Ukraine says strike in Russia's Kursk region took out high-tech radar system - UPI.com

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2023/09/29/Ukraine-drone-strike-inside-Russia-destroys-mobile-radar/1471695990188/

Sept. 29 (UPI) -- A Ukrainian attack drone carrying an explosive payload destroyed a Russian mobile anti-aircraft radar station in Russia's Kursk region, state media said Friday.

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zephyreks@programming.dev · 11 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Nobody was prepared for this evolution of warfare. You can now build an explosive-carrying device the size and radar profile of a large bird.

But, for what it's worth, Russian state media is saying that it was saboteurs... which is probably more likely given the distance from the frontline than an Ukrainian-operated drone.

Madison_rogue@kbin.social · 12 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Ukraine's done this with store bought drones, plastic explosives, and some knowledge of frequency communication to get past Russian jammers. AP published an article on Ukraine's drone operation rather recently.

zephyreks@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y

Everyone does this with store bought drones (mostly sourced from China, FWIW). It's so incredibly affordable it's crazy.

American_Communist22@lemmygrad.ml · -2 pts · 2y (5 replies)

Just state media said it? Has any other media besides the very biased one checked it?

Madison_rogue@kbin.social · 6 pts · 2y (4 replies)

That's what the headline says.

American_Communist22@lemmygrad.ml · 0 pts · 2y (3 replies)

I know, I was just asking if there were other sources talking about it. Ukraine always says russia has no more missiles then gets crippled by a thousand of them. Russia says theres no air force but then have to deal with some leftover helicopters. They all say things in war.

Madison_rogue@kbin.social · 5 pts · 2y

I don't know. I only post what I find on my news feed, which happens to be Reuters, UPI, and AP. I didn't see it anywhere else.

Albbi@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y (1 reply)

That's two different things. Saying things about Russia is different from saying what you did. One is speculation and the other is first hand.

American_Communist22@lemmygrad.ml · 0 pts · 2y

you didn't read the sentence right