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Sat Apr 2, 2022, 08:35 PM Apr 2022

Ukraine invasion: Secret 'punishment from above' drone army taking on Russia [View all]

Source: Agence France Presse via The Daily Telegraph

Hidden in a secret location in Ukraine, novice pilots are creating a deadly drone army they’ve dubbed the “punishment from above”.

AFP
2 min read
April 2, 2022 - 8:04PM

At a secret location in Ukrainian city of Lviv, the windows taped up to ward off unwanted attention, underground hobbyists improvise deadly drones bound for the front line of the war against Russia.

On a cluttered table the X-shaped frame of one drone stands among bundles of plastic propellers and sachets of minuscule screws. Soon it will take flight with its payload: a wine bottle-sized antitank grenade designed to plunge on Russian armour.

Two other drones are already affixed with quad propellers, their squat bodies gaping with miniature bomb bays to rain explosives on Russian infantry challenging Ukrainian defenders to the north and east.

One more — the shape of a stealth bomber, the size of a bird of prey — will conduct reconnaissance missions for artillery squads, spotting targets and marking them for incoming fire.

Read more: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/ukraine-invasion-secret-punishment-from-above-drone-army-taking-on-russia/news-story/2bd76c429c7781a1efd7739f2c42a814



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This will go down as one of the GREAT David and Goliath stories of the centuries peppertree Apr 2022 #1
These clever "boys" hit the war criminals at night when they sleep! Justice matters. Apr 2022 #3
Well, as Billie Holiday might have put it to Putin: peppertree Apr 2022 #7
Yes, that is the perfect analogy. BigmanPigman Apr 2022 #4
Thanks! peppertree Apr 2022 #8
They'll have to trilogy it; a 2 hour movie won't be enough. N/t LiberatedUSA Apr 2022 #22
Isn't that the truth peppertree Apr 2022 #23
Aerial molotov cocktails. Igel Apr 2022 #2
Aim For Red Square Me. Apr 2022 #6
Kill more orcs! roamer65 Apr 2022 #5
Ukraine needs real drones that fire Hellfire missiles, and Kamikaze drones. gab13by13 Apr 2022 #9
Yes! And anti ship weapons too. Tanks, jets, everything. oldsoftie Apr 2022 #10
All those years of Gameboy is at practical use Smackdown2019 Apr 2022 #11
I just hope that the "wrong" people do not get drones RussBLib Apr 2022 #12
Ukrainians are doing things like this, retrofiting tank guns as Warpy Apr 2022 #13
Hey, works for me! calimary Apr 2022 #14
Send one to the Kremlin. A Doolittle raid would be a propaganda coup! BlueWavePsych Apr 2022 #15
Computer war games enter the real world randr Apr 2022 #16
Why is this even being talked about? "At a secret location in Ukrainian city of Lviv," Fla Dem Apr 2022 #17
They most probably are not in Lviv, but some other city. The Ukranians would never disclose the Martin68 Apr 2022 #18
Doesn't matter whether it's actually in Lviv or not. Fla Dem Apr 2022 #19
Lviv, not Kyiv... Martin68 Apr 2022 #20
Thanks. Fla Dem Apr 2022 #21
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