What is the tactical advantage of covering your aircraft with long burning, difficult to extinguish, tires? Also how does this play with all the NOT A STEP warnings you generally see on aircraft?
Deal with it doughnuts
What is the tactical advantage of covering your aircraft with long burning, difficult to extinguish, tires? Also how does this play with all the NOT A STEP warnings you generally see on aircraft?
Imagine constantly moving all these tires back and forth. Literally too much time and effort, and for what exactly?
>magine constantly moving all these tires back and forth. Literally too much time and effort, and for what exactly?
Russia has a ton of conscripts (not mobiks) what can be assigned to any task in Russia (and cannot be sent abroad by law and for political reasons). Those airports are in Russia. So moving all those tires may be the job of conscripts.
Not sure if conscripts will be smart enough to notice all the "do not step" signs though.
>Literally too much time and effort, and for what exactly?
That sounds like an excellent reason why I'm needed on the airbase and not at the front.
Please explain
Is it to somehow change the radar sig or something
A bit of this
and if a smol grenade is dropped by a drone, some of the shrapnel will probably get caught.
>radar sig
What's the fucking point? Ukraine uses visually guided drones to attack them, right?
Also, napalm payload time!
Those are plane fenders, you mongoloid.
You guys keep making these threads so I will say it again. They make it harder to detect with thermal viewers.
it will add few work days for CIA to train AI to detect aircraft with tires on top
As someone who actually does computer vision stuff at work, it might even make it easier, now you’ve got this high contrast repeating feature on the objects of interest that changes in a predictable way as you view it from different angles. It’s not quite like painting giant QR codes on your planes, but it seems workable
is advanced infrared stealth covering*~~*~~))
>They make it harder to detect with thermal viewers.
you are a fucking retard
No they don't lmao. This is just the result of the commander saying "do something about the drone attacks", without having any materials or doctrine or initiative to work with. So the retarded idea gets implemented so that he can check the box that "preventative action was taken". Either that, or the commander's cousin runs an auto shop and just sold all of his spare tires to the air base for 4x markup.
You are so stupid you can’t even consider the idea that professional soldiers know something you don’t, you fucking 14 yo and your gaming Mac.
Anon you think tires are some advanced thermal stealth camo. You can't insult anyone's intelligence.
Tyres are made out of natural rubber, like surgeon gloves or condoms!
Condoms aren't natural.
Sheep intestine is natural.
Just fuck the sheep instead.
t. Ahmad al Hamdullah bin Jihadi
Alot of white cultures have the stereotype of being sheepfuckers, places that are known for having alot of sheep herds logically enough. (Usually when its sand people the reference is to them fucking goats instead)
So wales or new zealand.
Some of us aren't from New Zealand.
Not those tyres, they're made from oil. Also, you know, they have giant holes in them because they're tyres and all.
>professional soldiers
I'm sorry to break it to you but this is the Russian Air Force, not a group of professionals
Ah yes, black rubber in the sun. Famous for its ability to reman the same as background temp. Kys
>They make it harder to detect with thermal viewers
Wouldn't it actually make it easier? Black tires will heat up a lot more than blue fuselage in the sun. It will make for an even easier to find target.
>They make it harder to detect with thermal viewers.
lol lmao
>They make it harder to detect with thermal viewers.
How? The tires have giant holes in them that heat from the aircraft can radiate through. Anyone with decent thermals will still see the thermal silhouette of an aircraft. Just swiss cheesed with lotsa tiny black fruit loops.
This only works if US spy sats that observe Russian Airbases have crappy thermal optics. And that CIA glowies don't meticulously examine all thermal signatures originating from places where the VKS typically parks strategic bombers.
you realise it wouldn't right? rubber isn't conductive like metal, but they're *black* and will absorb as much heat over the course of the day as the plane will, and then will *retain* the heat instead of conducting it away, making the plane visible for longer into the dark, *right*?
Anon. do you have any idea how large these fucking things are?
This is like trying to hide an elephant by throwing dirt over it, but it's worse as the elephant will be constantly moving throughout a km's long range whilst jet fighters and bombers are stuck using a small number of airports.
It's to try and shield the plane from shrapnel because the Russian Airforce is only allowed to construct sandbag fortifications and hangars when Russia is at war, which they have still yet to declare for retarded political reasons.
I'm getting pissed thinking about the utter stupidity of the situation, so God knows how angry the actual VVS is about this bullshit.
remember when Ukraine attacked airfield with cardboard drones(not Pskov, it were big bobr drones) that have airburst fragmentation warhead and then Vatniks arrived with satellite images "proving" that not one aircaft was destroyed? They are trying to protect their aircrafts from that, which definitely didn't put holes in their 20 million dollars aircrafts
there is still no proof of any damage retard
>weapons used are airburst shrapnel
>doesn't start fire on aircraft but puts tiny holes in airframe
>it's the only time Russians didn't post any videos or photos from the ground, only presented satellite images to prove there are no tiny holes in their aircrafts
interesting
here retard
>doesn't start fire on aircraft but puts tiny holes in airframe
https://kyivindependent.com/media-sbu-confirms-drone-attack-in-russias-kursk-region/
>The source said that the drones destroyed four Su-30 aircraft and one MIG-29. An S-300 complex radar and two Pantsir missile systems were also hit.
>the drones destroyed
how is that possible you fucking retard if you can't see any visible damage?
I know you're a bit slow but if you put a hole in a radar it's "destroyed" even if no visible damage from satellites is present.
there is still no proof of any damage you fucking retard
they only said what was targeted you retard not that it was actually damaged
>unironic proofs chicken posting
fuck ya mudda
even an air burst explosion would break the canopies, something clearly visible on satellite pictures, and could fires
again they only said what was targeted not that they have proof of damage
https://sundries.com.ua/en/satellite-images-of-the-airfield-in-kursk-after-the-drone-attack-have-appeared/
how are all canopies in tact? how are there no drone parts scattered? how is there not a single sing of an attack? how did not a single plane catch fire?
>even an air burst explosion would break the canopies, something clearly visible on satellite pictures
>how are all canopies in tact?
majority of those aircrafts have no canopies over them, there's nothing to break
> how are there no drone parts scattered?
There were no visible drone parts scattered on satellite images of attacks that destroyed 3 Tu-22m3 or 4 Il-76 either
>again they only said what was targeted not that they have proof of damage
My proof of damage is the fact that Russians started to try and defend against this type of attack with tires(because it's useless against all other drones Ukraine used on Russian aircrafts)
>My proof of damage is the fact that Russians started to try and defend against this type of attack with tires
why do we have photos of this but not photos of the damage?
>why do we have photos of this but not photos of the damage?
because Russians are posting that and are not posting images of Kursk aircrafts? What kind of question is this?
no one can be this possibly retarded, I refuse to believe this,
Canopies are plastic anon
>13 explosions
>no fuel leaks
>no canopy damage
>no debris
How exactly can Ukraine produce evidence when weapons used put tiny holes in aircraft. To prove there are tiny holes in those aircrafts you'd need someone to come to said aircrafts and film them
>You can’t see any damages, that’s the proof it’s destroyed
Your brain on Western Copium...
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/08/27/7417295/
>13 explosions
>no fires or visible damage
>no proof of anything
>source actually only says they only targeted those things not that they have any proof they were damaged
Details: Ukrainska Pravdaʼs sources indicate that kamikaze drones attacked four Su-30 and one MiG-29 aircraft.
Also, S-300 radars and two Pantsirs are among the struck targets.
tires have holes in the middle
i don't understand the logic here
>land plane
>have to spend ages putting tires on aircraft
>oh shit scramble!
>gotta remove tires fast!
>forget one
>renact the Corncorde crash
these planes are not meant to be flown lmao they are there solely for photo ops
I'm getting tired of these threads.
Is this seriously all because of the shitposting flatpacked drones?
Pretty much. They've lost 9 IL-76s (5 damaged, 4 destroyed totally) to them and at least 4 Tu-22 backfires to them as well.
How they gonna scramble?
>Also how does this play with all the NOT A STEP warnings
Russians can't in to composites so there are probably minimal NO STEP areas on their jets and tyres lying on their side don't exert as much pressure as a human foot so are unlikely to punch through the aircraft's skin anyway (which is what NO STEP areas are usually about)
No step warnings is generally a warning to be careful but those areas can usually still take a mans weight.
They are there because there are other areas to step on that doesnt wear down as fast and isnt as expensive to replace if you step on them every day.
Then again, it woulnd suprise me if Russians built their aircraft out of cardboard at this point.
t. Gripenfag
>it woulnd suprise me if Russians built their aircraft out of cardboard at this point
No, that's the Aussies.
And they still get more work done then the Russian Air Force...
it's normal to get tired after flying so many sorties
>NOT A STEP
NOT ONE STEP BACK CUMRADES!! THE FIRST SUKHOI WILL CARRY A FUNCTIONING RADAR, THE SECOND SUKHOI WILL CARRY MUNITIONS! WHEN THE FIRST SUKHOI IS SHOT DOWN, THE SECOND SUKHOI WILL PICK UP IT'S RADAR, ACQUIRE TARGETS, AND FIRE!!
Its called Rubber Curtain and it has been done before:
Why couldn't they build some concrete shelters?
>Kuwait intensifies
They're not allowed too, as they are only allowed to do that when they are officially at war. At least that's the excuse the Eternal Fighter Bomber guy on Telegram gave.
So all their planes are now covered in old tires and are unable to scramble...and all their air defense platforms (S300, S400, Buk, etc.) are constantly getting merked or moved to 'important' areas near the front...what's to stop manned aircraft carrying substantially larger and longer-ranged weapons from entering Russian airspace?
What if an old cessna was converted into an unpiloted drone and did a Mathias Rust, except packed with several hundred kilos of high ex?
>Drunknik Donuts
The drones are round not pointy, so it means they do not stick into the tyres but bounce off.
Lmfao
The capital L is an improvement. LMFAO is an acronym so generally it should be all caps, but you having some deviation from the norm, even if it’s fucking stupid, does count for something.
You're trying to hard to b8 m8, but you're still being fairly entertaining. I present you with pic rel for your efforts.
Oh, we absolutely can.
The thing is, while it may be cheap, this is neither elegant nor a solution.