43 points

I feel like this is spoiling somebody’s OPSEC

permalink
report
reply
9 points
*

Or… now we know, that they know… Ad infinitum.

So now they have to wonder each time … dis real or blow up…

permalink
report
parent
reply
2 points

It’s already an issue. People have to guess based on the color of smoke after the boom to guess if it was real or not. White smoke only was probably a decoy. Black smoke was probably real. Both sides have been using these for at least months now.

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

I’d probably send a team around to places to setup decoys for a picture and then remove it. So if you later use the spot and get hit you maybe have some mind games to play.

permalink
report
parent
reply
4 points

I mean its nothing new. You could make the case of Russia passing up real f16 they think could be decoys.

permalink
report
parent
reply
26 points

Reminds me of what the allies did in WW2. From halftracks with loudspeakers and firecrackers to rubber tanks and empty tents. Decoys can be very effective, hope they are working well.

permalink
report
reply
31 points

There’s a story of the royal air force dropping a single wooden “bomb” on German decoy planes just to make fun of them.

permalink
report
parent
reply
25 points

If I recall correctly…they waited for the German decoy to be finished and then they dropped the wooden bomb.

permalink
report
parent
reply
6 points
*

Reminds me of what the allies did in WW2. From halftracks with loudspeakers and firecrackers to rubber tanks and empty tents. Decoys can be very effective, hope they are working well.

Ghost Army!
I’m still waiting for a movie on this.
Maybe by Guy Ritchie, or someone like this.

permalink
report
parent
reply
17 points

I wonder if you can buy these things privately.

permalink
report
reply
7 points

Yeah, this will make halloween a lot easier, I bet I can get 4 kids in there.

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point
*

It could be fun at birthday parties too. You could even make a business out of renting it.

permalink
report
parent
reply
2 points

After the war and they aren’t needed, probably but they’ll be expensive. They aren’t just blow up things. They have heaters that properly heat and keep warm sections of the vehicle to look realistic, and things like that. There’s radar truck decoys that have a rotating scanner, for example. These have been around from both sides for a bit now.

permalink
report
parent
reply
2 points

They also have radar reflective paint.

permalink
report
parent
reply
14 points

Piss off Santa, I want one of these on the lawn at Christmas.

permalink
report
reply

Piss off? I want Santa in the cockpit! 😂

permalink
report
parent
reply
3 points

Found the guy getting bombed by the ruskies this winter 😬😁

permalink
report
parent
reply
3 points

As long as they’re not a children’s hospital I think they’re safe.

permalink
report
parent
reply
10 points

Can I buy one

permalink
report
reply
11 points

Ukraine needs them. Wait until pootin is dead.

permalink
report
parent
reply
8 points
*

Do not make the f16 decoy into an inflatable waifu

permalink
report
parent
reply
7 points

Don’t tell me what to do

permalink
report
parent
reply
6 points

permalink
report
parent
reply
4 points

Yes, search inflatable tank decoy. There’s several makers in the US that will sell you one

permalink
report
parent
reply
7 points
5 points

It looks like something out of an early 2000’s game

permalink
report
parent
reply

Ukraine

!ukraine@sopuli.xyz

Create post

News and discussion related to Ukraine

*Sympathy for enemy combatants in any form is prohibited.

*No content depicting extreme violence or gore.


Donate to support Ukraine’s Defense

Donate to support Humanitarian Aid


Community stats

  • 4K

    Monthly active users

  • 7.9K

    Posts

  • 26K

    Comments