LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 5 days agoUkrainian Flamingo missiles strike Russian FSB base in Crimeanewsukraine.rbc.uaexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up1158arrow-down11
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minus-squareBlaster M@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·5 days agoWhy does it look like a jet engine duct taped to a bomb?
minus-squaredyathinkhesaurus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·5 days agoBecause that’s pretty much what it is. Theres a guidance system in there too somewhere
minus-squarerealitista@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·5 days agoWell technically it’s a jet engine strapped to a rocket powered missile. Rocket for take off and jet for cruising.
minus-squareVikthor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-25 days agoBecause that is a time-proven design ever since the first cruise missile?
minus-squareSeductiveTortoise@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-25 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-1_flying_bomb
minus-squareHanrahan@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·5 days agoBecause it is, with a guidance syatem.
Why does it look like a jet engine duct taped to a bomb?
Because that’s pretty much what it is. Theres a guidance system in there too somewhere
Well technically it’s a jet engine strapped to a rocket powered missile. Rocket for take off and jet for cruising.
Because that is a time-proven design ever since the first cruise missile?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-1_flying_bomb
Because it is, with a guidance syatem.