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[–] x00z@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That one guy flew almost all the way back to Russia.

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

More airtime than pro skaters in a half pipe.

[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago
[–] regedit@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago

Was that a dude flying there at the end, on the left side of the video?

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

They can't be too far away from the frontline if they are releasing them that close to the ground even if they have a bit of upward momentum (you can tell how heavy those things are though in the way they don't continue flying up into the sky much when they are released), I can't imagine more than a couple of kilometers? Maybe I am way off though.

It shows the confidence and bravery of these pilots though, they have to fly knapp-of-the-earth, then do essentially a shot-putt with massive bombs up into the sky... and then IMMEDIATELY u-turn at a fairly low altitude.

It isn't like they can rely too long on the same low altitude flight paths either...

Note that preceding these fighter-bombers coming into the area there was likely a forced overmatch of Ukrainian drones projected forward into the airspace providing the effective operational pressure to create a window of opportunity for the fighter-bomber to use. That is the thing about fastjets, they need an uncomprehensibly small window of time to do a massive amount of damage, and drone swarms are perfect for creating those short windows of opportunity.