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I am reminded of a poetic moment from a former US army person who told me of sunlight glinting off the trail of wires left behind after practice launches of wir
by ggm 2y ago
I am reminded of a poetic moment from a former US army person who told me of sunlight glinting off the trail of wires left behind after practice launches of wire guided MANPAD type systems. He said they were like spider silk in the dawn.
- m463 2y ago...flight of the valkyries playing in his wired earbuds...
- nradov 2y agoThose were probably anti-tank missiles such as the BGM-71 TOW. I don't think there are any MANPADS that use wire guidance: all of the modern ones are IR.
- ggm 2y agoThank you for the acronym correction.
- maxglute 2y agohttps://i.imgur.com/JTfpiXV.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/JTfpiXV.jpeg I think this is fibres littering trees in Kursk.
- raducu 2y ago> He said they were like spider silk in the dawn. Russian FPV operators have already lost their life due to this precise effect and the fact they operated from the same building multiple times.