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Originally Posted by Firebot
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No large exhaust trail from the missile or visible explosion from prior to hit, high chance that's Starstreak.
Compare video above with traditional non-Starstreak type MANPADs like Stingers, Iglas, or Piorans Ukrainians have a lot of
These things scare the Russians as there are no countermeasures to these from the Russian air force. Can't fool them since they are laser based so chaff and flares don't work, neither do radar jammers. Can't outrun them since they fly at mach 4, faster than any of Russian fixed wing or choppers or Stingers. Laser dazzlers and active protection systems that might work are too heavy to mount on aircraft.
Real shame the Russians used up all their guided munitions in Syria and the first month of the Ukrainian war so they gotta fly real low now to attack, right into range of infantry hiding in the woods waiting with their Starstreaks.