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The moment the Russian A-50 was shot down. (streamable.com)

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[-] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago

What are those lights that keep "falling behind"? Anti missile flares?

[-] [email protected] 28 points 7 months ago

Yeah, the A-50 apparently knows it is under attack and is launching anti-IR flares. It is also launching anti-radar chaff, though you wouldn't be able to see that on video at night.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Yup. Around the 50 sec mark a missile hits one of them off to the right, before another hits the plane itself a bit later.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

this could be anti-missile missile shot by russian SAM

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