in long conflict between Ukrainian troops and Russian invaders, conventional commercial drones are being used as valuable military equipment. A group of hackers are reprogramming the devices to make them harder for enemies to track, and they have also developed some pre-existing features such as the ability to drop bombs. Second “ruff“, whose name was asked to be called by a serviceman from Ukraine: “Our goal is to identify the enemy. If possible in real time. So we can accurately hit the target that we saw without harming civilians.“.

usage aerial photographs Target identification is very common on both sides during the armed conflict that began in February this year. Unlike various military equipment, two countries use similar drones. ruff explained again:

“We use these consumer drones because they have good cameras and good performance. The only thing we’re doing is removing some software restrictions.”

(loans: DJI)

Despite Ukraine’s success in recapturing cities in the recent counter-offensive, it is still at a disadvantage.

A few days ago, Ukraine successfully recaptured important cities with the help of its counteroffensive develop; however, despite winning the situation, the Ukrainian military says it remains at a disadvantage. Most drones are made DJIa Chinese company also responsible for the production of “aeroscope”, a tool that allows you to track pilots and their drones:

“The aeroscope can determine the drone model, its coordinates, trajectory, as well as the starting point where it will go when called back. The reconnaissance system transmits these coordinates to artillery, which aims at our pilot.“.

in spite of DJI refuse to grant benefits Russiaa Ukraine claims that the company offers the software described above to Russians, but not to Ukrainian forces.

Russian missile hits a factory in Ukraine, almost causing a nuclear disaster
The explosion occurred about 300 meters from one of the reactors of the Yuzhnoukrainskaya CHPP.

Source: G1

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