Russian Pantsir missile intercepts an Ukrainian drone over Smolensk, Russia. 21 January 2025



by jisooya1432

39 comments
  1. This is the single most impressive perspective of an intercept I have ever seen

  2. I’ve always thought pantsirs were pretty cool and a little terrifying. I used to fly on helicopters in the marines and Russias IR guided missiles were always concerning for “what if” planning. Was always nice that the non russian militaries who bought them were typically shit at training on and implementation of whatever system they bought.

  3. Either they intercept a drone or a full crowded passenger plane

  4. I know a couple of families that aren’t going to sleep tonight.

  5. Hats off to the presumably ramdom Russian civilian filming. Great camera tracking.

    I wonder if it has launched previously because he seemed to know where to point.

  6. Ignoring the views of the war, that was surprisingly cinematic. You can see the moment the Pantsir missile launches from the glow reflection from the cloud, which followed the the motor of the interceptor all the way to the drone.

    Then, you get the missile rising into view, consistent bearing, increasing exhaust size.

    Finally you get that camera pan at the as the missile soars across the screen and hits the drone.

    War can be paradoxically beautiful at times.

  7. Its really cool to see lighting of the missile going fast through the city area so low to the ground.

  8. Russian crap actually works?

    Nope, the mopet sound continued so no harm done to the drone.

  9. Can still hear a prop in the last second. We sure it was actually intercepted?

  10. This is some of the best footage of an intercept I’ve ever seen. And it’s eerie as well. We normally think of the war being fought in some barren field, littered with craters from artillery. Or a missile on its way to some military base or some gathering troops. But this looks like it could have been filmed close to my house. It’s eye opening.

  11. Fuck Russia, but that was fucking cool as hell to watch.

  12. Once again another fantastic air defence shot and kill. Great perspective.

  13. The cameraman did an outstanding job keeping track of the missile and the explosion 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏

  14. I have a feeling that the shrapnel of the intercepting missile probably did more damage exploding in this ultra-low altitude over this rather densely populated area than the drone.

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