Ukraine ping
Iranian technology tends to be written off as complete junk. In the case of this particular drone, however, they may have something good going here. The Ukrainians will have to figure out a counter. At any rate, until a solution is found, this might slow down their advances into Russian-held territory.
Horrible timing. This could help Russia’s invasion. The military strategy books will have to be re-written to factor in drones and other modern technology.
This is the typical “Poor Ukes are finished” propaganda our state Dept loves to propogate through outlets like the WSJ... wanting the reader to conclude, the only hope for the Ukes is American Technology & money.
Some of the claims of the drone are pretty fantastical, like 2,500 KM range. Even if it could fligh that far, with what kind of datalink/sattelite network does that happen?
Yes, they will kill some people and break some stuff, but They won’t have even a minor impact on the war outcome. If Ukraine had an oil refinery (like Saudi). maybe one would put it out of commision for a couple days.
It’s tech Obama let them “steal” from us.
Need a reliable way to Hijack the signal.
Only takes a few minutes to divert a suicide drone away from intended target.