Ukraine invasion: Secret 'punishment from above' drone army taking on Russia

[Justice matters.]

Source: Agence France Presse via The Daily Telegraph

Hidden in a secret location in Ukraine, novice pilots are creating a deadly drone army they’ve dubbed the “punishment from above”.

AFP
2 min read
April 2, 2022 - 8:04PM

At a secret location in Ukrainian city of Lviv, the windows taped up to ward off unwanted attention, underground hobbyists improvise deadly drones bound for the front line of the war against Russia.

On a cluttered table the X-shaped frame of one drone stands among bundles of plastic propellers and sachets of minuscule screws. Soon it will take flight with its payload: a wine bottle-sized antitank grenade designed to plunge on Russian armour.

Two other drones are already affixed with quad propellers, their squat bodies gaping with miniature bomb bays to rain explosives on Russian infantry challenging Ukrainian defenders to the north and east.

One more — the shape of a stealth bomber, the size of a bird of prey — will conduct reconnaissance missions for artillery squads, spotting targets and marking them for incoming fire.

Read more: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/ukraine-invasion-secret-punishment-from-above-drone-army-taking-on-russia/news-story/2bd76c429c7781a1efd7739f2c42a814

---

Never-ending effective Ukrainian Resistance for putler the loser to be.

[peppertree]

1. This will go down as one of the GREAT David and Goliath stories of the centuries

[Justice matters.]

3. These clever "boys" hit the war criminals at night when they sleep!

[peppertree]

7. Well, as Billie Holiday might have put it to Putin:

If you don't like the peaches, don't shake the tree.

[BigmanPigman]

4. Yes, that is the perfect analogy.

[peppertree]

8. Thanks!

Here's hoping the good people of Ukraine can have their victory parade - and soon.

And when they do, Joe Biden can hold his head high because U.S. support - in terms of much-needed funds, weapons, and crucial satellite intelligence - will do down as one of the decisive factors in what many thought unthinkable just six weeks ago: Russia's defeat.

Another great reason to be grateful it's Biden - and not Needy Amin - who's president right now.

[LiberatedUSA]

22. They'll have to trilogy it; a 2 hour movie won't be enough. N/t

[peppertree]

23. Isn't that the truth

It's like David and Goliath, Return of the Jedi, Dune, and Miracle on Ice all rolled into one epic saga.

May they be able to start rebuilding soon - and may it be paid for with all that offshored Russian loot they've put liens on.

[Igel]

2. Aerial molotov cocktails.

1. I like.

2. If they can do it, others can.

[Me.]

6. Aim For Red Square

[roamer65]

5. Kill more orcs!

[gab13by13]

9. Ukraine needs real drones that fire Hellfire missiles, and Kamikaze drones.

We have lots of them, ship them over.

[oldsoftie]

10. Yes! And anti ship weapons too. Tanks, jets, everything.

[Smackdown2019]

11. All those years of Gameboy is at practical use

The old days of clamering up a prop plane and taking off from half of mile runway is the past. Now, drones are the new way to fight.

[RussBLib]

12. I just hope that the "wrong" people do not get drones

here in America. The maniacs here could do a lot of damage, to America.

[Warpy]

13. Ukrainians are doing things like this, retrofiting tank guns as

regular machine guns, doing other incredibly innovative things to get the better of them.

It looks like the best the Russians have come up with is mounting guns on 4WD pickup trucks.

And they don't have enough sense to be embarrassed.

[calimary]

14. Hey, works for me!

[BlueWavePsych]

15. Send one to the Kremlin. A Doolittle raid would be a propaganda coup!

[randr]

16. Computer war games enter the real world

Will life imitate art and the need for gamers' skills be useful as a new battlefield weapon?

[Fla Dem]

17. Why is this even being talked about? "At a secret location in Ukrainian city of Lviv,"

This just gives the bastard Russians an excuse to level the city of Lviv. Stop bragging about what their capabilities are and where they're located. That is so stupid.

[Martin68]

18. They most probably are not in Lviv, but some other city. The Ukranians would never disclose the

location like that. Misdirection and misinformation.

[Fla Dem]

19. Doesn't matter whether it's actually in Lviv or not.

Last edited Sun Apr 3, 2022, 08:11 PM - Edit history (2)

The word is out they are developing attack drones in Lviv. Whether it's actually in Lviv won't matter to the Russians. They'll use the public information that they are being developed in Lviv as an excuse to bomb Lviv. Not that they need an excuse.

[Martin68]

20. Lviv, not Kyiv...

They don't need an excuse to bomb Kyiv. I thought your point was that it might pinpoint the location of the drones.I suspect it is nowhere near either city.

[Fla Dem]

21. Thanks.