Ukraine's drone commander has Russian oil, troops and morale in his sights(www.bbc.com)
49 pointsby tkgally8 hours ago5 comments
  • cl0ckt0wer7 hours ago
    So is he exaggerating or understating their capabilities? I'm surprised they'd disclose their capabilities.
    • damidekronik7 hours ago
      Given the stated goal, most likely exaggerating
  • mschuster917 hours ago
    > "1,500 to 2,000km (930-1,240 miles) inside Russian territory is no longer the 'peaceful rear'," Robert Brovdi warns. "The freedom-loving Ukrainian 'bird' flies there whenever and wherever it wants."

    For comparison for the Americans, it's New York to Kansas City. For the Europeans, Copenhagen to Rome.

    Crazy that the Ukrainians can keep up command-and-control for drones over such a distance. Probably most of it is via Starlink...

    • icegreentea25 hours ago
      Ukraine's "long range attack drones" are really just cost optimized cruise missiles. Long-range strike against strategic targets is something you can handle without man in loop control. For example, the original Tomahawks could do terrain radar matching (+inertial guidance) for navigation, and had a fully onboard camera based system for terminal guidance.
    • cyberge994 hours ago
      You could literally fly drone as a starlink antenna+rpi combo. Have that drone fly far in and then go radio silent until a prescribed time. Do this a few times and you could get CNC pretty far in relatively lightly.
    • stavros6 hours ago
      I don't know, ELRS/LoRa is pretty amazing. I don't know what kind of jamming happens there, but with a big (and tall) enough antenna, you should be able to get pretty far.
      • cyberge994 hours ago
        This was my thought too. Couple with Starlink on a drone and you could go deep.
  • pengaru7 hours ago
    I want to believe Brovdi, good for them.
  • outside12347 hours ago
    Ukraine is going to win this war if we can just keep funding them long enough
    • drysinean hour ago
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      P.S. I love the ad I see on that site: "Over 10 million Ukrainians suffer from anxiety due to the war. Free exercises with scientifically proven effectiveness." The most important exercise now is running - it saves your life.

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    • JohnnyLarue2 hours ago
      They should have surrendered years ago, now they're going to wind up with the same territory losses and a few hundred thousand dead on top of it.
    • lokar6 hours ago
      They may retain their territory, but they won’t win. No one is going to win.