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LETTER FROM THE ARMIES. These small-format armed drones are valuable weapons in modern wars. France is planning a first demonstration in two years.
By Jean Guisnel
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The’use of attack drones usable a few tens of kilometers from their starting point, has received a spectacular illustration since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. The Russians and Ukrainians use them in large numbers and do not fail to use the images of the precision strikes that they allow to trigger.
On the Russian side, observers have mostly identified the Orlan-10s, while the Ukrainians claim strength and success with their Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2, which allegedly contributed to the destruction of the Russian frigate Moskva, in the Black Sea, sunk on April 14, 2022. The Ukrainians also use an innovative American infantry weapon, the so-called prowling munition, the Switchblade, a flying missile spreading its wings as it comes out of its ejectio tube…
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