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One trained falcon making 60 attack sorties a day can protect 100,000 solar panels from vengeful crows. (lemmy.today)

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

From the French sortir, "to go out".

So yeah, the "out" and "back" parts are important: if a unit is attaching while maneuvering in the field, it's not a "sortie". That's also why it's common in aviation, since airplanes inherently require a home runway that every attack begins and (ideally) ends at.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago

Jesus, I know French but i didn't connect the term to the language! 🤣