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Incredible view from an FPV quadcopter UAV interceptor operating at 4,100 meters. (imgur.com)

submitted 9 hours ago by LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

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"General Chereshnya AIR" on the protection of the Zaporizhzhya sky. Thanks to you, sweeties. Thanks to you!

The height is 4100 - and this is not yet the ceiling.

Happy City Day, Zaporizhia!

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[–] argh_another_username@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 hours ago

Low battery, MF! Go back!

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 2 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

What is the benefit of copter drones flying that high?

I would expect they’re way too slow to intercept jets or missiles. Is it just a cool demonstration?

[–] LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyz 8 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Russian reconnaissance UAVs

[–] Steve@startrek.website 2 points 3 hours ago

Can I assume all the clips end because they exploded?

[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Intel.

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

They likely primarily act as a signal relay for other drones. We've seen some videos of FPS drones attacking artillery and ammo storage. These are likely many miles behind the enemy lines. Well out of line-of-sight for a ground based platform.

Trying to detect a small drone at high altitudes has got to be close to impossible for radar systems.