Russia Now Using Cheap Decoy Drones to Locate the Ukraine’s Air Defenses

An explosion caused by a shot-down Russian decoy drone.

Drones are the future, man.

The entire nature of warfare has changed.

It’s totally incredible that the “defense establishment” of the US has refused to acknowledge this.

Reuters:

Russia has begun including new, cheaply-made drones in its long-range attacks on Ukraine, to try to identify air defences, film any damage and act as decoys, a Ukrainian military spy official said.

The two new types of drone, which Russia has used in five drone attacks in the last two to three weeks including an overnight strike on Thursday, are produced from materials like foam plastic and plywood, the official told Reuters.

One type carries a camera and a Ukrainian mobile phone SIM card to send images back to the Russian military.

Because it is virtually indistinguishable from a regular attack drone from the ground, it still needs to be shot down, revealing where Ukraine’s air defence systems are located.

Using the Ukraine cellphone network is the epitome of “Ivan Rigging.”

And also brilliant.

Keep it simple, keep it cheap – it’s easy to do when you’re clever.

Paths of bullets are seen during a Russian drone strike.