this post was submitted on 30 May 2024
80 points (98.8% liked)
Ukraine
8159 readers
509 users here now
News and discussion related to Ukraine
*Sympathy for enemy combatants in any form is prohibited.
*No content depicting extreme violence or gore.
Donate to support Ukraine's Defense
Donate to support Humanitarian Aid
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I'm a little surprised that it came that close but wasn't able to home in on the UAV.
I guess that the UAV is probably putting out less heat than the manned aircraft that the SAM was designed to target, but still.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9K35_Strela-10
Says that it has both optical and infrared sensors. Doesn't appear to be cloudy or anything.