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A Rare Russian Stealth Drone Fell To The Ground Inside Ukrainian Territory. What Brought Down The Okhotnik? (www.forbes.com)
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It might still be a developmental aircraft. While it’s not uncommon for the Russian air force to deploy test planes to combat zones in order to collect data in a real-world context, it’s a huge setback to a development effort to lose a rare and expensive test plane during combat trials.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lately, nearly a third of those sorties have ended with the drone getting shot down by Ukrainian forces. “In the past, Russia was net gaining drones per month and now I think they are net losing,” Perpetua noted last month.

Slowly whittling away at Russia's capabilities

[–] lolrightythen 4 points 1 week ago

I think this is what the west intended with their sporadic support and rules about how aid can be used. A proxy war of attrition.

Good thing Ukranians are tough.