zabadoh@ani.social to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 3 days agoUkraine May Have Broken the Biggest FP-5 Flamingo Production Bottleneckunited24media.comexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down10
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minus-squareSynapse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·3 days agoIt seems the main weaknesses of the Flamingo are it’s not very nimble and not particularly stealth so I could easily be shot down. Main advantages, cheap, practically built out of scraps and very big explosion!
minus-squaredecolo@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 days agoPlus it seems the air defense they might encounter is fairly minimal.
minus-squareWanderingThoughts@europe.publinkfedilinkarrow-up12·3 days agoCheap drones are used to confuse and exhaust air defense to increase chances flamingo can get through.
minus-squareprettybunnys@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoScreening vessels by another name
minus-squarebluGill@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·3 days agoI don’t know of official sources of data but I’ve seen that 4 out of 5 are shot down by Russia.
minus-squarecynar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days ago20% on target, through enemy air defenses, could still be devastating. Armour that blocks 80% of bullets would be great against a sniper, far less against a machine gun at close range.
minus-squarebluGill@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoWe can see that in the headlines. Massive targets are being hit everyday. It would be nice if the numbers were better but they are enough to matter
It seems the main weaknesses of the Flamingo are it’s not very nimble and not particularly stealth so I could easily be shot down. Main advantages, cheap, practically built out of scraps and very big explosion!
Plus it seems the air defense they might encounter is fairly minimal.
Cheap drones are used to confuse and exhaust air defense to increase chances flamingo can get through.
Screening vessels by another name
I don’t know of official sources of data but I’ve seen that 4 out of 5 are shot down by Russia.
20% on target, through enemy air defenses, could still be devastating.
Armour that blocks 80% of bullets would be great against a sniper, far less against a machine gun at close range.
We can see that in the headlines. Massive targets are being hit everyday. It would be nice if the numbers were better but they are enough to matter