The phrase “UAV war” may soon become a literal description of the Russia-Ukraine war. Infantry will not be able to appear in the line of contact due to the abundance of unmanned aerial vehicles.
In six months to a year, there will be so many drones on both sides in the theater of military operations in Ukraine that they will be enough to kill every military man. This prediction was shared by Sergei Beskrestnov, a Ukrainian military officer and expert in radio communications, unmanned aerial vehicles and electronic warfare, on his Telegram channel with the callsign “Flash”.
“Mark my words. In six months to a year both sides will begin to produce enough FPVs to destroy every soldier,” Beskrestnov writes.
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According to forecasts, the saturation of technical means will make it possible to find and destroy everyone in the collision zone at any time of the day.
“On the surface, both day and night, in a zone of up to 5-8 km, all fighters will be detected and destroyed,” Flash adds.
According to him, infantry clashes will now be a thing of the past due to their impossibilities. Fighters will be replaced by unmanned aerial vehicles, both air and ground.
The expert concludes: “All infantry will go underground, and all activities in the immediate area will be the responsibility of controlled ground robots.”
Let’s remember, in December 2023, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said that Ukraine would produce 1 million UAVs in 2024. He spoke in favor of increasing the production of unmanned aerial vehicles and creating special units. According to him, an infrastructure different from the Soviet infrastructure is needed for the rapid production of unmanned aerial vehicles.
According to Deputy Minister of Strategic Industries Anna Gvozdyar, 200,000 FPV drones were produced in Ukraine in the first two months of 2024, and Ukrainian enterprises will be able to produce 2 million drones of various types, including FPV. In addition to the production of existing UAV types, the development of new ones continues in Ukraine.
Drone manufacturers have suggested the government amend legislation to allow government customers to award training contracts for UAV operators. They note that in Ukraine there is a problem arising from the lack of a regulatory framework for the training of drone operators for the Ukrainian Armed Forces in special schools. There are many drones that can be made, but someone needs to control them.
Source: Focus
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