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Best Look Yet At Ukrainian MiG-29 Releasing Hammer Rocket-Assisted Bombs (www.twz.com)

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[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

Why does the plane do that wild roll when it releases the bombs? Won't that fuck with the navigation or the flight path of the bombs?

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 6 points 2 months ago

The clip, shot from inside the jet’s cockpit, looks to show the pilot utilizing a toss bomb technique, which is exactly how the rocket-boosted munitions were designed to be used.

Apparently these things have two guidance systems in them - one GPS, one inertial - and are intended to be flung over terrain to reduce the chances of the aircraft getting seen by defences

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