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Ukrainian drone tracking a KA 52!
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Film of Ukraines for want of better words.. "Commando Raid" on Occupied Crimea, I do wonder if these guys were training lately with the Royal Marines.
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Additional information on the raid, it appears it might have been the radars they were after? So taking out Russia's eyes on the Crimea and the likes of the S-400 missile defence batteries, it all sounds interesting...
I tend to agree with him / her
I tend to agree with him / her
Per Wiki the export price is $ 500 - 600 million+. If they don't replace it ( for whatever reason ) it has to weaken their regional defences, and reports speculate that this - and destruction of nearby radar sites - is part of the shaping operations for further planned offensive actions.
F-16 wearing the colours of the Norwegian-manned No.331 Squadron RAF, which flew Hurricanes and Spitfires during the Second World War.
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Do you think the UK would have kittens seeing this coming through customs?
https://twitter.com/JimmySecUK/statu...009332515?s=20
F-16 wearing the colours of the Norwegian-manned No.331 Squadron RAF, which flew Hurricanes and Spitfires during the Second World War.
F-16 wearing the colours of the Norwegian-manned No.331 Squadron RAF, which flew Hurricanes and Spitfires during the Second World War.
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Says it all really about the state of Russia's senior officers.
They must save a fortune on Pensions.
They must save a fortune on Pensions.
Aviation content - and probably the most entertaining anti-air video I have seen in a while (it's safe to watch - no-one was actually hurt during the making of this video). If you read the reddit comments there are some entertaining responses, some of them genuinely (to my jaded eye...) amusing:
Ukrainian anti-drone system in operation
Ukrainian anti-drone system in operation
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The head of the Swedish opposition party wants the country to start preparing to hand over Gripen's to Ukraine.
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