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☆ Ukraine's Bayraktar TB2 drones appear to be back in combat — and with devastating effect, reports say
  + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
"That TB-2s again are firing missiles at Russian troops is a strong indicator that Russian air defenses in the south are in trouble," wrote David Axe in Forbes. Indeed, the TB2 Bayraktar sorties revival came a week after a prized advanced S-400 Triumf was spectacularly destroyed in Crimea. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe rise and fall of the Bayraktar TB2A collage of four screenshots from what Ukrainian forces say was the viewfinder of Bayraktar TB2 drones targeting Russian-controlled assets in March 2022. Russia worked fast to improve its air and electronic defenses at the start of the war following Ukraine's early successes, becoming adept at jamming and destroying many of Ukraine's drones. AdvertisementAdvertisementIt adds that there are 257 Bayraktar drones in operation, serving Turkey, Qatar, Ukraine, and Azerbaijan.
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☆ Ukrainian forces were spotted firing anti-aircraft guns from the 1940s as old weapons make a comeback in Russia's bloody war
  + stars: | 2023-04-04 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Kyiv's troops were recently spotted firing, possibly in training, decades-old anti-aircraft guns identified as KS-19 100 mm systems. The video was flagged by UA Weapons Tracker, an open source monitor for weapons used in the war in Ukraine. —🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) April 1, 2023UA Weapons Tracker identified the rounds that were used by the Ukrainians as ones manufactured in the early 1960s and able to travel around a dozen miles. And Ukraine has even older weapons too, such as the aforementioned KS-19s and World War I-era Maxim machine guns. Some examples of this include Soviet-era tanks like the T-62, which are more vulnerable to Ukrainian attacks, and less-accurate missiles that are more like to cause greater collateral damage.
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