Russian "ZALA" reconnaissance UAV is destroyed at high altitude by a remotely detonated FPV drone. (streamable.com)

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⚠️ Ukrainian FPV drone shoots down Russian reconnaissance UAV "Zala"

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[-] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago

The drone wars have come!

[-] Badeendje@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

That is a new capability. And a valuable one at that.

[-] Lommy@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

How are they sure this is destroyed?

[-] the_wise_wolf@feddit.de 5 points 5 months ago

You can't know for sure given only this footage. But drones don't exactly have great armor. So detonating something so close makes a kill very likely.

[-] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

It rammed the drone and the signal was lost. At minimum this would screw up the observation drone, even if the attacking drone wasn't equipped with an explosive charge.

[-] Lommy@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

There is no visible contact in the video and the description says "remotely detonated". Don't get me wrong, I hope they down all of them. I was just wondering.