While Russia is throwing enormous amounts of people and equipment into battle in Ukraine and even preparing for a nuclear war, the Ukrainian army has managed to double the range of its kamikaze drones with a simple and ingenious trick. In this way, the Russian attackers receive repeated painful blows.
Russia and Ukraine attack each other daily with countless combat drones. On Wednesday, Ukraine reported further deaths and injuries as a result of drone strikes in the city of Sumy.
Mutual bombardment with drones
In the Russian region of Ryazan, southeast of Moscow, a fire broke out at an oil refinery after a Ukrainian drone attack. There were injuries. The fire has now been extinguished. On Tuesday, the Ukrainian army set fire to a fuel depot and a refinery on Russian territory. In general, industrial companies are increasingly being targeted by defenders.
Double the range thanks to an ingenious trick
What is striking about the latest attacks is that the scope of Ukraine’s own developments has increased. Kamikaze drones previously had a range of about ten kilometers, but now they can reach up to twenty kilometers.
This is due to a very simple trick: instead of sending one drone, the Ukrainians also send a second drone on their destructive mission. The accompanying drones have a small device built into them that amplifies the signals in the air. The accompanying drones stop at the end of the range, but with the amplified signals the kamikaze drones can fly further and carry out attacks behind the front line.
In drone warfare, Ukraine relies not only on such simple tricks, but also on high-quality technology from the West and its own production. It is expected that up to one million drones will be produced cheaply in the country by 2024. Since the Russian invasion two years ago, the number of Ukrainian drone manufacturers has more than doubled to around 200.
Conversely, Russia is also increasingly attacking with drones. It is a race for innovation between Ukrainian and Russian manufacturers. “They are learning to camouflage their drones better, and we are learning to detect them better and neutralize them,” said a Ukrainian expert who did not want to be named for security reasons.
Source: Krone
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