In Ukraine’s skies, drones tell a story of two wars
To understand Russia and Ukraine’s very different ways of fighting, a good first place to look is up.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been described as the “first full-scale drone war.”
That description may be a little misleading – all of the ways in which we have seen drones being employed in the conflict have precedents, some of them dating back over a decade.
And this isn’t the first war in which the capabilities of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been so thoroughly integrated into operations.
But it is true that the fighting in Ukraine represents the first long-term, sustained conflict where all the currently available uses for drones are an indispensable part of combined operations – and on both sides.… Seguir leyendo »