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Ukrainian FPV Drone Downs $16M Russian Ka-52 Helicopter Near Pokrovsk, Video (united24media.com)
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The wheels are coming off the russian war machine hard right now.

Even just the basic logic of two helicopters flying one after another in a neat line like this doesn't make sense to me, it gives the drone two tries at the same manuever.

It is lazy, sloppy and reveals the russians don't actually know what to do with their helicopters because the russian military has become so dysfunctional.

Are these pilots robots? Why would they fly so predictably?

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[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

wow that's some good piloting with all the turbulence near a chopper

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 points 8 hours ago

Unfortunately, like the last time a Ukrainian downed a helicopter with a FPV, people will hyperfocus on an imagined supremacy of drones rather than acknowledge the human skill of the pilot.

This is an expression of human skill and perseverance, not just a dumb techbro "drone beat helicopter" video. It takes immense HUMAN talent and patience to pull this off.