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⚡️ March 17, 2024. South direction. And so - every night…

Thanks to the defenders of the sky for successful combat work!

🇺🇦 Together to victory!

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🇺🇦 Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Mykola Oleschuk

  • Warl0k3@lemmy.world
    5·
    8 months ago

    I think those are powerful handheld lights in the foreground, possibly soldiers looking for low level spotting or anti-personnel drones?

    edit: looking at it more they behave more like xenon driver spotlights on a utility vehicle - larger than a handheld torch, but not by all that much. If suicide drones were in the area, it would make sense for the vehicle crews to try and spot them so they at least know which direction to dive for cover…

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      it would make sense for the vehicle crews to try and spot them so they at least know which direction to dive for cover…

      I’d guess that Shahed-136s probably aren’t targeting vehicles. IIRC, they don’t – or at least didn’t – even have the ability to retarget in flight. The little short-range FPV drones, sure.

      Shahed-136 is notable for being very long range, and I’d guess that they’d tend to go after fixed targets deep inside Ukraine.

    • d00ery@lemmy.world
      2·
      8 months ago

      I didn’t think about drones … I thought the search lights were looking for aircraft, perfect example of someone (me) thinking with the tech of the last war!