Posted on 09/03/2024 7:02:32 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
The Ukrainian military has started deploying drones retrofitted with thermite payloads, effectively transforming its lethal fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into potent "flamethrower" weapons.
Footage shared by Ukraine's 108th Separate Territorial Defense Brigade shows these drones releasing streams of molten thermite over enemy positions, resulting in large plumes of smoke billowing from the impact zones.
The widely circulated video highlights the destructive capability of these modified drones, as the thermite ignites upon contact, creating an inferno capable of obliterating Russian positions. Thermite is still considered less lethal than white phosphorous or napalm.
Ukrainian Telegram channels reported that the combat footage was filmed in the eastern Donetsk region, where Russian forces are focusing their advance toward the city of Pokrovsk—a key logistical hub for Ukrainian forces.
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Thermite is still considered less lethal than white phosphorous or napalm.
So not as high on the death scale.
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Kyiv in 3 days! Bring your parade uniform!
This will transform the battlefield again. This is war of tree lines. I’m sure this is just a crude prototype. Wait until both sides perfect it. I said on a thread last night if you have a field surrounded by four tree lines, burn one real good and the other three will self evacuate.
Shows the fires a drone can set and describes the awful injuries that can result:
https://kyivindependent.com/thermite-drone/
We need these for our southern border.
“Kiev in three days”
Thanks for that funny Milley quote! He was a card!
As always,
Look for the “Putin Stooge” libel, news from Ukraine you’ve gradually grown to trust over the course of thirty months.
No! The border patrol has problems enough without the other feds flamethrowing them too.
Kharkiv in 3 days!
Korenevo in three days!
Bring your air assault sex toys!
This really gets you off doesn't it?
Tell Putin to leave Ukraine.
It’s kind of like the Indians setting the grass on fire.
Or the FBI at Waco.
Putin can leave in 18 years, after all the USA stayed in Afghanistan for over 20
Tell Putin to leave Ukraine.
Putin is not in Ukraine. He is in Novo-Russia, in places such as Artyomovsk.
“Putin is not in Ukraine. He is in Novo-Russia.”
And Hitler wasn’t in Czechoslovakia. It was Sudetan.
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And Hitler wasn’t in Czechoslovakia.
Hitler was only visiting. Putin is putting down roots.
Everything Ukraine pioneers, Russia eventually does better.
As a former firefighter this would have great utiliy for fire departments with the proper payload.
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