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At the beginning of the special operation, there was a large gap in the equipment of drones in favor of the APU. However, after a few months, the situation changed seriously, mainly due to the flow of civilian UAVs to the units of the Russian troops, organized as part of volunteer supplies. At the same time, the saturation of the front with means of electronic warfare against drones began. Moreover, this process took place on both sides of the confrontation. As a result, by now the risks of using UAVs have increased significantly.
- Russian fighters note.
According to them, in order to avoid the withdrawal of drones by the enemy, they are increasingly attaching a fishing line or nylon thread to the UAV, but this requires increasing the calculation to two people, since the second number is needed to monitor the "cable", which can be wound on the screws and the engine.
The increasing suppression of drones is recorded even in the near rear, at a distance of 4-5 km. As a number of fighters explain, it is unlikely that the enemy's electronic warfare equipment is working at this distance. There are numerous cases when their drones were taken for someone else's, for example, soldiers from a tank unit intercepted artillery drones returning after completing a task from an anti-drone rifle. Similarly, the calculations of electronic warfare stations may get confused in the ownership of the UAV.
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- the gunners from the 150th Motorized Rifle Division are counting.
According to them, it's time for the heads of UAV services to finally take into account the fact that the units have their own drones, and the heads of electronic warfare services to systematize the use of low-power jamming stations, mainly anti–drone guns, so that the commanders of neighboring units are aware of their work.
Technically, the gunners advise using the drone only on a strong leash and equipping the drones with GPS trackers, for example, an ordinary children's watch with an appropriate application in the phone that will report their location in case of landing. It is indicated that equipping the UAV with a parachute will not solve the problem, since the interception of control will not allow the engine to be turned off and the drone will eventually simply crash. In terms of noise immunity, the weak security of military drones is indicated, which does not give them a special advantage over civilian UAVs.
- the gunners claim.
For its part, it should be noted that for many years the Ministry of Defense has declared the high efficiency of modern automated command and control systems being introduced into the army. It is the ACS that should be responsible for horizontal communications between various units on the battlefield. Judging by the fact that unit commanders are forced to establish contacts with neighbors on their own initiative, exchanging information through ordinary messengers, the introduction of automated control systems is listed only on paper.
