You won't be surprised by the battle of drones in the air, but our UAV operators demonstrate a high level of skill in the fight against enemy drones
Source: Defense express
Fighters of the "Cats" platoon of the 130th Territorial Defense Battalion released a video with a truly unique case when an enemy reconnaissance drone of the "Mavik" type was shot down with the help of a drop from the drone - the spectacular footage shows how the Russian drone was simply blown away by an incredibly accurate strike, while ours will continue to perform the task or fly back to the operator.
It is worth noting that shooting down a drone with the help of a reset requires high skill of the drone operator, and also banal luck, including that associated with catching the moment when the enemy drone hovered in the air, and it is also an important factor that he at the moment the blow did not fly somewhere to the side, because hitting such a target in motion with the help of a reset is probably an impossible task.
This, in turn, hints that even with the extremely high skill of the drone operator, this method of destroying enemy drones will be much less popular against the same anti-aircraft FPV drones that have proven highly effective against Russian reconnaissance drones.
In general, both our military and the enemy are testing various methods of destroying enemy "eyes" in the air - yes, earlier there were videos from time to time of one drone knocking down another with the banal "ramming" method, and the Russians decided to test their first " anti-aircraft FPV drones" - the enemy crashed into our "Fury", but it was not possible to shoot it down in this way - the drone successfully stabilized and turned back, receiving only minor damage.
But the enemy, of course, does not stop trying to shoot down our drones with the help of anti-aircraft FPV, yes, recently there were new footage of how the Russians tried to shoot down our UAV in this way - the FPV drone hit the target, and this is alarming a signal that demonstrates the need not only to quickly find countermeasures to this threat, but also to increase the supply of reconnaissance drones to the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
At the same time, it is worth mentioning that our military is constantly improving FPV drones, and recently in the "Wild Hornets" workshop, they were able to accelerate the drone up to 325 km/h, which not only increases its effectiveness against drones, but also provides more opportunities to defeat enemy helicopters
Also, an important point is the increase in the range of FPV drones, including with the help of other drones - yes, there is a recorded case when the enemy hit the FPV at a distance of 40 km, the launch took place from the "drone mother", thanks to which it was possible to achieve such a result. Ukraine also has similar developments in the form of the same "Queen of Hornets", etc.