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#Reality:

Apprentice: "I put new tires on the plane like you asked, boss!"

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 years ago (1 children)

New cope cage just dropped???

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 years ago

coopercage was the first thing that came to mind

[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 years ago

Noncredibledefense is leaking again

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Mr President, we have no armors to protect the planes against bombs' fragmentation."

"Very well, let them have car tires."

ps: it must be effective against something.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Supposedly it helps disguise the image from image targeting, I'd guess it is only useful until new images are added with tyres on

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 years ago (1 children)

wouldn't it be more useful to break up its silouette, or something?

Or even just cover it in a tarpaulin? surely they can manage to find enough material of some sort in all of russia to make a makeshift cover. It's gotta be easier than car tyres.

[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The only logic I can see with tires is it MAY help deflect/catch some shrapnel, or potentially cushion a dropped charge if hit from above. If its purpose was to mess with image targeting they could just paint shapes on them and not have to toss tires around all the time, or as you say toss some tarps on them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Maybe mess up the fuse, like anti-RPG cages?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Anti RPG cages protect armoured vehicles. Planes are squishy. AA missiles explode in their general direction and bring them down with sprays of shrapnel.

Improper painting can damage and ground an airplane. These tires don't do squat IMO.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

AA missiles, yes. I'm wondering about improvised drone grenades with annimpact fuse.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Goodbye fuel economy and aerodynamics.

Those tires aren't light.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Why would you think they intend to fly like that? What caused you to reach that conclusion?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would assume he is being funny.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's difficult to tell if someone is a moron, or just pretending to be.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

True. For me it depends on how optimistic I'm feeling that day.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

“Well, people always say they’re tired after a long flight so I assumed they were handed a tire as they disembarked.”

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

It's fine, they'll fall off at takeoff anyway

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

That poor plane looks tired. Better not explode it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago

Oops, I almost missed the meme just looking at the picture.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Who needs chainmail when you have tiremail.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Nobody's talkin about that white jizzing thing on the right?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Isn't that one of those mini airport vehicles?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Woops sorry that was me

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Do they know of anything that burns better than burning tires? Because I don't. I think you can actually make solid booster rockets out of tire rubber. Bags of dirt would have been better.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Probably to confuse CV

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Russian government on some McGiver shit

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Alright lads, wheels up in 20!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

That's not a plane! It has WAY too many wheels! Clearly, this is not the strike target you're looking for.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Transformers: Age of Vultron

[–] Batman 1 points 2 years ago

This doesn't look like tires to me, but a sticker. The tries would be falling off the side of the fuselage