SSU released unique footage from Operation “Spider Web,” which resulted in the destruction of 41 Russian strategic aircraft.
The Security Service of Ukraine published some of the most striking videos of strikes on Russian strategic aviation aircraft. As a result of Operation “Spider Web,” personally overseen by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and carried out by SSU Head Vasyl Malyuk and the Service’s team, 41 Russian aircraft were hit.
A significant portion of them were irreversibly destroyed, while some of the damaged aircraft will take many years to rebuild.
The footage shows FPV drone strikes by the SSU on four enemy airfields: Olenya, Ivanovo, Dyagilevo, and Belaya. These bases hosted the strategic aviation of the aggressor state, which regularly launches attacks on peaceful Ukrainian cities. Among the targeted aircraft were A-50, Tu-95, Tu-22, Tu-160, as well as An-12 and Il-78.
Total enemy aviation losses amount to 41 units.
During the operation, modern UAV control technology was used, combining autonomous artificial intelligence algorithms with manual operator control.
Specifically, some UAVs, after losing signal, continued their missions using AI along pre-planned routes. Once they approached and made contact with a designated target, the warhead activated automatically.
It’s worth noting that the estimated value of equipment destroyed as a result of the SSU operation exceeds 7 billion US dollars.
All those poor defenseless tires…
Seriously though. Do the Russians really think that helps in any meaningful way? Even the most basic image recognition software would recognize the shapes of the aircraft under all those tires…
Supposedly they work against shrapnel, not to make them look less aircrafty.
They’d need to cover a lot more of the aircraft to protect against shrapnel. They’d probably have better odds playing the lottery for funding to build replacement aircraft.
Edit: US military analysts do agree it’s to confuse image recognition in munitions.