They weren’t fighter jets, they used crowbars as well, and even a tiny bit of paint in a jet engine can cause catastrophic damage at the sort of RPM and temperature they operate at.
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shiturdgensider@lemmings.world 2 weeks ago“Sabotage” they threw paint at fighter jets idiot
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scholar@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Jet engines may react poorly with paint in the intakes. Those aircraft will need to be inspected and possibly repaired/maintained before they are allowed in the air again. That is sabotage.