The war in Ukraine has led to major advances in the use of drones. By some reports, Ukraine is now producing more than 100,000 drones per month, using them for reconnaissance and attacks on Russian vehicles and positions. Now for the first time, the Ukrainians have staged a successful attack using only drones without any ground troops.
In the early dawn hours, as the sun rose in the first week of December 2024, a symphony of drones began to sound.
But this was no ordinary drone wave.
In fact, this one was the first attack of its kind: a successful, all-drone assault on Russian positions. The assault, deserving of a place in the history books, took place near Lyptsi, in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine.
It was a test – initially expected to fail – of whether multiple units could orchestrate a mission with dozens of FPV, recon, turret-mounted, and kamikaze drones all working in tandem on the ground and in the air.
The photos and videos in the article are particularly interesting, especially the video showing three drones moving over a snowy field, with one of them being a very creepy dog-like drone.
I should note that the drones weren't autonomous and were being controlled by a team of specialist soldiers and that was roughly three times the number of drones used in the attack. But that may not be the case for long.
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