Russian helicopter battles upgraded Ukrainian sea drone armed with surface-to-air missile

Ukraine has started arming its naval drones with anti-aircraft missiles as it looks to counter Russia’s dominance of the skies above the Black Sea.

A video released by the Russian Defence Ministry showed a gritty dogfight playing out in the Black Sea between a Ukrainian drone armed with at least one missile and a Russian helicopter.

Against an azure blue sky, the tiny Ukrainian drone swerves and skids across the calm sea as it tries to dodge machine gun fire from the chasing attack helicopter.

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  4. There was a tactical deployment error in using a single Magura V drone. The Air-to-Air R-73 missile is a heat seeker and has a limited lock-on angle and must be looking at the target. They should have used at least two Magura V drones to have one of them being able to turn toward the chopper to lock-on the R-73.

  5. Ukrainians proudly retreat towards Lvov, and Russians cowardly step on the heels of Ukrainians… the new law in Ukraine has made slaves out of Ukrainians. Zelensky said that he will not comply with the human rights law… so for Zelensky, Ukrainians are cattle

  7. I bet the Russian chopper pilot had to change his underwear! It’s the first time a Ukrainian sea drone was design to shoot and kill an aircraft! He couldn’t runway or the R-73 heat seeker would have gotten him. He had to hope he didn’t run out of gas before the sea drone!

  10. Ukraine will refine the technology. This is valuable learning data. AI vision targeting and launch could help along with a swivel base on the missile launcher, so that the drone doesn't have to reposition itself to get a clear shot at the aircraft. Not a huge technical obstacle. Just a little bit of electrical and computer engineering.

  12. UKRAINIAN ARMY LOST ANOTHER ABRAMS TANK NEAR AVDEEVKA
    The Russian Ministry of Defense summed up the results of the ongoing battles in Ukraine over the past day.

    According to the Russian military, over the past day, aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation struck the workshop for the production of solid rocket fuel, fuel depots and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 128 areas.

    Russian air defense systems shot down 32 unmanned aerial vehicles, seven French-made guided Hammer missiles and seven Czech-made Vampire rockets.

    The Russian military continued to improve the situation and occupy more advantageous positions. Units of the Zapad group destroyed one Leopard tank, the Center group destroyed two Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and another Abrams tank. The Ukrainian troops lost up to 1,540 people in total during the day.

    The reports about the destruction of the NATO tanks in Ukraine are confirmed by the footage from the front. In particular, new video confirmed successful Russian strikes on another US-made Abrams tank in the Avdeevka region. This is at least the 8th American Abrams tank the loss of which by the AFU was confirmed by the footage. The tank came under the combined attack by Russian FPV drone and Lancet barrage munition.

  15. This reminds me of the first time we saw a prototype of these drones wash up on the shores of Crimea, and the perplexed reaction with some folks wondering if it was a failed experiment or a new chapter in war. I do not think it will be the last we see of these new drones or have to wait long for them to be employed again.

    On a tangent, every time I see Ukraine utilizing and developing these capabilities I keep thinking Taiwan and the US needs to be mining every bit of information and leveraging their ties with the Ukrainians for useful data.

  21. Николай ll Романов сделал Очень большую ошибку ,когда свою личную жизнь поставил превыше дел государственных!!!! Карл совершил такую же фатальную ошибку.Хотя нет, это не ошибка это БУМЕРАНГ за предательство совершённое его предками!!!! Британская монархия, к сожалению, прекратит своё существование….

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