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Can anyone identify/ explain this UAV blowing up in a YT short? (youtube.com)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Xanthrax@lemmy.world to c/videos@lemmy.world
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Sorry for using YT shorts. That was just the original source.

I've never seen a situation like this before. The UAV looks like an RQ-21, but why is it blowing up over a lake in the US? The poster has shared no editional information but seems legit based on their posting history. Does anyone have any explanations?

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[-] kaboom36@ani.social 6 points 2 months ago

Explosion looks fake, more fire than bang as if it were fueled by gasoline rather than something like c4, and we don't hear debris hitting the water

[-] Forester@yiffit.net 5 points 2 months ago

I would wager that the fuel supply overheated ruptured and ignited.. Or CGI.

[-] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

A gasoline explosion would be fake..?

[-] kaboom36@ani.social 1 points 2 months ago

Well it wouldn't be the intended payload for a drone like this

[-] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Do you think this was in Ukraine or something..? It's in the US. It was likely loaded with tannerite, and it was likely done for the "yeeehawww" of it, based on the channel's content.

[-] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Weird. It doesn't look like they've used effects on their channel before. I'm not doubting you, it's just weird. I think the sound of the bang may have muffled the debris hitting the water. I can see the spashes where they hit.

[-] kaboom36@ani.social 1 points 2 months ago

It could be real, I'm no expert, just a guy who's watched a ton of mythbusters

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