Air defense missiles are supposed to have a proximity fuse, such that the missile destroys the target even if it is not a direct hit. Either the fuse here failed, or the drone was too small of an object to trigger it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And one would expect the missile to detonate before arriving at the drone. My understanding is that they normally detonate towards the front, to create a sort of shotgun effect.

Still, what a crazy video, you can see the drone wobble from the pressure.

[+] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Still close enough to cause gimbal to stutter for a split of a second, but it's quite delicate piece of technology and pressure wave from the missile can cause that quite far away. I suppose mavic is a too small target for that system.

[–] fluke 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Supposedly these things are able to target and hit HIMARs missiles, so a Mavic sized drone shouldn't be a problem for it.

What Russia say and what Russia do are very different, however.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

I'm not an expert by any stretch, but I'd assume that radar signature for a cellphone with propellers is a bit different than a 4 meter long steel sewer pipe packed with explosives.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

dji should make this into an ad "Even a russian SAM can't stop your drone!"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's what happens when you promise bountys for destroyed enemy equipment.

Who could have guessed that trying to fix a corrupt system with even more corruption would lead to this?

[–] clutchmatic 2 points 2 years ago

Right now, the Soviet Captain, a man named Tupolev is removing the safety features on all his weapons.

[–] astropenguin5 4 points 2 years ago

L bozo