The problem for drone operators, who thought they would sit back from the fighting and fight remotely, has become apparent-
“Ukrainian channels report an increase in casualties on the front lines. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lose up to 300 trucks, pickups, motorcycles, minibuses, ATVs, and other logistics vehicles per day. Additionally, up to 40-50 units of more expensive armored vehicles, tanks, armored cars, and air defense systems are lost every day.
All these losses mean that the infantry and drone operators are taking over the war. However, the number of experienced drone operators is steadily decreasing. In 2024, an experienced drone operator had a lifespan of five to 11 months, with a survival rate of 70%. Now, an operator has a maximum lifespan of five months, and the survival rate has dropped to 30%. ”
The tech is changing monthly, anti-drone measures, new guidance systems to keep ahead, more specialisation in drone types, portable radars to find them, acoustic trackers, mothership drones carrying others… as usual humans need war to push technology forward.
A handful of armoured cars in a bombed-out treeline.. they’re just targets in Ukraine.
The drone has proved to be almost a super weapon for both sides. Recently the Russians have equipped some of theirs with coax cable, in large spools; the drone flies letting out the cable back to the operator and it goes toward enemy lines, and it can’t be jammed. Both sides are now using these types of weapons in growing numbers. Littering the battlefield in spent coax cables. So it makes sense that the operators are now targets for the enemy. I heard the the Ukrainians have several specialized units which flood twenty to forty miles with fleets of drones; various types, various missions. Their goal is to strike several targets per hour, 24/7. Those numbers are staggering. Complete torment for troops on the frontline and behind it.
The problem for drone operators, who thought they would sit back from the fighting and fight remotely, has become apparent-
“Ukrainian channels report an increase in casualties on the front lines. The Ukrainian Armed Forces lose up to 300 trucks, pickups, motorcycles, minibuses, ATVs, and other logistics vehicles per day. Additionally, up to 40-50 units of more expensive armored vehicles, tanks, armored cars, and air defense systems are lost every day.
All these losses mean that the infantry and drone operators are taking over the war. However, the number of experienced drone operators is steadily decreasing. In 2024, an experienced drone operator had a lifespan of five to 11 months, with a survival rate of 70%. Now, an operator has a maximum lifespan of five months, and the survival rate has dropped to 30%. ”
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/sitrep-82825-trump-scoffs-at-russian
The tech is changing monthly, anti-drone measures, new guidance systems to keep ahead, more specialisation in drone types, portable radars to find them, acoustic trackers, mothership drones carrying others… as usual humans need war to push technology forward.
A handful of armoured cars in a bombed-out treeline.. they’re just targets in Ukraine.
The drone has proved to be almost a super weapon for both sides. Recently the Russians have equipped some of theirs with coax cable, in large spools; the drone flies letting out the cable back to the operator and it goes toward enemy lines, and it can’t be jammed. Both sides are now using these types of weapons in growing numbers. Littering the battlefield in spent coax cables. So it makes sense that the operators are now targets for the enemy. I heard the the Ukrainians have several specialized units which flood twenty to forty miles with fleets of drones; various types, various missions. Their goal is to strike several targets per hour, 24/7. Those numbers are staggering. Complete torment for troops on the frontline and behind it.