sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agoCheap Iranian drone downed $25 million US Army helicopter—maybe by chancearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1180
arrow-up1180external-linkCheap Iranian drone downed $25 million US Army helicopter—maybe by chancearstechnica.comsanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agomessage-square42fedilink
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-215 hours agoIts an even worse look for the US if shrapnel was enough to down the thing… Iran will just build catapults to throw rocks at their helis from now on if thats enough lmao
minus-squarefoggenbooty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoNo it’s not. Nothing is invincible. Doesn’t matter how much armour you put on a helicopter or a jet, there will be weak spots (rotors, intakes, etc). Loosing a single helicopter in a fluke is not a bad look. If it happens frequently that’s a different story.
Its an even worse look for the US if shrapnel was enough to down the thing…
Iran will just build catapults to throw rocks at their helis from now on if thats enough lmao
No it’s not. Nothing is invincible. Doesn’t matter how much armour you put on a helicopter or a jet, there will be weak spots (rotors, intakes, etc).
Loosing a single helicopter in a fluke is not a bad look. If it happens frequently that’s a different story.
Trebuchets maybe