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Ukraine attacked Moscow on Wednesday with at least 11 drones that were shot down by air defences in what Russian officials called one of the biggest drone strikes on the capital since the war in Ukraine began in February 2022.

The war, largely a grinding artillery and drone battle across the fields, forests and villages of eastern Ukraine, escalated on Aug. 6 when Ukraine sent thousands of soldiers over the border into Russia's western Kursk region.

For months, Ukraine has also fought an increasingly damaging drone war against the refineries and airfields of Russia, the world's second largest oil exporter, though major drone attacks on the Moscow region - with a population of over 21 million - have been rarer.

Russia's defence ministry said its air defences destroyed a total of 45 drones over Russian territory, including 11 over the Moscow region, 23 over the border region of Bryansk, six over the Belgorod region, three over the Kaluga region and two over the Kursk region.

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[-] bstix@feddit.dk 2 points 3 months ago

Drones are fast as fuck. Is it possible to make a bullet dodging drone? Seems like a software issue/solution.

It's probably not possible to detect and avoid a bullet, but if it had a randomized flight path it ought to be really difficult to shoot down.

[-] Beacon@fedia.io 17 points 3 months ago

A couple of things.

"Drone" doesn't mean anything about speed. A drone is no faster or slower than than any other weapon with the same propulsion system.

And "shot down" doesn't mean bullets. Air defense systems generally use extremely fast missiles.

[-] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

A helpful note to consider: Some of the longer range drones Ukraine has deployed are in fact civilian aircraft that have been modified to fly remotely. These are fairly slow and not highly maneuverable. Certainly not enough to dodge bullets or missiles.

[-] ravhall@discuss.online 2 points 3 months ago

Also, if you have a dozen tiny drones flying fast and low towards a target, there’s really no time to be shooting at the sky.

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