> What’s also of interest is that the finished painted-on decoy has tires laying across its central wing and fuselage area, just like the real Tu-95 to the left of it. This is clearly added for realism in hopes the decoy will prove more convincing as the tires are now a common countermeasure that is used by some Russian Air Force aircraft while parked.
> But this clearly will not work as even limited high-resolution commercial satellite imagery can clearly distinguish between the silhouettes and real aircraft. Using multiple intelligence sources, such as synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite imagery (also available commercially), would make it clear that the target is not a three-dimensional object.
> It thus makes sense why Russia would take extra steps, no matter how fleeting, to limit the bombers’ potential exposure on the ground. Last month it was tires. This month it is painting Tu-95 silhouettes on the tarmac.
I sense a developing sport here for open source intelligencers… map the decoys.
Wouldnt it be easier just to write big its “real Tu-95 bomb here please” …that will definitely fool the drones
Ukraine should drop a paper with “BOOM” on top of the painted plane from a drone.
Ukraine should drop glitter from their drones. That stuff gets everywhere. Make those fake Tu-95 look FABULOUS. We all know how much Russians hate the gays.
Whole Russia is an attempted shell game. Now waiting for three giant cups on wheels that drive around in circles. Rien ne va plus.
Now we can see where Russia feels most vulnerable.
Ukrainians should copy this ploy. They could paint silhouettes of decoy hospitals and kindergartens to fool the Shahed and Kalibr targeting programs.
Not the first time this happened. The Germans built a fake air base in ww2 and the British later dropped wooden bombs on it. It won’t fool modern sensors either
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> What’s also of interest is that the finished painted-on decoy has tires laying across its central wing and fuselage area, just like the real Tu-95 to the left of it. This is clearly added for realism in hopes the decoy will prove more convincing as the tires are now a common countermeasure that is used by some Russian Air Force aircraft while parked.
> But this clearly will not work as even limited high-resolution commercial satellite imagery can clearly distinguish between the silhouettes and real aircraft. Using multiple intelligence sources, such as synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite imagery (also available commercially), would make it clear that the target is not a three-dimensional object.
> It thus makes sense why Russia would take extra steps, no matter how fleeting, to limit the bombers’ potential exposure on the ground. Last month it was tires. This month it is painting Tu-95 silhouettes on the tarmac.
I sense a developing sport here for open source intelligencers… map the decoys.
Wouldnt it be easier just to write big its “real Tu-95 bomb here please” …that will definitely fool the drones
Ukraine should drop a paper with “BOOM” on top of the painted plane from a drone.
Ukraine should drop glitter from their drones. That stuff gets everywhere. Make those fake Tu-95 look FABULOUS. We all know how much Russians hate the gays.
Whole Russia is an attempted shell game. Now waiting for three giant cups on wheels that drive around in circles. Rien ne va plus.
Now we can see where Russia feels most vulnerable.
Ukrainians should copy this ploy. They could paint silhouettes of decoy hospitals and kindergartens to fool the Shahed and Kalibr targeting programs.
Not the first time this happened. The Germans built a fake air base in ww2 and the British later dropped wooden bombs on it. It won’t fool modern sensors either
Decoys? These ruZZies are full of quacks.