The U.S. is Sending Ukraine Black Hornet Swarm Drones
After a year and a half of Ukraine’s fight for survival, we’ve seen how they have leveraged small, consumer videography drones in their favor.
Their use changed the battlefield intelligence equation so much that Russia soon followed with their own “drone battalions.”
Despite this, consumer drones are still in high demand and not as ubiquitous on the battlefield as Ukrainian commanders would like. But what if every individual infantryman had their own micro-UAV for scouting and reconnaissance?
On July 25, the Biden administration announced an additional round of security assistance that includes ammo for the Patriot air defense system and NASAMS, more HIMARS ammo, 32 more Stryker armored personnel carriers, and much more.
But one line item caught my eye…
The U.S. is also sending an unspecified number of the Black Hornet Nano — a military micro unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) co-developed by Prox Dynamics AS of Norway (later acquired by Teledyne FLIR.)
And frankly, it’s the cutest little drone I’ve ever seen.
Remember folks, it’s not the size of the drone that matters, but how you use it…
In all seriousness, its diminutive size makes it virtually undetectable, and yet it’s packed…
