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Cake day: May 24th, 2024

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  • Are we? Look at this Hollywood nonsense:

    The cause of the crash was not a direct result of an enemy missile strike, the Ukrainian military claims.

    It said the pilot destroyed three cruise missiles and one drone in Russia’s largest aerial attack to date.

    “Oleksiy saved Ukrainians from deadly Russian missiles,” the Ukrainian Air Force wrote in a statement on social media. “Unfortunately, at the cost of his own life.”

    That’s textbook heroisation. “Our brave patriot boi shot down ebil enemies and SAAAAVED lives then tragically perished while Aerosmith is playing in the background”



  • Why not? Jets are commonly shot down with missiles. It’s rather hard to kill them spraying them with machine-gun fire. You can do it of course but a missile is the more reliable solution which is why jets made for dog-fights usually carry multiples.

    Because Iskander is not an air-to-air (which jets carry) or even ground-to-air (like the aforementioned patriot). It’s a ballistic missile. Ground to ground. Very different targeting systems and the rocket itself