[dabigv13]

Very interesting thread, thanks for posting.

Ukraine seems to have achieved another first in warfare, downing an Su-30 from a SAM launched by a naval drone. They previously managed to take down a helicopter a few months ago in same manner. Taking down a jet like this should be more difficult. The Su-30's countermeasures should be able to handle an old R-73. Perhaps unlucky, unprepared, or it's not a standard R-73 missile.

Maybe Bluesky allows reading without an account? If not, the video shows a midair explosion and burning debris falling into the ocean, filmed from a craft low in the water. 

https://bsky.app/profile/christopherjm.f...b4fjmntk2s

Ukraine's military intelligence agency, GUR, claims to have shot down a Russian Su-30 with a Soviet-era R-73 air-to-air missile fired from one of its Magura naval drones, in what appears to be a first-of-its-kind attack. The downing occurred overnight on May 2/3, near Russian port of Novorossiysk

[dabigv13]

Very interesting thread, thanks for posting.

Ukraine seems to have achieved another first in warfare, downing an Su-30 from a SAM launched by a naval drone. They previously managed to take down a helicopter a few months ago in same manner. Taking down a jet like this should be more difficult. The Su-30's countermeasures should be able to handle an old R-73. Perhaps unlucky, unprepared, or it's not a standard R-73 missile.

Maybe Bluesky allows reading without an account? If not, the video shows a midair explosion and burning debris falling into the ocean, filmed from a craft low in the water. 

https://bsky.app/profile/christopherjm.f...b4fjmntk2s

Ukraine's military intelligence agency, GUR, claims to have shot down a Russian Su-30 with a Soviet-era R-73 air-to-air missile fired from one of its Magura naval drones, in what appears to be a first-of-its-kind attack. The downing occurred overnight on May 2/3, near Russian port of Novorossiysk