensive trade for the Russians. But these are airfield strikes - fantastic gain for Ukraine, of course. Not as flashy as somehow getting Su-s to run into drones; that would be crazy impressive, but if anyone could do it, it’d be Ukrainian drone flyers.
That’s very sloppy by the russians, so you have to wonder if five planes were clustered by mistake or logistical issues.
I’m with Hanlon:
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
