An operation by Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) has hit "more than 40" Russian bombers at air bases "in the rear of the Russian Federation," a source in the agency told the Kyiv Independent on June 1.

"Enemy strategic bombers are burning en masse in Russia — this is the result of a special operation by the SBU," the source said.

Video provided by the source shows what appears to be a row of heavy bomber aircraft on fire at an undisclosed location.

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[–] 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (15 children)

Camera drone just casually videoing after the bombings? Whoever was sleeping during drone jamming duty is not getting dessert rations.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    russia is so fucking big, it's really weird that someone would think: "i want more!!! and i'm willing to destroy everything and everyone for it" 🤷🏼‍♂️

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Not just big, it has plenty of towns and villages abandoned, which weren't abandoned for centuries before. There are growing populations of brown bears and various fish and what not in Tver oblast, or so I've heard.

    What Russia definitely doesn't need is more territory, but, obviously, territory is not all Ukraine has, it also has people, and I think Russia's leadership was after more slaves.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I read elsewhere that these were autonomous drones. It likely wouldn’t be terribly difficult to program a drone to fly to a specific location, look for something shaped like an aircraft, then fly into it.

    You could also program one or two drones to fly to a specific location, record video for 5-10 minutes, then fly to a different landing zone where one person is waiting to recover the video.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Haven't they been using fiber optic drones to avoid jamming?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago*

    They have, but this does not look like a fiber optic scenario.

    Guesses: either:

    • autonomous navigation by terrain and compass (assuming that satnav systems are denied), or
    • one swarm member using a ridiculously good (satellite?) radio to supply other swarm members with guidance from Ukraine, or
    • guidance via Russian mobile phone networks.
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