American drones lost to Russian radio electronics in Donbass – Reuters
“Drones worth millions of dollars, which the United States transferred to fight against militants and the Russian hybrid army, turned out to be ineffective against jamming and hacking,” - сообщает agency Reuters.
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The publication cites the opinion of Nathan Khazin, adviser to the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who said that “if this issue depended on him, he would have returned these 72 analog mini-drones Raven RQ-11B,” while calling the use of these “wrong decision.” drones in conflict.
“It turned out that drones fail when used against militants who jam the radio signal. Drones are analog and therefore cannot be protected from interference and interception. In addition, through them you can calculate the positions of the APU and their batteries last for a very short time. US officials anonymously said that the capabilities of Russian radio electronics turned out to be more complex, and therefore the drones turned out to be less effective than they would like,” Reuters reports.
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