The altitude and speed at which the drones fly makes them far more difficult to shoot down, requiring increasingly scarce higher-performance SAMs.
  • jUzzo6 [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    3·
    3 days ago

    Nazis since like ever always love attributing war outcomes to two things “wunderwaffen” and “supersoldiers” Art first the banderite superheroes were to stop judeobolshevik hordes. Then superior western wunderwaffen to ensure victory. Now when the dire situation couldn’t be hidden anymore, it’s those pesky Russian wunderwaffes doing it.

  • buckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    18·
    5 days ago

    “Kamikaze drone” or “suicide drone” have always seemed like weird terms to me. I guess it’s technically correct in that it’s a drone which is meant to slam into the target and explode rather than drop a bomb, but it’s really more like a missile with a different propulsion system than it is like an actual human-crewed kamikaze plane. We don’t call missiles “kamikaze rockets.”

    It really feels like the terms function mostly as a way to make a weapon system used primarily by amerikkka’s enemies seem more sinister.

    • AmarkuntheGatherer@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
      8·
      5 days ago

      I didn’t think about it until reading your comment, admittedly, but I don’t think it’s an inconsistent label exactly. I would appreciate correction from anyone better studied.

      Kamikaze specifically and suicide in general in military “terms” don’t seem to be used for simply an action ending the the termination of the actor, they seemingly refer to operation-capable actors engaging in an operation or action that will terminate them (i.e. death when referring to a person) when conceivably, there are alternatives, including surrender and other actions that would render the person, vehicle, or thing unusable for the conflict. A missile can’t be spent and still be capable, same as any other ammunition. The drones, even if for these drones their only function in this conflict is to be a guided/flown bomb, could serve some other purpose.

      That said these thoughts are entirely descriptive and it’s entirely possible that so-called suicide drones be counted among ammunition in the near future. If that happens, it’s also quite possible that we cease referring to their operation as a suicide.

      • buckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
        5·
        4 days ago

        Like I said, it’s not exactly a wrong description, I just think it’s worth keeping in mind that a weapon system used primarily by amerikkka’s enemies is named in a way that evokes fanaticism.

        A missile can’t be spent and still be capable

        Sure it can, that’s what a reusable rocket is.