Wilshire to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz • edit-24 months agoThe moment the Russian A-50 was shot down.streamable.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down16
arrow-up1179arrow-down1external-linkThe moment the Russian A-50 was shot down.streamable.comWilshire to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz • edit-24 months agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-square@SorteKaninAlink16•4 months agoWhat are those lights that keep “falling behind”? Anti missile flares?
minus-squareBombOmOmlinkfedilinkEnglish28•4 months agoYeah, the A-50 apparently knows it is under attack and is launching anti-IR flares. It is also launching anti-radar chaff, though you wouldn’t be able to see that on video at night.
minus-square@jarfil@beehaw.orglinkfedilink5•4 months agoYup. Around the 50 sec mark a missile hits one of them off to the right, before another hits the plane itself a bit later.
minus-square@skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink1•4 months agothis could be anti-missile missile shot by russian SAM
What are those lights that keep “falling behind”? Anti missile flares?
Yeah, the A-50 apparently knows it is under attack and is launching anti-IR flares. It is also launching anti-radar chaff, though you wouldn’t be able to see that on video at night.
Yup. Around the 50 sec mark a missile hits one of them off to the right, before another hits the plane itself a bit later.
this could be anti-missile missile shot by russian SAM