Dazharion16h ago

It has begun

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/65848681

Show threadJo Miran15h ago

How they think they are going to die:
Fancy laser beam

How they are actually going to die:
Tagged by a toy drone carrying a hand grenade, while they are taking a shit behind a tree.

Show threadd00ery14h ago

It must be horrific, waiting for the whine of the drone and never being safe from the observation drones overhead.

At least in the more recent wars one might feel safer behind the front line.

Show threadDagwoodIII

Look up the Soviet ’Night Witches’ of WW2.

The Commissars put the female pilots in the worst planes. But the ladies figured out a battle plan. Their tiny biplanes could glide for miles; so they’d wait for nightfall, load up with bombs, and fly as high as possible. Then they’d silently glide over the German lines.

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Show thread0ops9h ago
That’s terrifying. Sounds like it’d make a good film though
Show threadDagwoodIII8h ago

Garth Ennis did a pretty good graphic novel about them.

https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-night-witches-garth-ennis/d739f5017e40a18c

Show threadMinnesotaGoddam4h ago
aaaand placed a hold at the library thanks