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Posted on Mar 15, 2022
Why are Ukraine’s cheap, slow drones so successful against Russian targets?
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The video shows a Russian missile launcher sitting in the open. Suddenly, it is enveloped in a huge fireball.
Ukrainian officials say what looked like a video game was actually the work of a small, relatively cheap Turkish-made drone that has had a surprisingly lethal impact on Russia forces.
A U.S. defense official said Monday that Ukraine has made “terrific” use of Turkish Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles, which can loiter over tanks and artillery and destroy them with devastatingly accurate missile fire. The official said the U.S. is working to help keep the drones flying.
Ukrainian officials say what looked like a video game was actually the work of a small, relatively cheap Turkish-made drone that has had a surprisingly lethal impact on Russia forces.
A U.S. defense official said Monday that Ukraine has made “terrific” use of Turkish Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles, which can loiter over tanks and artillery and destroy them with devastatingly accurate missile fire. The official said the U.S. is working to help keep the drones flying.
Why are Ukraine’s cheap, slow drones so successful against Russian targets?
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
LTC David Brown Always a Problem when You start believing You're Own Propaganda. Russia has always been good at Smoke and Mirrors, Now they Need More than Smoke and Mirrors!
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SrA John Monette - Memories of an Old Joke in the Electronics Community, "Nothing Works when You Let the Magic Smoke Out"
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Ukraine received a new shipment of the drones earlier this month, according to a Facebook post from Ukraine’s defense minister. He didn’t say how many. It’s unclear whether the United States has made efforts to facilitate the supply of the Turkish drone or other similar systems to Ukraine, in addition to the Javelin anti-tank and Stinger anti-aircraft missiles the U.S. is providing.
Before the war began, military experts predicted that Russian forces would have little trouble dealing with Ukraine’s complement of as many as 20 Turkish drones. With a price tag in the single-digit millions, the Bayraktars are far cheaper than drones like the U.S. Reaper, but also much slower and smaller, with a wingspan of 39 feet.
As so often has been the case in this war, however, the experts misjudged the competence of the Russian military."...
..."Ukraine received a new shipment of the drones earlier this month, according to a Facebook post from Ukraine’s defense minister. He didn’t say how many. It’s unclear whether the United States has made efforts to facilitate the supply of the Turkish drone or other similar systems to Ukraine, in addition to the Javelin anti-tank and Stinger anti-aircraft missiles the U.S. is providing.
Before the war began, military experts predicted that Russian forces would have little trouble dealing with Ukraine’s complement of as many as 20 Turkish drones. With a price tag in the single-digit millions, the Bayraktars are far cheaper than drones like the U.S. Reaper, but also much slower and smaller, with a wingspan of 39 feet.
As so often has been the case in this war, however, the experts misjudged the competence of the Russian military."...
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