• Tuukka R@piefed.ee
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    21 hours ago

    The Russia has had a tradition of telling about drones hitting targets as “shot down” and being quiet about drones shot down, because they don’t want to show how many drones really attacked.

    I don’t really know why they have elected to tell the amount of targets succesfully hit as “shot down”, but maybe they think we won’t notice?

    • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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      11 hours ago

      It was very bright. Something definitely exploded. So, it wasn’t completely destroyed in the air or actually made it and hit its designated target whateverit was.

      • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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        10 hours ago

        I doubt these types of drones have complex detonators. They might be armed before take-off, meaning they’ll probably explode on impact when shot down. Destroying the warhead in the air is MUCH harder than just breaking the drone enough to crash it.