In an interview with Russia’s state news agency TASS on Tuesday, Oct. 27 the commander of Moscow’s Akhmat special forces unit, Lt. Gen. Apti Alaudinov complained that NATO nations were using the war in Ukraine to test drone technology in combat against Russia.
He commented that large numbers of Western manufactured unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) were being encountered: “We see that drones manufactured in all these countries, which are members of the NATO alliance, are being tested against us on the line of engagement.”
Alaudinov claimed that these included drones of every type, capability and operational ranges. According to him, this not only included first-person view (FPV) drones used to attack Russian forces and equipment on the front line but also included long-range UAVs that were being used to carry out deep strikes against towns, cities and infrastructure inside Russia.
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“Not fair, you can’t fight back! 😭”
Actually what Russian propaganda was going for in early weeks of war - claiming that killing their panty boys was illegal because nobody declared a war.
Whats next, Russia using North-Korean soldiers?
“We will give your complaint the consideration it so rightfully deserves. Incidentally, that’s the same level of consideration Putin would give one of your complaints, so you should be well used to it.”
It’s not just Nato testing as we know …
Learning Without Bleeding: China’s Lessons from the Russia-Ukraine Drone War
At a [Chinese] People’s Liberation Army (PLA) center that runs trials pitting drone swarms against counter-drone defenses, one participant explained the logic to state media: “The errors we make in trials are detours the troops will not have to take.” China is running the most systematic effort by any outside power to convert the Ukraine war’s lessons into military advantage, absorbing the errors of both sides. Chinese analysts are explicit about the value of Russia’s war against Ukraine. They describe the conflict as a living textbook and call 2024 “year one of world drone war,” when the two sides fielded enough drones to show the contours of the new mechanized battlefield …
I know, it sounds wild, but the russians could just go home and stop attacking and the drones can’t be tested on them any more. Easy fix.
GET FUCKED RUSSIAN COMMANDERS
I don’t get it. Is this an issue for them? I mean you could always pull out your troops and end the war and this thing you don’t like. Why are you providing this venue for this thing you hate?
And why wouldn’t we?
