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    18 hours ago

    Not sure what’s “allegedly” about this. The munition explodes and the rotor blades stay exceptionally still

    • Someone shared a video of a helicopter with tied down blades being hit with similar munitions, and the rotor blades do indeed stay fixed in place.

      I also wonder how the smoke is supposed to appear underneath the rotors if they’re painted on the ground. And there also appears to be a parallax effect with the ground, also impossible for a painting.

      It could still be a decoy (eg out of wood or other materials) but it really doesn’t look painted to me at least.

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        16 hours ago

        Very impressive that these ‘wood or other material’ rotors not only stay stationary during the explosion, but remain at the exact same angle throughout. Must be tied down at both ends, with something that can withstand high explosives.

        Absolutely impossible that Iran could have the technology to make… Paint.