Aerorozvidka, a volunteer drone squad, has begun dropping tiny bombs from its off-the-shelf helicopter drones.
that civilian drone operators “expose themselves to unnecessary danger by trying to get as close to the enemy positions as possible.”the bigger drone—and at a much lower cost. Where Kyiv pays millions of dollars to acquire a TB-2, it can buy an octocopter for $10,000. Ukrainian volunteers also produce their own drones.
Aerorozvidka is at least partially crowdfunded. That’s possible when your drones are cheap. Not so much when they cost millions of dollars apiece. Losing a TB-2 is a big deal—and so far the Russians have shot down at least three. In comparison, losing an octocopter is an inconvenience. Five years ago ISIS set up factories in Iraq and Syria to modify mortar bombs to fit on its off-the-shelf drones. The cartels, for their part, have loaded up drones with so-called"potato bombs"—fist-size improvised explosives—for attacks on each other and police.
Aerorozvidka appears to favor anti-tank grenades with 3D-printed stabilizers. Just enough firepower to damage a Russian armored vehicle and knock it, and possibly its crew, out of the fight.
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