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The moment the Russian A-50 was shot down. (streamable.com)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

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[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 16 points 8 months ago (2 children)

What are those lights that keep "falling behind"? Anti missile flares?

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 28 points 8 months ago

Yeah, the A-50 apparently knows it is under attack and is launching anti-IR flares. It is also launching anti-radar chaff, though you wouldn't be able to see that on video at night.

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yup. Around the 50 sec mark a missile hits one of them off to the right, before another hits the plane itself a bit later.

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 8 months ago

this could be anti-missile missile shot by russian SAM