zabadoh@ani.social to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 26 天前Ukraine May Have Broken the Biggest FP-5 Flamingo Production Bottleneckunited24media.comexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down10
arrow-up187arrow-down1external-linkUkraine May Have Broken the Biggest FP-5 Flamingo Production Bottleneckunited24media.comzabadoh@ani.social to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 26 天前message-square15linkfedilink
minus-squareSynapse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·26 天前It seems the main weaknesses of the Flamingo are it’s not very nimble and not particularly stealth so I could easily be shot down. Main advantages, cheap, practically built out of scraps and very big explosion!
minus-squaredecolo@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·26 天前Plus it seems the air defense they might encounter is fairly minimal.
minus-squareWanderingThoughts@europe.publinkfedilinkarrow-up13·26 天前Cheap drones are used to confuse and exhaust air defense to increase chances flamingo can get through.
minus-squareprettybunnys@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·26 天前Screening vessels by another name
minus-squarebluGill@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·26 天前I don’t know of official sources of data but I’ve seen that 4 out of 5 are shot down by Russia.
minus-squarecynar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·25 天前20% on target, through enemy air defenses, could still be devastating. Armour that blocks 80% of bullets would be great against a sniper, far less against a machine gun at close range.
minus-squarebluGill@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·25 天前We can see that in the headlines. Massive targets are being hit everyday. It would be nice if the numbers were better but they are enough to matter
It seems the main weaknesses of the Flamingo are it’s not very nimble and not particularly stealth so I could easily be shot down. Main advantages, cheap, practically built out of scraps and very big explosion!
Plus it seems the air defense they might encounter is fairly minimal.
Cheap drones are used to confuse and exhaust air defense to increase chances flamingo can get through.
Screening vessels by another name
I don’t know of official sources of data but I’ve seen that 4 out of 5 are shot down by Russia.
20% on target, through enemy air defenses, could still be devastating.
Armour that blocks 80% of bullets would be great against a sniper, far less against a machine gun at close range.
We can see that in the headlines. Massive targets are being hit everyday. It would be nice if the numbers were better but they are enough to matter