Swarm of drones attacks airbase

• Autores: David Hambling
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3161, 2018, pág. 12
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • On the night of 5 January and into the early hours of the next day, Russian forces in Syria came under attack by a "massive application of unmanned aerial vehicles", says the Russian Ministry of Defence. It is the first announced use of a swarm of drones in a military action, but is unlikely to be the last. According to reports, 13 small drones descended on Russian forces, but none did significant damage. Seven were destroyed by anti-aircraft defences, and electronic countermeasures such as hijacking or jamming the drone's controls were used to land the others intact