{"id":82196,"date":"2025-02-27T18:43:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T00:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/?p=82196"},"modified":"2025-02-27T18:43:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T00:43:15","slug":"kamikaze-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/27\/kamikaze-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamikaze Drones"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-82197 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/KD-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/KD-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/KD-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/KD-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/KD-850x638.png 850w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/KD.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"headline headline--single-fallback\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/26\/world-news\/how-ukraines-drone-army-has-changed-the-battlefield-forever\/\">Ukraine pumping out kamikaze drones for as little as $300 \u2013 and they can destroy tanks: \u2018This is modern warfare\u2019<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>KYIV \u2014 They\u2019re\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/03\/world-news\/ukrainian-drone-strike-sets-russian-oil-gas-plants-ablaze-officials-say\/\">small, but mighty \u2014 and deadly, too.<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>The Ukrainian Armed Forces\u2019 reliance on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/18\/world-news\/cia-flying-spy-drones-well-into-mexico-as-part-of-trump-crackdown-on-deadly-drug-cartels\/\">cheaper, more compact drones<\/a>\u00a0has altered the look of warfare for good, operators and experts tell The Post.<\/h2>\n<h2>Instead of the hulking craft used by nations like the US \u2014 which cost hundreds of millions of dollars \u2014 many of Ukraine\u2019s aerial attacks against Russian forces are conducted with simple kamikaze drones worth between $300 and $1,000.<\/h2>\n<h2>If flown by an experienced pilot, a 6.5-pound drone found in any hobby shop can carry enough explosives to take out an armored vehicle, Andrii Fedorov, the co-founder and CEO of Ukraine-based Nomad Drones, told The Post on Wednesday.<\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/26\/world-news\/how-ukraines-drone-army-has-changed-the-battlefield-forever\/\">RTWT @ New York Post<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/eddie-etue-usmc-veteran-former-99298020.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Nomad alone builds \u201cthousands\u201d of drones per month with a workforce of roughly 60 employees, according to Federov, who declined to give exact production figures, citing operational security.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine pumping out kamikaze drones for as little as $300 \u2013 and they can destroy tanks: \u2018This is modern warfare\u2019 &nbsp; KYIV \u2014 They\u2019re\u00a0small, but mighty \u2014 and deadly, too. The Ukrainian Armed Forces\u2019 reliance on\u00a0cheaper, more compact drones\u00a0has altered the look of warfare for good, operators and experts tell The Post. 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