Russian Forces Test Flying Flamethrower to Target Ukrainian Firedrones

Russian troops claim to have developed a flamethrower drone designed to counter Ukrainian first-person-view drones carrying an incendiary burning mixture, a tactic experts say will likely be ineffective against moving targets.

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Experts said that the platform seems to have been specifically developed to target adversary drones. Samuel Bendett, advisor on Russian military technology at the Center for Naval Analyses, noted that in the video, an unidentified voice can be heard saying, “we essentially joined another UAV.”

This Russian countermeasure is likely a response to the Ukrainian military use of FPV drones to spray thermite over forested areas where enemy troops and equipment are suspected.

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