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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (9 children)

It's really only brilliant if your opponent doesn't know about it. Which Ukraine does.

[–] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 7 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Still brilliant since ww1 or 2.

Cause confusion and splitting of resources

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (7 children)

It was a brilliant tactic in WW2 where most reconnaissance was done by pilots looking out their windows and noting what they saw.

In the days of computer analysis of satellite images, drone footage and just basic tools like heat-sensing IR cameras and Lidar, it's not all that great an idea. It's pretty easy to figure out just from heat signatures whether or not that line of tanks has no people in them.

[–] pandapoo@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

That's not how the majority of tactical reconnaissance is being done in Ukraine, especially when it comes to artillery fire missions.

Forward observers are either heavily augmented with, or in many cases, entirely replaced by pilots with cheap drones.

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