Ukraine tested a drone with a machine gun for use in the war against Russia
October 22, 2022
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Apparently, Ukraine is also starting to use drones in its wars. In a video posted to Twitter by a software engineer and volunteer for the country’s armed forces,
Apparently, Ukraine is also starting to use drones in its wars. In a video posted to Twitter by a software engineer and volunteer for the country’s armed forces, Roman Kirilyuk shows Ukrainian soldiers arming a DJI Matrice drone with a small machine gun.
The place where the machine gun was mounted should be where DJi places the movie cameras on his drone, providing a wide view of the weapon.
In the video, the drone never fires a weapon. See below for soldiers mounting drone weapons.
Second video posted, filmed and re-uploaded @BlueSauron, shows a drone in flight with weapons controlled by Ukrainians. An example of what the device will look like in action.
Recent History of Armed Drones
The emergence of armed drones is nothing new. Just this month, we had several cases around the world, in China, a drone was seen with an armed robot dog. In Ukraine, in addition to the Russian drones that attacked the center of Kyiv, the Ukrainian army has destroyed 223 Iranian drones since September. The question of whether we are moving towards a technological war becomes, are we already in a technological war?
In any case, we are seeing a further escalation of the war in Ukraine as more drones are used in the fighting. bombs larger ones hosted on devices, and now even machine gun.
I’m Maurice Knox, a professional news writer with a focus on science. I work for Div Bracket. My articles cover everything from the latest scientific breakthroughs to advances in technology and medicine. I have a passion for understanding the world around us and helping people stay informed about important developments in science and beyond.