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Sept. 29 (UPI) -- A Ukrainian attack drone carrying an explosive payload destroyed a Russian mobile anti-aircraft radar station in Russia's Kursk region, state media said Friday.

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[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Nobody was prepared for this evolution of warfare. You can now build an explosive-carrying device the size and radar profile of a large bird.

But, for what it's worth, Russian state media is saying that it was saboteurs... which is probably more likely given the distance from the frontline than an Ukrainian-operated drone.

[–] Madison_rogue@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ukraine's done this with store bought drones, plastic explosives, and some knowledge of frequency communication to get past Russian jammers. AP published an article on Ukraine's drone operation rather recently.

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Everyone does this with store bought drones (mostly sourced from China, FWIW). It's so incredibly affordable it's crazy.

[–] American_Communist22@lemmygrad.ml -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just state media said it? Has any other media besides the very biased one checked it?

[–] Madison_rogue@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's what the headline says.

[–] American_Communist22@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I know, I was just asking if there were other sources talking about it. Ukraine always says russia has no more missiles then gets crippled by a thousand of them. Russia says theres no air force but then have to deal with some leftover helicopters. They all say things in war.

[–] Madison_rogue@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

I don't know. I only post what I find on my news feed, which happens to be Reuters, UPI, and AP. I didn't see it anywhere else.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's two different things. Saying things about Russia is different from saying what you did. One is speculation and the other is first hand.

you didn't read the sentence right