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2023-09-04 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russia covers its nuclear bombers with TYRES in bid to protect them from Ukrainian drones

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-09-04 09:29|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 I'm imagining the wingbox et. al., designed for the load of lifting forces, will be stressed by the downward static force.

Aside from breaking the orbital targeting silhouette, this may be an experiment in external wing loading.

The monster atomic bomb that was too big to use

Then again, my neighbor has tires on the roof of his trailer house to keep it from fluttering in the wind.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-09-04 09:47|| 2023-09-04 09:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Wait til mosquito breeding season arrives. Tires collect water. Then it spills over, full of algae and such. Just what you want all over your expensive airplane.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-09-04 09:55|| 2023-09-04 09:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Tires collect water.

That might start to get pretty heavy. Interesting.

Posted by Angstrom 2023-09-04 13:37|| 2023-09-04 13:37|| Front Page Top

#4 I'd love to be a fly on the wall if they get the order to sortie those planes...

Posted by Nero 2023-09-04 21:46|| 2023-09-04 21:46|| Front Page Top

#5 Maybe an old B-52 crew on the Burg could offer an opinion...?

Posted by magpie 2023-09-04 23:06|| 2023-09-04 23:06|| Front Page Top

#6 This doesn't make sense. Tires don't hide the outline of a plane seen from the sky. If you want to camouflage a plane, throw a net over it.

Tires are not protection from a big blast. We have seen vids of FPV drones landing on a plane and blowing up. Don't see tires helping with that at all.

I question whether tires are involved. We have grainy aerial photos.

Maybe it is some kind of maintenance procedure. Or some cool pin striping. War may be hell but you can still be stylish.

Posted by SteveS 2023-09-04 23:33|| 2023-09-04 23:33|| Front Page Top

#7 Protection from shrapnel

Posted by Itsoktobewhite 2023-09-04 23:38|| 2023-09-04 23:38|| Front Page Top

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