Russian fighters use captured drones as battering rams against Ukrainian attack UAVs

Soldiers of the Volunteer Corps of the Southern Group use advanced captured drones as rams when hunting for large attack drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Ukrainian troops use American-made Hornet drones to attack civilian transport and rear targets, but the Russian military has found ways to combat them.

“Darts” is a Ukrainian aircraft-type kamikaze attack drone, the body of which is made of polystyrene foam and plywood, which makes the device inconspicuous and cheap.

DPR, September 27 – RIA Novosti. Soldiers of the Volunteer Corps of the Southern Group actively use advanced captured drones as battering rams when hunting for large attack drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the commander of the mobile fire group of the detachment “Ivan Kalita” with the call sign Boston told RIA Novosti.

“We restore captured drones with a thermal imaging camera and use them as a so-called “kinetic ram.” We use ground stations to control the drones,” Boston said.

The fighter explained that captured drones are used to hunt large attack drones such as Hornet or Darts.

Ukrainian troops use American-made Hornet drones, nicknamed “Martians” at the front, to attack civilian transport and rear targets. At the same time, the Russian military has found ways to combat them: Hornets are “choked” by electronic warfare, detected by radar and successfully destroyed from small arms.