zabadoh@ani.social to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 1 month agoUkraine May Have Broken the Biggest FP-5 Flamingo Production Bottleneckunited24media.comexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down10
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minus-squaredecolo@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·1 month agoSo it has better range, larger payload capacity, and costs 6x less than a Tomahawk cruise missile.
minus-squareSynapse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 month agoIt seems the main weaknesses of the Flamingo are it’s not very nimble and not particularly stealth so I could easily be shot down. Main advantages, cheap, practically built out of scraps and very big explosion!
minus-squaredecolo@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoPlus it seems the air defense they might encounter is fairly minimal.
minus-squareWanderingThoughts@europe.publinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 month agoCheap drones are used to confuse and exhaust air defense to increase chances flamingo can get through.
minus-squareprettybunnys@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoScreening vessels by another name
minus-squarebluGill@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 month agoI don’t know of official sources of data but I’ve seen that 4 out of 5 are shot down by Russia.
minus-squarecynar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month ago20% on target, through enemy air defenses, could still be devastating. Armour that blocks 80% of bullets would be great against a sniper, far less against a machine gun at close range.
minus-squarebluGill@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoWe can see that in the headlines. Massive targets are being hit everyday. It would be nice if the numbers were better but they are enough to matter
minus-squareEinskjaldi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoDisadvantage is size, matters for naval use and stockpiling them. It’s very fat.
minus-squaredecolo@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoAre those use cases a problem for Ukraine though? I assume Ukraine mostly launches from land and doesn’t have the leisure of stockpiling yet.
minus-squareNoodle07@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month agoSo is your mom but it sure does a lot of damage
minus-squareBrave Little Hitachi Wand@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoThat might say more about tomahawk production costs than the flamingo’s.
So it has better range, larger payload capacity, and costs 6x less than a Tomahawk cruise missile.
It seems the main weaknesses of the Flamingo are it’s not very nimble and not particularly stealth so I could easily be shot down. Main advantages, cheap, practically built out of scraps and very big explosion!
Plus it seems the air defense they might encounter is fairly minimal.
Cheap drones are used to confuse and exhaust air defense to increase chances flamingo can get through.
Screening vessels by another name
I don’t know of official sources of data but I’ve seen that 4 out of 5 are shot down by Russia.
20% on target, through enemy air defenses, could still be devastating.
Armour that blocks 80% of bullets would be great against a sniper, far less against a machine gun at close range.
We can see that in the headlines. Massive targets are being hit everyday. It would be nice if the numbers were better but they are enough to matter
Disadvantage is size, matters for naval use and stockpiling them. It’s very fat.
Are those use cases a problem for Ukraine though? I assume Ukraine mostly launches from land and doesn’t have the leisure of stockpiling yet.
No, only matters for export.
So is your mom but it sure does a lot of damage
That might say more about tomahawk production costs than the flamingo’s.