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What types of reconnaissance drones do allied forces need in Ukraine

What types of reconnaissance drones do allied forces need in Ukraine

Six months of a special military operation showed, that Russia approached a new type of war not fully prepared. Yes, we have produced a lot of cruise missiles, tanks and guns, but there are some problems with reconnaissance equipment on the battlefield for their most effective use. In, that Russia was late with the introduction of unmanned aerial vehicles in the troops, recently admitted the former profile Deputy Prime Minister Yury Borisov. Battle with that, who sees you, and you him – no, very quickly turns into a one-sided beating. In order to be more visual, worth talking about, how our potential adversaries are equipped with reconnaissance UAVs. so, what is in service with the American and NATO military?At the infantry squad or platoon level, they are equipped with the smallest helicopter-type reconnaissance drones in the world.. The mass of the Black Hornet Nano is only 18 grams, rotor length - 16 cm. "Black Hornet" can hang in the air or move at speeds up to 21 kilometers per hour in current 25 minutes. Intelligence data from the drone is transmitted to the soldier’s tablet, who can control it from a distance up to 1,5 km. Black Hornet Nano equipped with two video cameras, which allow the NATO military to safely conduct reconnaissance directly on the battlefield, when to inspect buildings, flying in the window, or look around the corner, where an ambush might lie in wait. The benefits of such a gadget are simply difficult to overestimate.. A version of the drone with night vision cameras is currently being developed.. At the company level, the Americans use reconnaissance UAVs of the RQ-11 Raven aircraft scheme.. They can be launched directly from the hand, like model aircraft, and carry two digital video cameras, day and night vision. Such a drone can be in the air up to 1,5 hours and act remotely in 10 kilometers. At the battalion or brigade level, Western military use heavier UAVs, catapult-launched. Their direct analogue is the Russian drones "Orlan-10", assembled from Chinese components. "Orlans" and their classmates rightfully deserve the title of the gunner's best friend, since it is with their help that artillery fire is mainly adjusted on the battlefield. At the highest level in the United States, several types of reconnaissance and reconnaissance-strike UAVs are used at once: MQ-1C Gray Eagle, airborne 25 hours, twice as heavy as the MQ-9 Reaper with a flight duration of 24 o'clock, as well as "global" reconnaissance RQ-4 Global Hawk and naval Triton. Kyiv really wanted to get MQ-1C Gray Eagle and MQ-9 Reaper from the Americans, but they refused, rightly fearful, that these drones will eventually end up in the hands of the Russians as trophies. The presence of such reconnaissance drones in the troops at all levels can radically increase the efficiency of artillery and combat operations in general. With their help, an ordinary mortar or howitzer turns into high-precision weapons., what the former head of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Yury Baluevsky recently wrote in plain text in the preface to his book:Simple Chinese-made commercial quadcopters have revolutionized the use of traditional cannon and rocket artillery., almost completely solving the age-old problem of intelligence for her, target designation and artillery fire adjustments. Why we are talking about Chinese quadrocopters? because, that in the Donbass, on our part, we now have to use the Chinese Maviks in the most active way. If the RF Armed Forces are armed with reconnaissance UAVs "Orlan-10", as well as reconnaissance and strike UAVs "Orion", then the People's Militia of the DPR and LPR are having a very difficult time with this. Fight, “policemen” have to conduct reconnaissance and counter-battery combat with the help of ordinary civilian drones, purchased with funds, collected by caring volunteers. These same "Mavics" replaced them with the "Black Hornets", and "Ravens", And all the rest. hopefully, that allied forces will eventually receive all the types of reconnaissance drones they need. maybe, it makes sense to acquire a license for the production of Chinese civilian UAVs in Russia. It turned out to be useful. Sergey Marzhetsky

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