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submitted 8 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world
  • Russia has a history of painting decoy military aircraft at its airbases around the country.
  • Analysts say the tactic is an attempt to mislead Ukraine when it carries out long-range attacks.
  • Both Moscow and Kyiv have used decoys to try and deceive the other side throughout the war.
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[-] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 8 months ago

If you paint hundred fakes and one works, it's already worth the money spent.

[-] RealFknNito@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

The only way these work is if Ukraine's highest resolution recording device is 144p in which case I question the usefulness of their intelligence overall.

[-] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

It just needs to look like a jet from afar.

The idea is to make the surveyor have to zoom in and validate each decoy, each and every time they would check the area. Sometimes they would have a jet parked directly on top of a decoy in the hope that the surveyor wouldn't zoom in and skip it thinking it's still just a decoy.

It is more of a psychological practice than anything else and pretty sure it related to or is change blindness

this post was submitted on 10 Feb 2024
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