Back in the Cold War, Soviet munitions were less accurate, so they made them more destructive so even a miss could damage the target. They've been forced to use a lot of old stockpiles since their "weekend excursion" has been going terribly most of its length.
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cryptiod137@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 4d
Can we actually assume they are competent enough to send the missiles where they want them to go?
I wouldn't put it past them, but I also can see them just being bad at what they are doing
rockerface@lemmy.cafe · 16 pts · 4d
They're sending missiles into civilian apartment buildings with full intent. That they don't always hit is the achievement of our anti-air.
real_squids@sopuli.xyz · 10 pts · 4d
Or children's hospitals.
halcyoncmdr@piefed.social · 10 pts · 4d
Back in the Cold War, Soviet munitions were less accurate, so they made them more destructive so even a miss could damage the target. They've been forced to use a lot of old stockpiles since their "weekend excursion" has been going terribly most of its length.
Melchior@feddit.org · 2 pts · 3d
This was a Kh-101 and that went into service 2012.
metermatic26@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 4d
Stray missile? Or a deliberate Russian probing action?
real_squids@sopuli.xyz · 11 pts · 4d
There's no way it was getting jammed 90km into Poland, so either a malfunction or a deliberate action, hopefully they can extract flight plans.
edit: nvm, it doesn't even use gps, just INS
SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 3d
90km is about 30mins off course. So a malfunction is possible. The guidance programming may be recoverable though.
CobraChicken3000@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 4d
Not the first time