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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The drone fired an RPG or the drone crashed into the copter carrying an RPG? THE PHYSICS.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If the picture is accurate it would have to have crashed into it.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (3 children)

save a lot of money if you just have a grenade and propel it yourself

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Good luck hitting your target. With the drone even if you miss you can fly it back to safety until there is a new target too. Neither is meant for this type of combat and this case was probably just luck and an opertune target. The drone probably wasn't launched specifically to take out the aircraft.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Rocket-propelled drone when?

... oh god, that's just the toon gun from Roger Rabbit. It's a bullet that can stop and ask for directions.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Rocket-propelled drone

That's called a missile

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Missiles are very good at the go go go but not so good at the stop.

They've got one way and it's not the sort of trick you can repeat.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

The invention of the suicide bomber (circa 2024, colourised)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Doesn't rpg literally stand for rocket propelled grenade

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

No, it stands for Role Playing Game. The drone was role-playing as a suicide bomber, keep up.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

LARP "fireballs" might work if delivered directly to the intake.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

A true example of the action economy in combat.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Sadly no, it stands for "Ruchnoĭ protivotankovyĭ granatomet," or "Hand Held Anti-tank Grenade Launcher" in English.

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yup

Kind of amazed the drone was going fast enough to trigger the impact fuse. but no propellant so couldn't be fired

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Presumably they tamper with the charge so a fast impact isn't needed. Y'know, because what would be the point otherwise, regardless of the target.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

I'd also assume they just flew the thing near the hovering helicopter and triggered it remotely, that would do the trick.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Or maybe they hit the blades?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

It's not mutually exclusive.