[FtrPilot]

It appears that the drones are ingressing at an altitude where small arms (AK-47) cannot reach them.

They then dive at a relatively steep angle so the only guns that can shoot them down have to be located at or near the target.

[ETCM]

They then dive at a relatively steep angle so the only guns that can shoot them down have to be located at or near the target.

And unless ground fire disables the warhead, it will still land in or near the target area. Unless high precision is required, it can still succeed in damaging or destroying the target. I think the first time I saw video of these drones was the attack on Novorossiysk last month, but they might have had them longer.

[Zhang Fei]

Ukraine ping

[It appears that the drones are ingressing at an altitude where small arms (AK-47) cannot reach them.
They then dive at a relatively steep angle so the only guns that can shoot them down have to be located at or near the target.]

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The vast majority of drones are allegedly shot down or disabled. My impression from the ones in the publicly available videos - which don’t usually show the misses - is that the successful ones either catch their victims unawares, away from their weapons or with no ammunition left. To defend against them, you need to take turns watching the skies, have your weapon on you, rifle or sidearm, at all times and keep a reserve of ammo for fending them off. I’ve never seen this in operation, but timed just right, a grenade hurled in its path, followed by a dive for cover, might be a viable last ditch defense. Not great, but maybe better than nothing, when no other options are left.

[PIF]

Kremlin snuff box, 08/14/24
https://t.me/s/kremlin_secrets

But it’s important. Judging by the reports from the Ministry of Defense, we are repelling the enemy everywhere. We are smashing his forces everywhere, destroying his columns. But at the same time we are announcing an evacuation in another district of the Kursk region.

In general, it is worth praising that the acting governor is not repeating Suja’s experience; this time people were not abandoned to their fate. Now it is important to be in time before active clashes begin in the Glushkovsky district.

Kurchatov, by the way, was dug in. But the interlocutors note that the work is worth continuing. Some in Moscow insist that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will seize the Kursk nuclear power plant. Meanwhile, the fighting is already 10-12 km from Lgov. This city should be protected.