Powerful Soviet-era weapons modified with fins and sat-navs are giving Putin’s men aerial supremacy because they are so difficult to shoot down
  • GaryLeChat@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    9·
    8 months ago

    It seems that in this article, they don’t think Russian air defense will be able to shoot down F-16s. The way this is written seems like they said we have to write an article saying that F-16s would allow Ukraine to hold the line and filled the rest around that point.

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
    8·
    8 months ago

    Serious question: I have no idea what a glide bomb is. What/how is it used and why is it important? I stopped following that war.

    I tried to read the Wiki page but halfway through the first paragraph - I started to get a migraine.

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    Edit: answered.

    • Babs [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
      11·
      8 months ago

      Regular bomb: dumb and unguided, falls downwards, needs to be dropped on top of an enemy that’s probably trying to prevent you from getting into position to do so.

      Glide bomb: cool wings and rudders and stuff, glides horizontal and pretends to be a cruise missile, can be dropped from safe a distance away where nobody can shoot back.