{"id":11915,"date":"2016-02-12T15:13:50","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T21:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hcstx.org\/?p=11915"},"modified":"2016-02-12T15:13:50","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T21:13:50","slug":"leave-it-to-the-russians-flying-bazooka-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2016\/02\/12\/leave-it-to-the-russians-flying-bazooka-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"Leave it to the Russians: Flying Bazooka Drones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>When you look at the tactic of drone swarm warfare using these bad boys, suddenly the Battlefield changes in the Russians favor. -SF<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Russian combat drone footage: Military anti-tank multicopter in action\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b93H5U6bcVI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong>The latest apocalyptic drone news out of Russia.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2 body-el-text standard-body-el-text\">A new video from Russian arms maker United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation (UIMC) shows its aerial drone attacking targets with anti-tank rockets. The video debuted earlier this week at the Robotics of the Russian Armed Forces exhibition, along with a number of new drones. Since then it&#8217;s been making the rounds, maybe because it looks like a wild scaled-up version of the ramshackle <a class=\"body-el-link standard-body-el-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xqHrTtvFFIs\">handgun-firing quadcopter<\/a> rigged up by a teenager. A closer look, though, reveals something much scarier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2 body-el-text standard-body-el-text\">The <a class=\"body-el-link standard-body-el-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rJWFpSpdsbw\">Russian multicopter<\/a> can be controlled from a range of three miles and has a flight time of twenty minutes. It is armed with an unspecified rocket launcher, possibly the sort of <a class=\"body-el-link standard-body-el-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/military\/weapons\/a18733\/russia-drones-armed-with-flamethrowers\/\">&#8220;rocket flamethrower&#8221; weapon mounted on a drone<\/a> that was promised earlier. The armed drone, made by the Systemprom subsidiary of UIMC (that itself is part of Russian arms giant ROSTEC) can work as part of a hunter-killer team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2 body-el-text standard-body-el-text\">&#8220;The flying robots were designed to observe distant objects, record video and still images including thermal imaging, transmit video in real time, deliver goods to a specified point, and destroy enemy targets on the battlefield,&#8221; says Sergey Skokov, Deputy CEO of UIMC in a <a class=\"body-el-link standard-body-el-link\" href=\"http:\/\/rostec.ru\/en\/news\/4517723\">press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2 body-el-text standard-body-el-text\">A remote-controlled flying bazooka is a cool enough idea on its own. It gets around the infantryman&#8217;s problem of getting close enough to a tank to shoot at it without exposing himself to danger. Also, a drone can attack the thin armor on the tank&#8217;s side, rear, or top. The problem with a radio control link is that it can be jammed, and there are already <a class=\"body-el-link standard-body-el-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/flight\/drones\/a17717\/you-dont-need-to-shoot-down-a-drone-to-destroy-it-anymore\/\">anti-drone<\/a> jamming <a class=\"body-el-link standard-body-el-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/flight\/drones\/a15328\/droneshield-anti-drone-business\/\">systems<\/a> on the market, but the Russians have thought of that: Once set loose, these drones do not need human control.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2 body-el-text standard-body-el-text\">&#8220;These robots can navigate through the air without the support of an operator, choose their own routes, carry out reconnaissance work, and interact with other drones and robotic systems,&#8221; says Skokov.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2 body-el-text standard-body-el-text\">This autonomy is not limited to flying around and taking pictures of pre-planned locations. These drones can fight on their own, too. &#8220;The attack multicopter can detect and destroy enemy targets, including tanks and armored vehicles.&#8221; While U.S. military has always insisted on having a &#8220;man in the loop&#8221; with armed drones, and having a human push the button to fire a deadly weapon, the Russians appear to have a more&#8230; relaxed approach to letting killer robots loose.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2 body-el-text standard-body-el-text\">The Russian drone itself isnt&#8217; that impressive. Judging from the video, it did not hit close enough to its target to damage it if it were a real tank. But this is only the start. Future versions are likely to be faster, smarter, more accurate, and may be cheap enough to deploy in large numbers. The<a class=\"body-el-link standard-body-el-link\" href=\"http:\/\/store.dji.com\/spreading-wings\/s1000-plus?site=brandsite&amp;from=buy_now_series\">DJI S1000<\/a> which has similar specs costs around $5,000, compared to around $100,000 for a Hellfire anti-tank missile. Expect to see more like it in future.<\/p>\n<div class=\"comments-container--wrap comments-container--standard-article\">\n<div class=\"comments-block--wrap\"><span class=\"module-comments--toggle-text\">Read the Original Article at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/military\/weapons\/news\/a19425\/remote-controlled-flying-bazooka-drones-are-now-a-real-thing\/?mag=pop&amp;list=nl_pnl_news&amp;src=nl&amp;date=021216\">Popular Mechanics<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you look at the tactic of drone swarm warfare using these bad boys, suddenly the Battlefield changes in the Russians favor. -SF The latest apocalyptic drone news out of Russia. A new video from Russian arms maker United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation (UIMC) shows its aerial drone attacking targets with anti-tank rockets. 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