.ON JULY 31ST images of a Russian Mi-8 transportation helicopter, plunged and also burning, started distributing on social media sites. That in itself was actually not unusual: Ukrainian forces have actually obliterated credit ratings of helicopters because the Russian invasion began. Much more surprising was actually the claim in the Ukrainian push that this chopper had been downed through a little drone.
A video clip launched due to the country’s militaries a couple of days later on appeared to give support to that case: the video (observe listed below) shows a drone striking another Russian aircraft, this time an Mi-28 assault helicopter, apparently obliging it to make an emergency situation touchdown. Was actually these blessed smash hits– or indicators of a development in airborne warfare?