I thought EW was one of RuZZia’s strong points. Guess not.
Samuel Bendett
@SamBendett
“1/ QUICK THREAD: Russian Telegram channels are suggesting a new tactic to counter Ukraine’s successful EW ops near Mariinka against Russian DJI drones. “Today, we lost two Matrice 30t, and Matrice 300 RTK drone. Our colleagues from the combined arms units have similar losses....”
2/ “Earlier, there was a similar (DJI) loss about 10 days ago, but then our operator ran after the departing copter and was able to restore communication and land it. Today it didn’t work out that way.”
3/ “Several conclusions can be drawn from this: either Ukrainian signals suppression station is located closer to the line of contact, or its a more powerful EW system that allows operators to directly suppress the control channels with confidence. Or...”
4/ “...there are very few such EW stations, and they most likely operate along the front line, or simply deploy to the most threatened area.”
5/ “What can be done?: 1) Fly the copters and operate them behind your own combat lines (beyond the reach of Ukrainian EW), which will undoubtedly reduce the depth of reconnaissance and its quality. But as they say, that is better than nothing at all.”
6/ “2) Before flying monsters like Matrice, fly small ones like DJI Mini, Air2 and Air2s - look at their flight behavior and handling at different heights (to determine EW impact, if any) and, based on this, plan the use of larger drone “brothers.”
7/ “3) Look for tech solutions and outputs from our (supporters and forces), who develop signal amplifiers with DJI remote controls. (One) MLRS commander found such a way out and the (DJI ISR) process was launched.”
8/ All drones listed in this thread were identified months ago by pro-Kremlin Telegram channels as main targets for volunteer fundraising and donations.
https://twitter.com/SamBendett/status/1611722918299303936
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