Piment [they/them] to news • 1 day agoKeir Starmer’s Gaza spy plane caught on cameraexternal-linkmessage-square10 fedilinkarrow-up176
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minus-squareSkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them]hexbear13·20 hours agoI mean, it seems ridiculous but they're practical, and much cheaper than them flying an f35 link
minus-squareMolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]hexbear6·13 hours agoIt's potentially useful for surveillance craft to look like non-descript passenger craft. Plus you don't want fighter jet speeds when you're doing surviellance and SIGINT for targeting. The optics and tech are where the money is spent. link
lol it's a fucking prop plane
I mean, it seems ridiculous but they're practical, and much cheaper than them flying an f35
It's potentially useful for surveillance craft to look like non-descript passenger craft.
Plus you don't want fighter jet speeds when you're doing surviellance and SIGINT for targeting.
The optics and tech are where the money is spent.