Drone Wars – Is the Ukraine military now fully trained to operate the US/NATO supplied UAV’s that are striking deep into Russia?
Lots of stories today about drone strikes on Russian soil.
Stories like this one:
Mass Drone Attack Unleashes Chaos, Air Raid Sirens Inside Russia | ZeroHedge
The “swarm” or “mass” drone attacks may be for a dozen of these Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)’s. So far, it looks like (remember, truth is the first casualty in war) civilian targets like supermarkets inside Russia are as likely to be hit as oil depots. Maybe as operational expertise grows, more military targets will be selected.
Russia Keeps Its Orlan-10 Drone Flying Over Ukraine With Western Parts (businessinsider.com)
The ZH article references tweets like these:
No significant damage or casualties are being reported, but it is interesting that the range of these UAV’s is in the hundreds of miles (and they can fly 8-10 miles high as well = above Chinese weather balloon height).
If the US military is assisting in the targeting of these UAV’s, that would of course, be confirmation that the US has declared war on Russia – if any more proof/evidence was needed.
Here are a few links from last year giving examples of the supply of UAW’s to Ukraine.
A look at some military activity in airspace around Ukraine | Flightradar24 Blog
Ukraine in Talks to Get US MQ-9 Reaper Armed Drones: Report (thedefensepost.com)
And a few more recent videos
How drones in Ukraine are shaping the future of warfare - YouTube
Drone operators play a key role in Ukraine's counteroffensive • FRANCE 24 English - YouTube
Of course, Russia has drones and there are indications that Iran is supplying Russia with them.
Iran agrees to ship missiles, more drones to Russia | Reuters
China is in talks as well.
How China's ZT-180 Drones Compares to Iran's Shahed-136 Drones (msn.com)
Onwards!
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Thank you PH. Interesting development of modern technological warfare.
Just wondering out loud bit. When learning to drive. Most of the driving school cars have dual controls.
Do drones maybe have dual controls? 1 the operator in the field of use. 2 the "instructor" thousands of miles away under the mountains on another continent. Hhmmmm....................
Warfare is so sophisticated these days with drones flying and giving accurate co-ordinates for rockets to hit targets. The comparison to WW1 trenches has been made but I think it is worse because enemy can be many kilometers away and pinpoint targets 100%. As a mother to a son of combat age, it pains me to see so many young lives wasted.