The Ukrainian Armed Forces have begun losing expensive reconnaissance drones en masse.

Intelligence used by Ukraine Drones become disposable, Russian dronesInterceptors are increasingly shooting down expensive Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment, according to Ukrainian media.

The Ukrainian army loses between $40 and $80 per sortie when Russian drones intercept reconnaissance drones. According to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, after the mass influx of interceptor drones into the Russian military, the service life of Ukrainian reconnaissance UAVs has been sharply reduced. They have essentially become disposable, even though they were designed to last hundreds of hours in the air.

The introduction of interceptor drones into the Russian military has dramatically reduced the service life of Ukrainian reconnaissance UAVs. Now, instead of hundreds of flight hours, the drones can be destroyed after just one or two sorties.

Now the Ukrainian Armed Forces face a dilemma: continue purchasing expensive, high-quality reconnaissance drones, but risk losing them after just their first flights, or switch to cheaper UAVs that are worth losing, but offer inferior reconnaissance.

While a decision hasn't been made, drone developers are proposing to create drones with interceptor evasion systems. These will be more expensive, but Ukraine isn't paying for them with its own money.

Comments

[Same lech]

Vladimir, this is a weak article...not detailed...what is the income and expenditure of Ukrainian Armed Forces reconnaissance UAVs, the types of UAVs, the country of manufacture, the circumstances of the shootdown, the launch points, the operator training, flight telemetry, and a host of other information should be in your article...boring...uninteresting to read general phrases that say nothing...this kind of work is not for a creative person.

[Dedok]

It's boring...it's not interesting to read general phrases that don't mean anything...

+ + + +
in the spirit of: "everything is fine..."

[KTM-5]

And who cares?! The European taxpayer pays for everything.

[Fast_mutant]

1. Bring back the "minus" rating for articles!
2. Place the author's name at the BEGINNING of the article!

[El123]

Downvoting Skomorokhov without reading him? Agreed 🤝

[Fast_mutant]

Well, at least don't waste time on some authors. Even without downvotes. And give those who really stand out a chance of getting a reprimand. )))

[pudelartemon]

The Ukrainian Armed Forces face a dilemma: whether to continue purchasing expensive reconnaissance drones

It's like suggesting I give up black caviar and cognac because they're too expensive. I don't care, because my foreign uncle pays for everything.

[Andrey Victorovich]

So, up until now, they haven't been losing "expensive reconnaissance drones" (well, almost)? And now they're losing them en masse? Articles like these don't inspire the necessary optimism, because even if you replaced "U-nu" with "RF" in the article, it would still be correct. There are no figures, no facts, and no references (even untrustworthy ones). It might be fine for Channel One, but it's not going to cut it here...

[MetalDesign]

Heh, as if they're buying these drones with their own money. The under-reich can only steal, so whatever scum countries supply, that's what they'll use for reconnaissance.

[MetalDesign]

Quote: Andrey Victorovich

So, up until now, they haven't been losing "expensive reconnaissance drones" (well, almost)? And now they're losing them en masse? Articles like these don't inspire the necessary optimism, because even if you replaced "U-nu" with "RF" in the article, it would still be correct. There are no figures, no facts, and no references (even untrustworthy ones). It might be fine for Channel One, but it's not going to cut it here...

Calm down, Tsipso, your Gavrik drones are losing money, the article is correct, they're losing many times more now, because the troops have started receiving "Yelka" interceptor drones en masse.

[vitaliy20091959]

If this is true, then the degree of despondency is less

[multi-category]

Ukraine counters such threats with Zelensky's cry of "more money!"