☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 4 months agoU.S. War Planes and Helicopters Kick Off Impending American Defeat at Hormuzwww.wsj.comexternal-linkmessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmygrad.ml
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minus-squareShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 months agoThat makes sense I guess. In that case I hope Iran starts using drones as helicopter bait for AA missiles
minus-squareinvalidusernamelol [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoThey do sometimes attach MANPADs to the drones. Which you don’t even need to do for all of them. Just send a swarm with 2-3 real warheads, 5-10 fakes, and 2-3 MANPAD drones and no one would dare fly a helicopter near it.
That makes sense I guess. In that case I hope Iran starts using drones as helicopter bait for AA missiles
They do sometimes attach MANPADs to the drones. Which you don’t even need to do for all of them. Just send a swarm with 2-3 real warheads, 5-10 fakes, and 2-3 MANPAD drones and no one would dare fly a helicopter near it.