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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
The Turkish drone making mincemeat of Putin's army
2022-08-07
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Ukrainian soldiers have fallen in love with the Bayraktar TB-2 drone system

  • Turkey-made flying missile launcher has obliterated ten of Putin's helicopters

  • And in play since just after the war began, they helped keep Kyiv from conquest

  • Bayraktar is proving so effective that Russia now offering £800 to destroy them
Posted by:Skidmark

#5  I gag when I read idiots on gun blogs wetting themselves over Turkish firearms.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-08-07 09:25  

#4  Got to remember the Ukraine and Russia are the land of hackers. Given that the Russians have not been able to hack the Ukrainians equipment by any measurable amount, but the Ukrainians have been hacking the Russians comm and the like, I'd be very careful of giving them an opportunity.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-08-07 09:16  

#3  Every one could have a unique control ID. But then you could do that with votes. Can't have that...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-08-07 08:21  

#2  ...True. However, the Ukrainians have been using them for months. They operate on the same frequencies. Chances that the Ukrainians could hijack a Russian model and use it against them?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-08-07 08:09  

#1  Russia can no doubt buy them from Turkey.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2022-08-07 00:03  

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