The Russians in Syria are finding out that drones can work two ways. There was a story last week on it, and this was after the Palestinians have tried to do the same thing. Hezbollah has been building some big ones too. The Russians say they have been shooting them down, but that claim sounds incredible. They may be jamming them, but shooting them down is almost impossible. Wired has a video with the different defenses being touted as successful against small drones. They are short range defenses against commercial drones flying almost stationary. That is like testing an anti-airgun against a bird sitting in a tree. Watch some of those racing videos and tell me a drone can be stopped that way. Those kids can race a drone through obstacles and around corners like nobody else.
The Russian bases are taking hits from drones, which they claim to not know the source of. That may add some mystery to it, but the Russians are not fooling themselves. Not everyone wants them in their country and they have to expect more resistance as time goes on. Russia is making as many enemies as friends with their adventurism.
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