Actually using drones makes so much sense. They are like infinitely cheaper than Javelins and just as deadly making them the ultimate weapons.

@henryg3313

9 ай бұрын

Javelin are a bit more effective at destroying the tank. Drones can disable tanks easily though.

@robertstenn1350

9 ай бұрын

@@henryg3313 Yes a Javelin works differently than drones and has advantages like being fire and forget (the operator only needs to lock on, launch the missile and its guidance handles the rest) as well as a sophisticated tandem warhead that will defeat Russian explosive reactive armor. That said FPV drones are extremely cheap in comparison to a Javelin and have a ton of versatility.

@johnslugger

9 ай бұрын

*It's the first step to full-on Robot Warfare. If we don't do it you can bet RUSSIA and CHINA sure will!!!!*

@kikemendez9664

9 ай бұрын

I believe in the near future they will be banned or something because this is just the beginning and if a count like the US or Russia used thousands of these on a country like Ukraine then war would have been very different. And plus it’s like a mine where you can’t even see it till you’re missing body parts

@JoeyBlogs007

9 ай бұрын

Drones offer over 1000 fold cost/benefit

It's crazy to see the FPV race quads that I and many others have been building for fun all these years turned into kamikaze weapons. I think everyone in the drone hobby knew it was easily possible, but it's just nuts to see the fuzzy analog DVR footage of it actually hitting targets.

@ik1mdf

9 ай бұрын

everything is flying can be use for fun, peace and war as well. It's depends by the Human Brain... (sad)

@The_CGA

9 ай бұрын

We thank you for your service in developing the technology in its early years.

@kenrodriguez9645

8 ай бұрын

I’m waiting for the day we see a power loop with a wall ride into a dive hitting a gap in a roof sunlight to hit a tank hiding in a building.

@Artem4egg_

8 ай бұрын

​@@ik1mdfthey use it to survive, they donxt have another choice, it's sad in other way and not in using technology the wrong way

@Rick_Sanchez_C137_

8 ай бұрын

What is the best website to check for getting Into drone racing?

The good part with drones is that they are very good for defense. They can turn any civilian into a warrior.

@JohanManchester

9 ай бұрын

Civilians shouldn't be warriors. Imagine a country where everyone knows how to make a Molotov Cocktail, a DIY drone or an IED. Doesn't sound safe, does it?

@SirCat07

9 ай бұрын

@@JohanManchester no need to imagine, thats Ukraine

@JohanManchester

9 ай бұрын

@@SirCat07 That makes civilians active targets.

@TheAlienpope

9 ай бұрын

The problem is that civilians don't have the same protection as regular soldiers do, if they use lethal weapons. They're not considered soldiers and won't get prisoner of war privileges. They also loose their civilian privileges in war. Not that the Russians have cared so far though... Either way, it's highly risky as a civilian to take up arms, more so than soldiers. Even though I'm sure many would want to.

@JohanManchester

9 ай бұрын

@@TheAlienpope Exactly my point. Thanks for clarifying it in a more concise way, as English is not my native language. The government urging the civilians to take up arms is highly irresponsible which has most likely led and will lead to more civilian deaths than otherwise.

1:05 that is chilling… They way it just cuts out before it directly hit that soldier, it lets your mind to think what was the aftermath

@YuraK25

9 ай бұрын

the after math was that he looked like unsuccessful kidney extraction surgery on morticians table

@ConsensusX

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, that guy was probably blown to bits. I bet his guts were all over that scene. But, he certainly did not feel pain.

@TheDanteVergil

9 ай бұрын

I think its okay to hit equipment but hitting personell is cruel. For both sides. I dont think the pilot feels great after diveing that thing into a person...

@ConsensusX

9 ай бұрын

@@TheDanteVergil All is fair in love and war.

@chas721

9 ай бұрын

Absolutely legend!

Tanks? Jets? Helicopters? Yeah, they’re all still good and necessary, but this is the future of warfare. A million drone army will be hard to stop! We’re watching the evolution of war, and you can bet our armed forces are paying attention. Thanks WSJ for the great reporting. Well done and of course, Slava Ukraine!

@michaelashby9654

9 ай бұрын

Artillery is still the king of battle. The West keeps convincing themselves that technology will be magic. Afghanistan should have proved this thinking incorrect. But still this magical thinking persists.

@prim16

9 ай бұрын

The same is said about the converse, though. Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones cost about $20,000 to make, but it takes Ukraine about $500,000 to shoot each one down (they're using NASAMS short- to midrange air defense missiles). Long story short, BOTH sides are having a big drone problem, but Ukraine is unfortunately receiving the brunt of it, due to the Iranian made ones being sent to Russia in huge quantities.

@red_lantern

9 ай бұрын

Horses, swords and catapults oh my.

@henryg3313

9 ай бұрын

​@prim16 Yeah, I have seen so many leopards taken out with these drones. It's crazy. They take out the track and then artillery strike it into oblivion.

@Nauda999

9 ай бұрын

Drones are great, but drones carrying nukes are even better, like Poseidon.

What’s really amazing is that these FPV drones without GPS positioning are extremely difficult to fly in manual mode. These pilots must undergo a lot of training to be this precise with them.

@Togher01

8 ай бұрын

You can learn in about 10 hours. I was slow at learning it. So with the motivation of war behide you you proaable could learn that in about 5 or 6 hours.

@franciscohompler2773

7 ай бұрын

@@Togher01 You can fly like a beginner in 10 hours and well in 100h. For Mastery you need like 300-1000h from my experience.

@Togher01

7 ай бұрын

@@franciscohompler2773 yes your haven't mastered it it at 10 hours. But if the goal of it is to crash the drone in a tank, 10 hours is probably enough.

@franciscohompler2773

7 ай бұрын

@@Togher01 If you want to fly into a tank at 40kmh you need around 100h. I would argue you need accuracy but of course its dependant on the target

@compactwoodhplcladding

3 ай бұрын

These consumer drones really don’t require much learning cost, Lol.

I've never thought, the cheaper it gets, the harder to destroy 😁

@BayuAH

9 ай бұрын

Actually, it is the opposite. But the cheaper it gets, the faster it gets replaced. So, yeah. In a certain sense, you are correct.

@gimmethegepgun

9 ай бұрын

@@BayuAH In some instances, the cheaper units are more difficult to destroy, simply because the weapons capable of reasonably being used against them just weren't meant for that purpose. Like, a small recon drone. If it's high up, it's going to be extremely difficult to hit it with small arms, so the only thing that can reasonably expect to take it down is probably a missile. But that missile was designed to strike much larger targets like helicopters or manned fixed-wing aircraft, so they're a lot more likely to fail against a smaller, cheaper target.

@SlavaMoskalenko81

9 ай бұрын

Welcome to the world of open source technology. Finally it has found its way to the mil tech

@think_query

9 ай бұрын

Yep, I learned that strategy in playing BAR when players use the Tick rush because their cheap and have too many to destroy fast enough. Really bogs down your weapon systems

@chocolates182

9 ай бұрын

zerg rush

The angry birds patch at 0:17 is perfect 😂

@pedrinho12

3 ай бұрын

They call drone bird

The level of creative ingenuity that Ukraine has been using to get the most diverse and utilization out of what they have, is just mind blowing & it motivates me to want to see that happening here in America as well. We could get so much more done if we were willing to operate & tinker with thing's in the way Ukraine has shown they can.

@glifwsatti

9 ай бұрын

Yeah what a way to scratch a tanks paint wow just wow

@temst2561

9 ай бұрын

​@@glifwsattikremlin bot kek

@herbh7893

9 ай бұрын

Russians are doing the exact same with drones. Only thing is: Russians have better electronic warfare systems and more drones. Ukraine must negotiate or vanish.

@captainamerica3814

9 ай бұрын

Who do you think is paying for this?!

@benmcreynolds8581

9 ай бұрын

@@captainamerica3814 the type of creativity is something that can't be bought with money. It's a aspect of their character/society/ingenuity/motivation/and willingness to bend the rules to try & see if new things work. If not, adapt it until it does work . *I wish we could do more of that here in America. That's all.

it won't be long until there are carrier drones launching smaller recon, strike and kamikaze drones

@aidancreager4095

9 ай бұрын

If you didn’t live under a rock you would know china just released a video of exactly that ☝️ we are doomed

@lemokolyon

9 ай бұрын

Russia already have that system on bigger drones.

@mitchellcouchman1444

9 ай бұрын

Why though? For range? The current drones Russia is using are easy to move and small

@MrWasGehtSieDasAn01

23 күн бұрын

There already is one newly developed by Rheinmetall that can drop 3 FPV drones, the carrier drone itself is acting as an radio relay

Shoutout to all the Japanese OGs for being so ahead of their time in WW2.

@xavierchoe8074

9 ай бұрын

Dude… take a second to think about what you wrote. Japanese kamikaze pilots cost lives and caused pain and suffering, and these drones are doing the same. Don’t treat it like a joke or a game.

Going to be embarrassing when an Abrams gets taken out by one if these. We're sending about 30 at 10 million each, should have spent 300 million on a drone program.

@danstrick3314

9 ай бұрын

No Abrams will be taken out, only russia losing with their shovels, almighty Ukraine will win, unless media is lying, which they obviously telling the truth.

@mitchellcouchman1444

9 ай бұрын

Can't fight a war with just drones, that's like having soldiers with no body armor and just more weapons, makes you weak to the weapons you doubled down on

@KharlHungus

9 ай бұрын

@@mitchellcouchman1444 "only drones" Text book straw man argument. 300 million is a fraction of a larger number. It was a conceptual argument pointing out poor investments.

@mitchellcouchman1444

9 ай бұрын

@@KharlHungus large numbers of drone are already being sent to ukr and have had a massive impact on the war but if they run out of tanks then the effect is dire. Is sending over priced tanks designed for a very different environment a good idea, probably not but these old Abrams don't cost their sticker tag anymore. Saying they are a $10 million dollar tank when as far as I'm aware they are stripped of western era and have already been in service over a decade is America over pricing their contributions. Turbine powered tanks are a bad idea without good logistics and when your opponent can out range you it strains logistics so having a fuel hungry tanks is a bad idea. There's a reason they prefer even old Leos To my point would more drones be of benefit to Ukr, possibly, what you miss is how many drones are destroyed every day in this war. Turkish drones have been sent and are being lost by the 10s - 100s per day. That's why the Iranian derived 1 use drones are great, they are smaller, as they don't return they have a good range, and are only really detectable at audible and visual range. Making then a very effective drone at low prices.

@Shinshocks555

9 ай бұрын

The $10 million ones are M1A2s which aren't vulnerable to the PG-7 rounds used in most of these videos and are also coming in a year or 2. They'll be getting the M1A1s in the meanwhile which don't have as much protection but still much better than anything the Russians field.

My first engagement with war drones was when I played C&C Generals Zero Hour with my friends years ago. At first I didn't even think much about it, but after seeing them in action, it makes more sense now... 🚁🧨

@lemokolyon

9 ай бұрын

There a SciFi Book where two teams are on a computer game and during their virtual fight, same actions are real on a far away Battlefield. Young gamers don't know they are piloting real weapons, real troops, on a real War.

@chocolates182

9 ай бұрын

the drone killstreak from call of duty modern warfare 2 💀

@matthewserrano4048

9 ай бұрын

Battle master tank reporting!

@lawrencefrost9063

9 ай бұрын

Dude, C&C Generals Zero Hour? That was a gem of a game. It's gotta be one of the best RTS games ever made. So much fun. And to think it came out in 2003 and the factions are US, Islam and China...when you think about it in 2023, 20 years later, those three factions are the ones we see IRL.

I was dying when they said they were using tape. Man soldiers are the most creative people ever. When I was in the army that's all we ever did. Because many times we don't have the proper tools or they are going to arrive very late so you learn to improvise a lot with your mind

@sitomiguelito262

7 ай бұрын

And probably tape is better than metal brackets or fittings… no radar signature

It's kind of crazy to think that most of the drone footage we see in this video is taken milliseconds before bodies of humans, people that could easily have been our friends, are torn apart into pieces, often still alive enough to feel incredible pain and suffering... I know this is part of war, but I hope we don't lose sight of what is actually going on. I want to be human enough to feel the pain and suffering so many people here feel, without getting so overwhelmed I cannot think rationally. Perhaps impossible, but I'd like to keep trying

@tellyboy17

9 ай бұрын

Good thing its only orcs!

@lemokolyon

9 ай бұрын

@@tellyboy17 totally stupid comment. Complex of ''superior race'' ?

@Aleksa208

9 ай бұрын

@@tellyboy17 I love how you Westerners adopted Nazi ideology of superior race so quickly lol

@maxxar92

9 ай бұрын

@@tellyboy17 Ummm.. sweaty, according to a NATO-General (Xi/Xer), the approved terms are "Slavic Untermenschen occupying our rightful Lebensraum", please use this terminology correctly, ok?

@tellyboy17

9 ай бұрын

​@@maxxar92 nope, the correct term is orc and the 4 million cluster shells that have been unlocked will help with the orc infestation of Ukraine

Man, just imagine years from now these Russian soldiers will have PTSD like symptoms whenever they hear something similar to drone sounds "DROOOONNNNEEEEES!"

@ssing7113

9 ай бұрын

😂

@akshittripathi5403

9 ай бұрын

WSJ will probably never report it, but the Russians are using far more of these FPV drones. Lancet drones take out dozens of tanks/ artillery pieces each month, if not each week. Russian military has improved vastly (at great cost) since February 2022 and is now grinding up the Ukrainian counteroffensive

@sababugs1125

8 ай бұрын

​@@akshittripathi5403Lancet is decent but They're not doing that much more work than fpvs. Also because of the distance it operates at the lancet has a lower kill percentage. Because the fpvs operate basically on the front line of they disable a tank it's much harder for the enemy to retrieve the tank and take it safety since follow up strikes happen a lot of the time , while lancet operates at intermediate distances and if they don't take out the equipment on the first hit they're much easier to retrieve and tow to safety .

Really diy drones work which means more innovators, engineers, designers, and developers needed in Ukraine.

@SeanD808

7 ай бұрын

You better get over there then....

Love the Angry Birds badge 😂 0:17

1:04 that was brutal

@aidancreager4095

9 ай бұрын

He died a painful death after invading another country 🤷🏽‍♀️

@joe6398

9 ай бұрын

@@aidancreager4095but that’s a bit overkill don’t you think?

@user-hk2vt2ky4k

9 ай бұрын

​@@joe6398um no

@itsfinnickbitch63

9 ай бұрын

⁠@@joe6398better than slowly bleeding out and dying of a bullet wound. all deaths in war are brutal. there is no easy way out

@youeatmytaco1374

2 ай бұрын

​@@user-hk2vt2ky4k Imagine if that was your brother or your son

I live in Bulgaria - yesterday I had an avert for a $10,000 drone that can carry a 15kg payload for 10 hours, its controlled via satellite [presumably starlink]. That means I could load it with bombs, fly it to Ukraine, bomb a tank and fly it home again called a "YANGDA Sky Whale Max Hybrid Heavy Lift Long Endurance VTOL Drone" The point I am making is - the whole shape of war has changed. Me a random guy with $10k can secretly take part in a war in another country. That is crazy.

@ChirpFPV

8 ай бұрын

That type of drone would be shot down before it can do any type of meaningful damage. The only benefit of these fpv drones is they are small and agile.

Smart use of diy FPV drones! For the UI I can tell they are using Betaflight as the OS, also my personal fav. A professional FPV pilot would be able to jump into an open hatch or window and dodge virtually any missile. Go Ukraine!

@Notrusbot

9 ай бұрын

you probably don’t know that Russia is doing the same thing, and in terms of the ratio of drones, forces are not on the side of Ukraine

@unknown-x-1777

9 ай бұрын

Yeah I'd fly into the hatch of the tank, fly into the windows of vehicles. You could get 12 pilots flying at the same time. I'd do swarms of drones to maximize the amount of fear.

@jerseyshoredroneservices225

9 ай бұрын

I was with you until you said that they could Dodge missiles.

@CesarAnton

9 ай бұрын

​@@jerseyshoredroneservices225 FPV drones are too small and maneuverable to be easily hit directly by a missile. FVP drones are very different from filming drones like DJI and the ones you show on your channel.

@Phrancis5

9 ай бұрын

Yup, Betaflight. It's crazy to see the FPV race quads that I and many others have been building for fun all these years turned into kamikaze weapons. I think everyone in the drone hobby knew it was easily possible, but it's just nuts to see the fuzzy analog DVR footage of it actually hitting targets. I'm surprised Russia can't easily jam the TX/RX, but maybe their capabilities are truly overblown.

A near miss is a collision. A near hit is a miss.

@jeremyhicks2449

9 ай бұрын

@billyb6001 100 percent correct but people don't understand. Thanks you sir. I had a argument about this I was out numbered.

@queueeeee9000

9 ай бұрын

Not how it's defined today. Near hit and near miss are synonymous.

@billyb6001

9 ай бұрын

@@queueeeee9000 so nearly missing something isn't a near miss?

@queueeeee9000

9 ай бұрын

@@billyb6001 A near-miss is when almost something really bad happens. Say, a truck stalls on a railroad and a train is heading right towards it. At the last second, the truck moves out of the way. That would be a near-miss.

@EDD519

9 ай бұрын

@@queueeeee9000 thats dumb !

FPV technologies has evolved so much over the years but can't believe my fave hobby is been used in this manner 😅

Vladimir: Will you go to victory parade? Ivan: No tanks

3:37 seems like a win even if the drone was destroyed can't imagine that missile is cheap.

Rest assured, it works fine the other way around too,given that NATO tanks are waaay more expensive...

0:17 props to the drone pilot wearing an Angry Birds sticker on his uniform

Real smart to make videos of it and place it in the open for everyone to learn from.

It is the same situation like in pearl harbour, a few flies ruined an entire fleets.

Is it really penetrate a tank hatch armor?

This reminds me of the drone and c4 trick in Battlefield 2042. I used to think an explosive attached to a regular drone was unrealistic and only worked because of game logic, but it seems it would actually work in real life. Scary to think how gaming tactics could actually work irl. Like with that one Nascaar Driver that used an old race car game trick to boost his speed by driving on the border of the track against the barrier.

@vitaliy1655

9 ай бұрын

Bomb Drone in CoD Warzone is straight reference

@Epsilon-18

9 ай бұрын

Depends on the game. I play stuff that lets you load a Humvee with C4 and absolutely ruin the enemy's day.

@edgaral

2 ай бұрын

I bet some of the new tactics are based off videogames, most military personnel under the age of 30 have played a CoD or Battlefield or any other futuristic War game at least once

Also Ukraine is good at making jet-sky style drones to hit the ships and any objects on water, probably the first country ever to use such devices… Brave people, the situation they are in right now, will make them stronger and stronger, eventually Ukraine will be the main firepower of NATO!

0:16 blue angry bird 😂💀

Someone please answer why some drones are harder to detect bc if their picture quality. Analog vs digital? Please help

@lindaj5492

9 ай бұрын

I think they’re harder to detect because of the communications signal being harder to intercept, not because of the image quality.

Can you do a video on the lancet drone I see a lot of videos floating around on the web.

@chamonix4658

9 ай бұрын

similar to switchblade 600, basically a commercial suicide drone. So more capable than these DIY quad copters but much more expensive

@SpectralonWhite

9 ай бұрын

@@chamonix4658 switchblade are more expensive because they have targeting software with AI integrated.

Russian tanks don’t cost a million dollars - you must be thinking of all the destroyed Leopards!

Good luck from the UK to all Ukrainian FPV pilots ❤ 🇺🇦

Necessity is the mother of invention

Drones changed the landscape of modern war to the same degree the gun did when it was first used in war.

VPN Drones, one DJI drone operator per squad, and mobile electronic warfare equipment are going to be essential in the next full scale war

I'm going to call it, next 5 years we're going to see the US Military doing a 'hand held drone operator' MOS. The ability to have a squad mate pop up a drone, to scout ahead in real time, and get a birds eye view of enemy fortifications before a push is going to be insane. Imagine you're working on some offensive, and you have direct callout on radio of a $50 dollar drone telling you where the enemy is, how many of them, blah blah blah. Reaper drones no longer need to play surveillance for operations, and can purely build into support. Squad level tactics can even use grenade drones to drop explosives on enemies, or even smokes to disrupt their vision. When I enlist in the US army next week. It's going to be the #1 thing I'm interested in if it becomes a thing. I'll reclass in an instant if I can do that kind of stuff.

@djsonicc

4 ай бұрын

That drone would not be $50 by the time US Military gets it. Probably $50k each

@ronineidolon

3 ай бұрын

"Reclass in an instant" ... good luck with that.

Now this is a real modern warfare

i feel bad for people who got killed by drones

I dont remember the exact number but I read that Russia already invests something like $3 billion in drone manufacturing and is currently building a factory in Russia to mass produce the iranian Shahed drones. Ukraine recently announced to invest around $1.08 billion into drones. Ukraine is a poor country but I think they still have to prioritize this issue. Im worried $1 billion isnt enough. Id like to see Ukraine invest at least as much as Russia into drones. Drones will be a major factor in this war and the side with more and better drones will have an advantage. And to all Ukraine supporters: Prioritize donating to groups and units that focuse on drones. Thats what I do. Yes humanitarian aid and conventional weapons etc are important too but drones are in my opinion the most important issue in this war.

@02markcal

9 ай бұрын

How about we have a competition that brings the best of Western minds to see who can build the best / most cost-effective military drone, with the winners getting a large award funded by donations, with people like Star Wars actor Mark Hamill and others leading the effort.

@tomk3732

9 ай бұрын

Russia converted an old mall into assembly plant for drones. They are using 100s of kamikaze drones per day. Many other plants are operating. Russian drone production and innovation is huge.

For people wondering how tanks and armored vehicles will ever overcome the small drone threat, which is a great question, first thing to keep in mind that predicting the future of war is by far the hardest possible thing to do. That’s because the smartest people, of each nation, spend trillions of dollars to best give them the advantage in a future war. Whether it’s Georgia, Indonesia or the United States; top talent spends all its time thinking about this and is a top priority of the government. Secondly, there is already a solution to this threat coming out of the United States. Lasers. Essentially, lasers have gotten to the point that realistically in a few more years a laser could be installed on every tank, armored vehicle, etc. The lasers are already good to go - just not in mass adoption. I think the real question is “Will lasers get to the point that anti tank missiles, drones and even tank projectiles themselves could be stopped by them?” They are already on the verge of stopping artillery shells for example.

@mitchellcouchman1444

9 ай бұрын

Lazers have a massive problem, they need super capacitors and a nuclear reactor to run then, they are currently only a naval weapon and I don't see that changing soon

@darkairieal

9 ай бұрын

@@mitchellcouchman1444 They are also notorious for being sensitive to jostling/perturbations (plus weather) - Anything military that is going out to large amounts of vehicles has to be ruggedized. Which is easier said than done.

@allaci17

8 ай бұрын

it's not that big of a question. as the drones operate via radio signal, they just have to jam it. a piece of kit as big as a modem could do it effectively. the thing is tho, that it just won't happen. both putin and his generals are braindead and rigid. they can threaten with nukes, but they can't adapt. russia is not prepared for modern warfare, and with all the embargoes i doubt they could get all the chips and semi conductors necessary to mass produce the required equipment, even tho it isn't a big deal at all. putin and the russian military are both had beens.

@mitchellcouchman1444

8 ай бұрын

@@allaci17 you're delusional, they are already jamming many of the drones... Even many of the military ones let alone the little civilian drones

@allaci17

8 ай бұрын

​@@mitchellcouchman1444 all the drone attacks in the last few shows how delusional you are. you think the jammed drones did 200M in damages the last few days? :DDDDD EVERY SINGLE vehicle needs a portable transmitter, and there has to be a stationary transmitter every 200-300m in cities to have the border jammed. portable transmitters have a range of about 15m, stationaries about 100-150m.

I knew this was going to happen back when they began making these commercial units. I was worried. Wonder what kind of regulations exist already or may be generated to control this. A hobbyist toy turned weapon of war.

@inoxide5454

7 ай бұрын

I hear the Ukranians are sending Hornby train sets with grenades attached.

might as well play this war in a cs go tournament this is so unreal

Ok, now do Russian drones taking out Lepord 2's for balance of perspective

@ConsensusX

9 ай бұрын

I've yet to see any of this footage on KZread/media. You only see one side of the war depending on which continent you live on.

@laksamanaagiladitya1093

9 ай бұрын

​@@ConsensusXred efffect has some videos about it

@paprikar

7 ай бұрын

​@@laksamanaagiladitya1093yeah, good channel, found it recently too

I'm sure Russia appreciates this. It's very detailed. Thanks WSJ!

@Shadenium1

4 күн бұрын

It's like showing to the military how to reload your gun. They already see everything the same + manuals + shared personal experience notes + shared software. This video is useless for them, because they already know all that and used all of that.

We started off testing homing missiles using pigeon, then computers, we made it full circle, we’re the pigeon

And how many of these operators went to Bandera 🤣 I watched an interview with one armless, blind operator who was hit by a Russian drone. He said that the Russians could easily take the direction of the signal and start firing or send their drones. specifically, he was located and his hands were torn off with the help of the same drone.

In comparation Leopards 2 also destroyed by drone And leopards 2 cost are ten times T-90M

@yihuda7459

9 ай бұрын

Leopard don’t fly like Russia tanks

@Ephys

9 ай бұрын

@@yihuda7459 still the effectiveness now in question.

@shlyupendrenec

9 ай бұрын

That is simply not true. There are various estimated costs for both Leopard 2(A4 and A6 variants are given to Ukraine, not the latest most expensive A7) and T90M, but there's no 10 times difference, maybe 2-3 times, depending on the source.

@Ephys

9 ай бұрын

@@shlyupendrenec 1 leopard 2 stock version cost around 11 million USD while T-90M cost around 2.5 M USD. And thats before inflation. According wikipedia.

the VR headset costs way more than the drone, but is reusable. that's what i would do. i fly a little dji drone, and am partway into setting up vr.

@mitchellcouchman1444

9 ай бұрын

Until the they start using your radio signal to track your position, we are only at the early stages of drone warfare and they are quickly being nerfed in effectiveness

@skip123davis

9 ай бұрын

@@mitchellcouchman1444 meh. it's only wifi, and doesn't reach far - at least on mine, and most of the commercial ones. that's why the ukes have to guide it from so close to the target. by the time the find it, it will be over by then. you apparently have no experience with commercial drones.

@mitchellcouchman1444

9 ай бұрын

@@skip123davis if its short range that further creates issues with use and WiFi is traceable like all forms of signals and jammable which many are experiencing, without a reasonable range their use is very limited

*Ukraine does a bit of creative trolling*

0:17 best shoulder sleave patch ever. Ooo..koochapeee… that’s what the blue bird say..

Apparently we are not many years off submarine drones, which may make large submarines outdated.

@kzuv7615

9 ай бұрын

submarine drone that could target sub are a deadly threat but good like finding an enemy sub in the first place in the very vast ocean also it's will be probably hard building sub that goes under water cause of you have to factor in the water pressure and you need to build a sub that is smaller and compact that the enemy sonar couldn't detect but if someone manage to build this kind of drone sub and manage to find ways to locate enemy submarines nuclear submarines would be in potential danger

@RaphaelVergaraFerrer5275

7 ай бұрын

Destroying an armored vehicle by means of a drone and sinking an attack or missile submarine by drone are different things. Quite possibly for the United States losing a submarine due to a drone attack or not would mean a declaration of war, and going to war with the United States is something that everyone would avoid.

Ukraine is always winning According to western media 😂😂😂😂

Every footage you see of a drone hitting a tank is about 3 people dying in an explosion🙂

War...icon of innovation.

It works both ways. Russians also destroying ukrainian tanks with FPV drones.

Smart!

Scary thing about the drone game is in this Russo-Ukraine war we have seen a lot of tanks from German to American to Russian get bumped by drones with one punch 🥊 and I have not seen or can’t even pictured a modded out tank just to weave off drones because the payload they are coming with now is insane to see

This is a great idea!

Drone attack is fun, like playing a game with a controller from your room. I would like to join the drone team if I ever go to war.

@RBluelight

2 ай бұрын

Same because it would be pretty safe as your far away from the enemy. But I feel it would be pretty demoralizing to watch your drone fly into human beings.

*Now report on the actual facts of the ground campaign!*

@grievetan

9 ай бұрын

How do you cope that Russia is no longer a superpower? Ukraine is gonna leave Russia toothless

Mr Steele would hit every target and every tiny gap

don't forget that KI will in the future will really boost the deadliness of the drones. Right now every drone needs a pilot. What if swarms of them operate on its own. Makes me shiver.

@rorychivers8769

9 ай бұрын

That's "AI" for non Denglisch speakers

Meanwhile western media : "ukranian" lancets are also expertly taking out "Russian" leopard2 tanks. 😂😂😂 Sticking to the current video though: yes, those DIY drones with small grenades are ABSOLUTELY penetrating and destroying that HRS armor on those tanks.

@josephhernandez5386

8 ай бұрын

I mean, this war seems very much to be a trial and error by offensive forces. Where attrition or surprise allows movement in certain areas. Surprise is what allowed the initial Russian advances, so too the Kharkiv counteroffensive by Ukraine. Simultaneously, attrition led to Russian victories at Severnodonestk and Soledar, and in Ukraines case taking back Kherson. What these drones seem to do, and we do have visual evidence for this, is make it to where tanks can not only be spotted and attacked by kamikaze drones, but gain visual or laser identification for other drones in the air, like lanclets do, or give artillery the means to target them. Like how Russia's armored columns last winter were halted in Vuhledar and Kreminna, and so too Ukranian columns in the south. So like, pointing out an "oooo, gotcha" to the use of similar Russian advancements in this field begets the effective use these drones have time and time again proven they have against both sides offensive forces. Whether it be for distraction, getting lucky hits in, or overwhelming the force that's attacking with too much at once, let alone the damage these weapons do to infantry, these drones have proven their effectiveness, and use, so far, in spite of their small warhead capacity. What will be interesting will be how one side, or the other, overcomes this new breed of weapon. Or, perhaps, this is just a sign of technology/use of technology outpacing tactics and weapons to break a stalemate. Akin to WW1, in a way.

@Nanobrker

8 ай бұрын

@@josephhernandez5386 you need to READ the comment carefully and what it pointed to CAREFULLY before typing this looong diatribe. Also, vuhledar was halted but the equipment not destroyed and later recovered (judging by the full video and bit edited down clip spread by ukr mod). Kreminna offensive is difficult for armour because of the vast forest belt, and ground troops having perfect cover for air recon. It's not "haulted" . In fact RF pushed back any and all ukr offensive in that area to its initial position and has gained ground in the forest regions in recent months. RF didn't have any proper air defence (short and medium) in place in South and had vast gaps in radar coverage last year. A problem they have since solved and their EW equipment has been successfully jamming and intercepting smart bombs, drones and missiles so much so that even western analysts and generals have begun whining about how ineffective their weapons have become against RF EW. Russian air defences regularly shoot down ukr drones venturing too far into the frontline..... Yes you hear news of ukr sending drones into Russian territory for PR and distraction from their astronomical losses on frontlines, but how often are those drones ACTUALLY successful???? Not many ..... Once in a week or 2 weeks maybe. Meanwhile RF drones and missiles regularly strike all the way to the lviv region. Drones have changed the battlefield for sure, especially immediate frontline surveillance against the infantry but the roots of warfare tactics still hold.....trench and artillery warfare still reigns supreme as is evident, air superiority still matters and decent air defence is still important. Drones have merely augmented these aspects and added to their effectiveness.

Leopard tanks getting reck also😅

"Alexei, I hear mosquito. Can you-"

The explosion plus the lithium polymer definitely boosted the explosion

You are forgetting that Russia has also been using drones against expensive western equipment given to Ukraine. unlike Ukraine Russia makes its own arms

@chas721

9 ай бұрын

LOL. Russia begged Iran to provide drones. 🤡

@Jaqen_Hghar

9 ай бұрын

​@@chas721I don't remember any Russian politicians groveling foreign leaders unlike Zeleboba.

@chas721

9 ай бұрын

@@Jaqen_Hghar Shoigu is currently in North Korea asking Dear Leader for help. Nothing like begging for ammunition that has been stored in some mountain for the past fifty years.

@hasithakumarasiri8343

9 ай бұрын

​@@chas721russia has their own developed lancet kamikaze drones

@Jaqen_Hghar

9 ай бұрын

@@chas721 "Russia is asking for help" Can't provide any proof. Certified clown moment. 🤡 Just like West🤮ern politicians.

I call BS on Russians unable to disrupt drone transmission. Russians have one of the best EW systems. This is just one sided journalism as expected.

@lemokolyon

9 ай бұрын

👍 Russia does the same, and has much more drones. I suppose soon tanks will have a little système to blur the communication with attacking drone's operator.

Improvise,adapt, overcome !! 👍

I like how the ukranian drone operators have a blue angry bird in his arm

Good job ! Glory to Ukrainian military forces!

The leopard 2 tank costs $11 million each and Russia has been using drones far more effectively than the Ukrainians since they own the air, nice try 😅

@eustab.anas-mann9510

9 ай бұрын

Russian bot detected

Drones provide massive cost / benefit over tanks and even artillery. I'm talking well over 1,000 fold cost / benefit over say a 4 million dollar tanks depending on the drone type and method of deployment. i.e. kamikaze vs anti tank grenade dropper. Lesser cost / benefit advantage over artillery, however still significant over a 2 million dollar Howitzer standard piece.

@mitchellcouchman1444

9 ай бұрын

You can't fight a war with these, just like you can't just win a war with artillery, otherwise why are both sides still using tanks? Most tanks are lost to commercial drones or artillery though.

@Shinshocks555

9 ай бұрын

@@mitchellcouchman1444 Artillery, mines, and atgms you mean. Drone kills on tanks are a small fraction of these others.

@mrgamingking18

9 ай бұрын

They do not outperform arty, arty is still the leading cause of death and injury

@JoeyBlogs007

9 ай бұрын

Notwithstanding that, the cost/benefit for drones case is immense. Ultimately drones could outperform arty as kill all machines. They just have to locate arty and destroy them. As long as they are significantly cheaper, drones will ultimately outperform all battlefield vehicles, except perhaps anti air. However head to head pitted against each other, drones still outperform arty. It would come down to tactics. You just need a drone that can detect and target arty with a large enough warhead. 1000 drones will be cheaper than 1,000 arty pieces. If they both start at the same time against the enemy, drones will win, because they have greater range, so the drones will detect arty, well ahead of arty detecting and destroying drone forces. Yes arty have a greater firing rate and can cause more destruction, however they have to get closer to their target first and in a one on one race, all else being equal, drones have the advantage over arty. i.e. anti arty drones appropriately deployed. When AI vision becomes standard for drones ( as available commercially ), arty will have nowhere to hide. The AI vision tech is already there, but it's being held back. The nature of war will change and arty wont be able to get close to targets with sufficient drones in place to defend against attack. They just need drones specifically designed for arty. Not only that however, once the payload capacity and firing rate of drones is improved, it will be game over for anything on the ground. We are just seeing the beginning of this type of warfare. Anyway my point was with regard to cost/benefit of drones vs tanks and arty and that aspect is very clear.

@mrgamingking18

8 ай бұрын

@@JoeyBlogs007 they are not currently out performing arty in the future im sure but not rn

Prepare for EMP cannons to come into existence, rendering drones and anything electrical useless.

@SkullKidForever

9 ай бұрын

That means no internet or electricity for america and the world.

SLAVA UKRAINE 🇺🇦

Could anybody with some knowledge in this subject explain this? Are they really effective against tanks? Isn't the amount of explosives most consumer drones can lift too small to actually cause any real damage to a tank?

@Ray-dv1md

9 ай бұрын

Just more of the lies pushed by the media that Ukraine is winning this war.

@jerseyshoredroneservices225

9 ай бұрын

These aren't "most consumer drones". first of all the consumer drones that you're thinking of our not fpv drones. Second, these fpv drones are oversized to carry the warhead from an RPG or something similar. Most consumer drones have a payload capacity of maybe a single hand grenade. the remote pilot certificate that most of us have from the FAA allows a gross tape golf wait up to 55 lb. That's a pretty big drone and includes things like the Freefly Alta X and DJI M600.

@svaneman1

9 ай бұрын

@@jerseyshoredroneservices225 the reason I said consumer drones was that they say "cheap consumer style drones" in the video. Also the video claims the cost of around 400$ which is low. Is an RPG round enough to take out a modern tank?

@jerseyshoredroneservices225

9 ай бұрын

@@svaneman1 the cheap consumer drones like the mavic mini are sometimes used as spotter drones. They're not very effective though because their transmission signals are easy to disrupt and even track back to the source. DJI makes a product called Aeroscope which was designed to locate DJI drones in the air and the controllers on the ground. The good thing about those drones is that they take good pictures and they are easy to fly. some of them have good zoom lenses (although that's not the $400 version). So, they serve a purpose but Ukraine needs to take drastic measures to mitigate the risk. Sometimes they'll turn off the controller as soon as their target is located. Doing that, they lose the Drone but it reduces the chance of artillery landing on them. Yes, RPGs can damage modern tanks. the name rocket-propelled grenade is a misnomer. They are really shaped charges designed to penetrate armor. Even the best armored tanks have vulnerable locations, normally in the rear around the engine compartment. An RPG may not destroy the tank but it can certainly disable it. In many cases the tanks are Destroyed. There are number of videos of that happening if you search for them. More often than not the targets aren't tanks. most of the time they're going after artillery, fuel trucks and ammo resupply trucks. if they happen to come across a tank, sure they'll take it out and if they're under assault by tanks then obviously they'll go for it. However, logistics is the key to winning the war so their main goal is to make sure that the artillery and tanks don't get ammunition and fuel

@JigilJigil

9 ай бұрын

@@svaneman1 Yes, it depends on what section of the tank it hits but in most cases a RPG round will take a Russian tank out.

We need EMP to protect ourselves from drones.

The "Angry Birds"patch on the uniform sleeve!😂

On January 24th, 2028, Skynet became self aware… As a Marine, the tanks artillery, and jets, on the whole, weren’t always scaring me, but the mosquitoes, flys, and bugs were ever present. I couldn’t imagine the ever present attacks of tiny drones. It’s a new landscape, for sure.

Why isn't Ukraine using the US Army minefield destroyer (whose name I don't recall)? It was used in Afghanistan. It shoots a massive explosive device over a designated area and explodes destroying all the mines in that area. The device would help immeasurably in creating safe lanes through minefields.

@nhatho1723

9 ай бұрын

There’s a number of issues with deploying such a system. They all boil down to costs. The weapon you’re thinking of costs millions to deploy and only clears a 100ft by 8ft area. Or something close to that. I forget the exact area of coverage. These mine fields are much much larger than this. You’d have to deploy a LOT of these to create a sizable corridor. Very expensive to use.

@Jaqen_Hghar

9 ай бұрын

Comparing Afghanistan with a Nuclear superpower. No wonder Western MSM and their viewers are so delusional.

@nimmha6708

9 ай бұрын

too expensive AND too slow for the job. These minefields are like 100 times the size of the afghani ones.

@heretoforeunknown

9 ай бұрын

@@nhatho1723 Referring to the pic the Russians put up allegedly showing a number of Ukraine tanks bunched together and apparently destroyed, it appears the Ukrainians never learned anything from their attacks on Russian tanks. Why would they allow themselves to be so close together? Regarding the expense of the mine clearing, if it were American soldiers going through Russian minefields, I do believe no expense would have been spared.

@drejade7119

9 ай бұрын

The simple answer is they do use them... There's already multiple videos of Ukrainians using them... One problem in that though is Russia also have a lot of drones and could actually see them miles outside the frontlines... Many times. Ukrainian tanks are taken out miles before reaching the battlefield.

drone impact to the ribcage! ouch!

@Sdakouls3

9 ай бұрын

He'll feel that in the morning.

@mr.terrific601

9 ай бұрын

@@Sdakouls3 I don’t think he’s feeling anything now

I still remember my time in Iraq during Operation Freedom, you could hear drones flying around at night watching the countryside for any potential roadside bomb planters. Never did I think that those same kind of drones would be used to kamikaze an enemy position, that is just frightening, especially if they can use thermals at night.

0:16 that angry bird patch

It’s likely that Chinese manufacturers will have to cope with competition from Ukrainian companies as their indigenous capabilities if parts supply from China continues to be constrained.

@darthwinters8905

9 ай бұрын

Cope? Lower bound 90% of the drones from china we are not talking about parts, then that’s prob 95% of parts at minimum. Even reporter can’t ignore the existence of drone supply from China in video. Chinese manufacturers still biggest beneficiaries from this type of warfare

Gott love the trickster reporting here. As if Russia isnt doing the same thing... except with kills on major Euro-designed elite Leopards....

@livinthefilm

9 ай бұрын

Yeah its a misleading report.

@lemokolyon

9 ай бұрын

When in position, on site, russian tanks have a camo net above them and many drones explode in that net, with little or no damage for the tank. Some 'beautiful explosion' vidéos are failed attacks.

Imagine wars become all drone-fought. Everyone can just work from home

I imagine most of the world's militaries are rethinking their use of armor vs drones

@CAPSLOCKPUNDIT

9 ай бұрын

Military doctrine is not keeping pace with consumer grade technological advances. The book will have to be rewritten on the experience of Ukrainian jury rigging.

Russia is doing exactly the same thing, only on a much larger scale and more efficiently

@EveryNyanHere

8 ай бұрын

vatnik

I've heard that they're on take to use 100,000 drones this year! They only last 1-2 missions on average. Seems like a waste to me who has had a mavic pro for 5+ years but it's SO cheap compared to military equipment, especially western gear!

@bachvu8508

9 ай бұрын

much much cheaper than sending a reconnaissance squad to get the same or even worse quality of intel

@ChirpFPV

8 ай бұрын

These fpv drones are cheaper than mavic pros. You only have to have one pair of goggles and controller. You can easily build one for 200-400$ a piece.

The shells that hit tanks dont cost a lot. Drones with enough power to carry c4 or rpg round or HE are about $1000 actually Plus batteries. Plus parts plus the charge and the payload attachment gear

I was saying that for a very long time. Ukrainians finally started using 3D printers. You can make anything you can imagine. I for example was making fixtures to measure parts on CMM .

it'll be interesting to see how the Ukrainian military reorganizes itself after the war

@hernanmigliori1913

9 ай бұрын

If there is any Ukranian left alive by Nato and Deep State.

@Aleksa208

9 ай бұрын

If there is any Ukrainian military left after the war

@paulgibbon5991

9 ай бұрын

@@maxxar92 Botski reported, may you soon be drafted.

@GeorgE-yo5yc

9 ай бұрын

Yes, will be quite a challenge to organise an army with no 15 to 50 year old males left in the whole country.

@paulgibbon5991

9 ай бұрын

@@Eshayzbra96 And that's a hate speech report lodged. Continue posting.

The Russians are using them too. People forget that.

@Niven110

9 ай бұрын

Yeah but they’re still trying to catch up with Ukraine. You’d see a lot more videos posted by Russians forces doing this if the had invested in the tech earlier 😂

@peterflohr7827

9 ай бұрын

There are also (electronic) counter-measures. It's a constant cat-and-mouse game.

@artyparty_av

9 ай бұрын

@@Niven110 as far as I can tell, it’s pretty even on FPV platforms, and Russians have a gigantic edge when it comes to loitering munitions like the lancets.

@Obonye3rd

9 ай бұрын

​@@Niven110 you are in the dark,the lancet drones has no competition in this war

@clifflegrand4848

9 ай бұрын

@@Niven110 You don't get to see the Russian side because most media are pro-Ukrainian, most Russian videos get downvoted, disliked, or reported while it's the opposite when Ukrainians post theirs. Also, the RUssians are busy winning on the battlefield while Ukraine is busy winning on social media.

Russia now surpassed it greatly, it used to rely on Iranian shahid attack drones but now they have an improved version

Imagine a huge swarm of drones - such as used for celebratory light show displays - being loaded up with explosives and controlled by the same sort of software to coordinate their attack.

@lawrencefrost9063

9 ай бұрын

swarm robotics, yes this is something militaries around the world have been exploring for a few decades now. Sci-Fi turned reality.

@xubious

9 ай бұрын

EMP’s will be a lot more popular

@monsterboomer8051

8 ай бұрын

@@xubious you are watching too much sci fi