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Tu-95 Decoys Are Being Painted On Russian Air Base's Apron (www.thedrive.com)

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Moscow’s efforts to disrupt Ukraine's ability to target and strike its bomber force while on the ground now includes painted silhouettes.

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[–] Everythingispenguins 2 points 1 year ago

It may not really be expected to work. So I am no expert, so grain of salt and all. My understanding is that for a few reasons the Russians military has a strong emphasis on always doing something even if it is completely ineffective or plain dumb. This comes a lot from the top down nature of their military.

So some General says stop losing so many planes. So a commander says put up decoys. And down the order goes. Now there are no decoys and no way to ask for them even if they exist, but telling your commander that is not acceptable. So out comes the paint because you have paint. Then it reported up the chain of command that the decoys are in place. Everyone can act like they did something even if it is completely ineffective

They have a word for this смекалка (smekalka) It means ingenuity or wityness, but is used with a subtext of because everything is always shit..