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“ Demand for autonomous ‘suicide drones’ is at an all-time high after the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict of 2020, which established a benchmark for the effective u
by germinalphrase 6y ago
“ Demand for autonomous ‘suicide drones’ is at an all-time high after the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict of 2020, which established a benchmark for the effective use of kamikaze drones against conventional military forces.”
I have read many statements similar to this in recent months, but I haven’t come across a good analysis of how offensive drones were used/defended against (if they were) in that conflict. Anyone have a good resource?
- sn_master 6y agohttps://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/nagorno-karabkah-drones-azerbaijan-aremenia/2020/11/11/441bcbd2-193d-11eb-8bda-814ca56e138b_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/nagorno-karabkah... You'll also find countless combat footage from the azeri drones destroying Armenian positions. Some are even on YouTube, most on the azeri defense ministry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xme_NTpVauU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xme_NTpVauU Israel been supplying the azeris with drones for a while, and were even accused of "test firing" it on real Armenian troops themselves to impress the azeris into buying them. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-company-charged-live-testing-drone-armenian-soldiers https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-company-charged-l...