Romanian F-16 shoots down Russian Shahed drone
❗️Romanian authorities confirmed that the drone shot down over Buzău County on July 24 was a Russian Shahed. Prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into the unauthorized operation of the aircraft in Romanian airspace. #Europe
🇷🇴 A Romanian F-16 shot down a Shahed drone over Romanian waters near Sulina–Chilia at 10:13. It’s Romania’s third drone interception in 3 days. At this rate, they’ll run out of missiles for their F-16s soon.
Hunter of Traitors7Sweden's Gripen fighters with their Meteor missiles. Russians are about to discover the Swedish hammer courtesy of Ukraine.
Timo Kaaarp5It's more efficient to preemptively hit their launch sites, storage facilities, training bases, command HQ and manufacturing capabilities.
tafphy.bsky.social2F-16 Pilot: Too close for missiles -- switching to bullets.
Ad Veritatem2F-16s also have 20mm machine guns. Are we sure the pilots used missiles?
Triassic1You only need a small two seater aircraft, nothing fancy. Plus a pilot and a guy with a shot gun and a bag of buckshot cartridges!
Patrick Cooper1We will never run out din:t worry
Downing Shahed drones with F16s isn’t the flex we can afford longterm. There’s a country that’s been quite proficient in it due to… let’s say, circumstances. Anyone at NATO knows what that country is or how to reach them?
hermanvon.bsky.social4Its for internal audience mostly, Olga. Theres a not insignificant part of the country in Ro who believe they should get out of NATO and EU as it makes them a target for Russia. They're also against military investment. Mostly its the qanon equivalent, but they're loud.
Fella Galletti 🇮🇹🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇪 (also known as Harry1940610)3Indeed, that at year 5 of a war with daily flying bomb drones being used and downed, nobody in NATO figured out that maybe, just maybe, having an handful of those cheap drone interceptors in the very limited span of NATO border where flying bombs go back and forth may be an idea.
Yarmon3It's energy draining to keep using sledge hammers to crack nuts. Putin knows this and will keep throwing the nuts, he needs escalation.
Leonid Schneider2But that's exactly why Europe can't give Ukraine its fighter jets. You see, if for each russian drone one fighter jet is needed, we'll need 1000 jets to fight 1000 drones russia can release in one go!
JRD SC1Need more stories and info on Russian satellites helping Iran to target our bases. (4). US / Trump response ?
Banjo time1Doesn't a neighboring country have the world's most advanced anti drone tech. And are providing it to many other countries.
War is a miserable business. But if at any point it could ever seem fun, this is how I imagine it would look….. Flying my Yak-52 light aircraft shooting down a Russian Shahed drone over the Black Sea near Odesa. Morning 🇺🇦
4u1e.bsky.social2Literally back to WWI tactics. Watch out for the prop though!
Mary Torgersen 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪2I always enjoy these videos from the Yaks. They make it look so easy (even though I’m sure it’s not) and fun. Like shooting fake ducks at an arcade. It’s probably not so fun on a cold winter night, though.
Dorian Henderson1Pretty amazing shot I must say. Two moving targets, wind resistance on the bullets, 100 or more meters distance.
⚡ Russia has once again violated Romanian airspace. A Romanian F-16 shot down a Russian Shahed drone in near the Ukrainian border. President Nicușor Dan said Romania will lodge a diplomatic protest, calling Russia’s repeated violations of Romanian airspace “unacceptable.”
Captain Freney MacFellamy7Solution: NATO coordinates with Ukraine to shoot down drones & missiles in Ukrainian airspace outside the temporarily occupied territories so they never get even close to NATO airspace 💡 Bonus: NATO does not appear weak as 💩
Thomas Growley5I suggest patrolling near the russia and shooting down anything russian that flies even remotely towards you.
Also already today, a third successive attack on Romania. Last night Bucharest confirmed the first drone shot down was a Russian Shahed-type killer UAV. It seems certain yesterday's & today's are too. Romania's getting better; the invading objects were shot down quicker each day
Tim White67Lots more damage in Ukraine this morning too. Here's a video from emergency services in Chernihiv. The local council says a private business was hit and the roof caught fire. No-one was injured.
Tilman3Even more reason to be serious about #Skyshield for #Ukraine en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europea...
Spectacular footage of a named STING converging almost head-on with a Shahed, then hunting it down under a stunning Ukrainian sky Beautiful work by the 1020th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment just above the trees, where terrain disrupts drone signals This was possible thanks to masterful flying.../1
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