Image 1) Grey Eagle
Some Ukrainian operators criticized drones and say that those systems would not survive a long time because Russians transported effective anti-aircraft systems to the front. A drone is so-called loitering ammunition.
It is a similar tool to submarines and other aircraft. The idea is that the system stays undetected. If the submarine is detected, it's easy to destroy. Same way, aircraft is easy to destroy if some weapons are targeted and locked to it.
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Forbes says:
The Bayraktar TB-2 Drones are made this kind of result and destroyed the next targets:
-6 armored fighting vehicles
-5 towed artillery,
-1 multi-rocket launcher
-2 anti-aircraft guns
-10 helicopters
-6 naval ships
-3 command posts
-1 communication station
-2 logistics trains and numerous resupply trucks.
Ukrainians lost 8 Baraktar drones
The Ukrainian military reportedly started the war with just 30 of these drones and has lost only 8 in combat. So the ratio is good for drones.
Source: Forbes/The Ukrainian Military Is Changing Its Tactics With The Bayraktar TB2 Drones
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The laser systems above are meant for manned aircraft. But drones can use similar systems.
Drones are easy targets for anti-aircraft missiles if they are detected. This is the thing that people must realize. The use of drones bases that the drone itself is undetected. So the drone is so-called loitering ammunition. The purpose of it is to be hard to see, and easy to destroy. But then we must ask one question: why do the Russians transport effective anti-aircraft systems to the front only now?
The drone flies slowly. And it's easy to jam. So it should be an easy target for combat helicopters and aircraft. So why Russians didn't shoot those Bayraktar drones down? if they are easy targets. When we are thinking about the survivability of the drone, we must understand that there is the possibility that some western drones have counter-missile systems.
That anti-missile system is like an airborne version of the Israeli Trophy system that is made to protect tanks. When the system detects incoming missiles it will shoot them by using some kind of laser or some other directed energy weapon or machine gun, that mission is to destroy or jam the incoming missiles. But the question is what drone makes those kills? Is it some kind of Bayraktar or smaller Kamikaze drones?
The Kamikaze drones are smaller and cheaper than those larger drones. Drones like Grey Eagle are like remote-controlled aircraft. But Kamikaze drones are easier to make. They are more like some small-size cruise missiles. All drones can point the targets to artillery, aircraft, or kamikaze drones. Also, kamikaze drones can make the targeting missions. And when their fuel is ending they can dive against their target.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/vikrammittal/2022/06/23/ukrainian-military-is-changing-its-tactics-with-the-bayraktar-tb2-drones/?sh=a5310951ec0e
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trophy_(countermeasure)
Image 1) https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-puts-gray-eagle-uas-one-system-remote-video-terminal-through-test-64617/
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