This is precisely why the U.S. didn't want them to have long range missiles

So they're going to force an escalation with a small fleet of 9/11'ers instead

Okay, yeah, respect where it's due, the field expedient cruise missile does work.

How much does a tomahawk missile cost? I think cessnas run like 200k or 400k

I'm sure this won't prompt another massive wave of missile strikes all over Ukraine in retaliation

simpsons called it

the wars of the future will not be fought on a battlefield or at sea...most of the actual fighting will be done by small robots. and as you go forth today, remember always, your duty is clear - to build and maintain those robots

Plan A: The Americans sell us and subsidize a fleet of F-16s, fully equipped with state of the art target-lock AMRAAMS.

Plan B: Charlie’s dad works a lot and probably won’t notice his weekender is missing for quite a while. Load her up, boys!

Is a Cessna full of dynamite a technical?

Shit, we should tell them there's Russians working at Raytheon.

Is there evidence of the Cessna being remote controlled? I skimmed the article but I was tilted from the use of "kamakazi'd" in the headline.

~More~ ~like~ ~kamakazIED~ ~imirite~

I'm sure this won't cause Russia to retaliate by destroying air transportation infrastructure in ukraine or anything

cool terrorists take notes, it's kind of amazing that worked & wasn't intercepted

Bit idea: modern day equivalent of Japan's Kamikaze unity staffed entirely by dentists and lawyers.

There's something poetic about a drone factory getting drone struck.

I wonder if that will factor into the logistics of their production.

Putin harden your heart and increase your attacks

Finally, a Wunderwaffe that works.

A WEAPON TO SURPASS METAL GEAR

Honestly kind of impressed slash glad that they picked a military target and didn't just 9/11 a random office building.

in 1987, a West German teenager flew a Cessna 172 all the way to Moscow and landed in in Red Square

huh, TIL.

Maybe this will turn the tide of the war.

The less support the US gives Ukraine, the more respect I give.

Funny, but I see Ukraine is at the "what about wolfpacks!? We can collapse their economy and logistics chains!" Stage of denial about military prospects.

The fact of the matter is that it is relatively easy to alter production for resiliency and push your construction sector to rapidly rebuild factories. The one exception to this is ships, and even that doesn't work, as we saw with the Nazi blockade of the UK in 1940.

Honestly more embarrassing that the Mathias Rust fiasco.