Wilshire to Ukraine · 3 months agoIn the occupied part of Donetsk Oblast, a Russian Su-25 aircraft collided with a Russian reconnaissance drone.imagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1108arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1107arrow-down1imageIn the occupied part of Donetsk Oblast, a Russian Su-25 aircraft collided with a Russian reconnaissance drone.Wilshire to Ukraine · 3 months agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareThe_v@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoTIL - the SU-25 has a titanium plate around the cockpit to add some measure of protection to the pilot. That’s that thick sheet of metal in front of the cockpit that stopped the damage. Without it the plane and pilot would have likely been toasty.
TIL - the SU-25 has a titanium plate around the cockpit to add some measure of protection to the pilot. That’s that thick sheet of metal in front of the cockpit that stopped the damage.
Without it the plane and pilot would have likely been toasty.