{"id":19352,"date":"2024-02-10T06:42:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T11:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/more-fake-aircraft-are-popping-up-at-russian-bases-in-a-crude-attempt-to-fool-ukraine\/10\/02\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-02-10T06:42:16","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T11:42:16","slug":"more-fake-aircraft-are-popping-up-at-russian-bases-in-a-crude-attempt-to-fool-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/more-fake-aircraft-are-popping-up-at-russian-bases-in-a-crude-attempt-to-fool-ukraine\/10\/02\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"More fake aircraft are popping up at Russian bases in a crude attempt to fool Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Russia has a history of painting decoy military aircraft at its airbases around the country.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Analysts say the tactic is an attempt to mislead Ukraine when it carries out long-range attacks.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
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Both Moscow and Kyiv have used decoys to try and deceive the other side throughout the war.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Russia has a history of painting fake aircraft at its bases to try and fool Ukraine, and recent satellite imagery reveals that Moscow has extended this practice into the new year.<\/p>\n
Deception continues to play a crucial role as the grinding war between Moscow and Kyiv nears the two-year mark. Both sides have made use of decoys in an attempt to trick the other. But Russia’s aircraft paintings are unconvincing compared to inflatable models, for example.<\/p>\n
A Jan. 11 image captured by Planet Labs PBC and obtained by Business Insider shows the silhouette of a warplane on the tarmac of Mozdok Air Base in southeast Russia. But unlike another aircraft that can be seen in the photo, the silhouette appears in a ghostly shade of white and doesn’t cast a shadow.<\/p>\n
That silhouette is missing in an image of the same base taken more than six months earlier, on June 21.<\/p>\n\n