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| Drone's eye view of Russian Beriev Be-12 flying boat |
Ukraine sent drones to attack a Russian base in Crimea and blew up a couple of flying boats and a helicopter. Still trying to adjust my thinking to accommodate the idea that weapons can give you eye-witness view of their own destruction. I mean, it was only last week that video cameras cost zillions of dollars.
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| Beriev Be-12 |
The Be-12 is a big airplane. The wingspan is a hundred feet, it's a hundred feet long and it weighs 25 tons. For comparison, the PBY Catalina is only 65 feet long and weighs 10 tons. The Japanese US-2 is about 10% longer and wider and has four engines. First flight was in 1960, so the design is like 65 years old. The Russians built 150 of them.
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