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Ukraine plinking a Russian GPS-jammer with a GPS-guided bomb. Ukrainian drones blowing up Russian drone-jammers. Ukraine’s cruise missiles striking Russian air-defense sites whose missions include, you guessed it, shooting down cruise missiles.

Russia’s 23-month wider war on Ukraine has seen a lot of ironic, darkly-hilarious clashes. The latest was also one of the quickest between setup and punchline.

On Tuesday morning, Russian media announced the deployment, to Ukraine, of Russian forces’ latest high-tech counterbattery radar. A few hours later in southern Ukraine, the Ukrainians blew it up ... with artillery rockets.

The irony deepens. In theory, a Russian Yastreb-AV radar would help to protect Russian troops from Ukraine’s American-made High-Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems launchers—its HIMARS. Now guess what the Ukrainians used to destroy that first Yastreb-AV.

That’s right: HIMARS.

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[-] mrfriki@lemmy.world 80 points 5 months ago

It detects artillery, it doesn’t deflect it.

[-] Siegfried@lemmy.world 49 points 5 months ago

Ironic, he could save others from death, but not himself

[-] beebarfbadger@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago

Just like rain on your wedding day...

[-] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 32 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Probably had a great view the whole way in. I'm silly laughing right now thinking about some Russians just watching this missile come in on an old ass CRT monitor.

[-] 100_percent_a_bot@lemmy.world 30 points 5 months ago

You see, this is why the westoids always underestimate the glorious Russians. Even when their system is hit, it is still reporting the artillery by sending a smoke sign that is visible for kilometers - we never stood a chance

[-] Sconrad122@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Lifelock marketing department salivating at this new ad script

this post was submitted on 03 Jan 2024
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