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“ a huge drone flew into the combat vehicle, the use of which was not previously recorded .”
...sounds like an anti-radiation seeker drone like an Israeli Harpy or Hero drone or it's Azeri/Turkish knock offs.
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“ a huge drone flew into the combat vehicle, the use of which was not previously recorded .”
...sounds like an anti-radiation seeker drone like an Israeli Harpy or Hero drone or it's Azeri/Turkish knock offs.
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https://twitter.com/PStyle0ne1/status/1667855699102126085
This is the Azeri version of the Hero loitering drone.
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https://twitter.com/shashj/status/1314278652545298434
Cold War era radar & missile only air defense systems are obsolescent in the face of small/low/cheap drones that can home on 24/7 radar signals.
Integrated Air Defenses require 360 degree infrared search and track simply because it doesn't emit trackable radio signals and
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Integrated Air Defenses require 360 degree infrared search and track simply because it doesn't emit trackable radio signals and
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...requires near 90 degree straight up point defense guns to deal with drones.
Missiles are simply too darned expensive for the small drone threat, even if they can operate as low as quadcopter drones, which most can't.
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Missiles are simply too darned expensive for the small drone threat, even if they can operate as low as quadcopter drones, which most can't.
https://twitter.com/TrentTelenko/status/1651369623122477058
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This is the both the opportunity and danger of drone technology.
The cost barriers to entry are very low and the tech provides the kind of airpower the West has enjoyed since the early 1990's at a price non-nation state actors can afford.🤯
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The cost barriers to entry are very low and the tech provides the kind of airpower the West has enjoyed since the early 1990's at a price non-nation state actors can afford.🤯
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The only place I've seen Western military thought come anywhere near the reality of what the small drone threat is what BAE Systems is doing with its CV90 infantry fighting vehicle.
See this Matsimus video on that thinking.
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See this Matsimus video on that thinking.
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