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Ukrainian F-16 decoy (i.imgur.com)

submitted 1 month ago by LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

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[-] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 43 points 1 month ago

I feel like this is spoiling somebody’s OPSEC

[-] Badeendje@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Or.. now we know, that they know.... Ad infinitum.

So now they have to wonder each time .. dis real or blow up..

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

It's already an issue. People have to guess based on the color of smoke after the boom to guess if it was real or not. White smoke only was probably a decoy. Black smoke was probably real. Both sides have been using these for at least months now.

[-] Badeendje@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I'd probably send a team around to places to setup decoys for a picture and then remove it. So if you later use the spot and get hit you maybe have some mind games to play.

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I mean its nothing new. You could make the case of Russia passing up real f16 they think could be decoys.

[-] HexadecimalSky@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago

Reminds me of what the allies did in WW2. From halftracks with loudspeakers and firecrackers to rubber tanks and empty tents. Decoys can be very effective, hope they are working well.

[-] ladicius@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago

There's a story of the royal air force dropping a single wooden "bomb" on German decoy planes just to make fun of them.

[-] teamevil@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago

If I recall correctly...they waited for the German decoy to be finished and then they dropped the wooden bomb.

[-] Boxscape@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Reminds me of what the allies did in WW2. From halftracks with loudspeakers and firecrackers to rubber tanks and empty tents. Decoys can be very effective, hope they are working well.

Ghost Army!
I'm still waiting for a movie on this.
Maybe by Guy Ritchie, or someone like this.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 1 month ago

I wonder if you can buy these things privately.

[-] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 7 points 1 month ago

Yeah, this will make halloween a lot easier, I bet I can get 4 kids in there.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It could be fun at birthday parties too. You could even make a business out of renting it.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

After the war and they aren't needed, probably but they'll be expensive. They aren't just blow up things. They have heaters that properly heat and keep warm sections of the vehicle to look realistic, and things like that. There's radar truck decoys that have a rotating scanner, for example. These have been around from both sides for a bit now.