Sleep Nazi
Posted on 03/20/2022 7:56:55 PM PDT by 11th_VA
An elite Ukrainian drone unit is destroying the weaponry of the invading Russian forces as their soldiers' sleep, The Times of London reported.
Aerorozvidka, a specialist air reconnaissance unit within the army, says it has destroyed dozens of "priority targets" including Russian tanks, command trucks, and other vehicles in nighttime raids, the paper reported.
Russian forces stop moving during the night and typically hide their tanks in between houses in villages where conventional artillery cannot strike them, Yaroslav Honchar, the unit commander based in Kyiv, told the paper.
But the elite drone unit, which has dozens of squads of expert drone pilots, has these stationary vehicles in its cross-hairs.
"We strike at night, when Russians sleep," Honchar told the paper. "In the night it's impossible to see our drones."
"We look specifically for the most valuable truck in the convoy and then we hit it precisely and we can do it really well with very low collateral damage. Even in the villages, it's possible. You can get much closer at night," he said.
The unit's arsenal of drones ranges from cheap commercial ones to heavy-duty octocopters that have been modified to drop anti-tank grenades and to see with thermal cameras, according to the paper.
The R18 drone has a 4km range and capacity to drop 5kg bombs is particularly prized by Honchar's drone warriors, the paper said. The team also uses PD-1, or Punisher drone, developed by Ukraine, that can carry 3kg of explosives and hit targets up to 30 miles.
Since Russia began its invasion, Ukrainian forces have had success in using drones such as the highly-rated Turkish-made Bayraktar TB-2 to destroy the equipment of invading forces, Justin Bronk, a research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute …
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This means drone teams can operate regardless of internet or power outages, which are currently rampant across the country.
"If we use a drone with thermal vision at night, the drone must connect through Starlink to the artillery guy and create target acquisition," an Aerorozvidka leader told The Times.
Sleep Nazi
Could this mean an end to future wars ?
“the drone must connect through Starlink to the artillery guy and create target acquisition,””
They lyin’
Can’t anyone keep their damned mouth shut?
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“Could this mean an end to future wars ?”
“Only the dead have seen the end of war.” Plato.
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When I see a news article I ask my self three questions. How does the report know this information? Why is he telling me this? And why is he telling this to me now?
He only knows because our military intelligence or the Ukraine government is saying it. He is telling me this because they want people to know how well they are doing. And he is saying it now because he must think it will not hurt to have Russia understand this tactic or he thinks that Russia already understands what is going on. Or its too important that the US citizens know they are doing well, even if they are divulging tactics.
Tankers are the same the world over. It’s late winter over there and cold as heck. Those guys are probably running their tanks and running the heaters inside. They’ll all nod off around 2-3am. If they don’t have good infantry security you can walk right up and plant some stuff right over the main round storage.
Former 19-D
Reminds me of a winter patrol in our M113 near the Grenze circa 1969. Those tracks just wicked heat away - was never so cold in my life!
This isn’t much of a challenge. Russia is using almost entirely MINORITY soldiers from Chechnya and ethnic Siberians. Saw a few videos of dead “Russians” which were all Muslim or Asian-looking. There simply aren’t enough young Russian men to fight this war, and affluent men are easily avoiding it. And Putin can’t keep his “operation” rhetoric up if he starts drafting them in.
Orvile Wright: “When my brother and I built and flew the first man-carrying flying machine, we thought we were introducing into the world an invention which would make further wars practically impossible. That we were not alone in this thought is evidenced by the fact that the French Peace Society presented us with medals on account of our invention. We thought governments would realize the impossibility of winning by surprise attacks, and that no country would enter into war with another of equal size when it knew that it would have to win by simply wearing out the enemy.”
“Could this mean an end to future wars ?”
probably means an end to armored warfare when Gomer Pyle can push a button on a self-guiding, homing, $10,000 missile launcher with a 1.5 mile range that can destroy a multi-million dollar tank with one hit a few seconds later ...
Meanwhile...this just in...
Kiev is being bombarded into oblivion tonight, as we speak.
I guess those Uke drones are no match for Russian artillery.
“Former 19-D”
When the enemy is a sleepin’, the Scouts come a creepin’ 😁
Bkmk
😉👍
Or, more likely, whoever manufactures this thing wants to sell them, even if they don’t work anywhere nearly as well as the idiotic “report” claims.
No one is doing this to inform anyone, and they aren’t doing it for the good of humanity, the US, or Ukraine. 99% chance it’s just the opposite.
Your thought is the very first thing I thought upon reading the headline. The press should just STFU about the tactics in use by any side.
Focus instead on the human interest stories and the suffering being endured. Unfortunately those stories are when I usually change the channel.
An elite “Ukrainian” drone unit that exploits the cover of night to destroy Russian tanks and trucks is likely not Ukrainian at all. The controllers are likely some of your neighbors.
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