Occupants use wooden drones to deceive Ukraine's aircraft: what is it for UAV

The purpose of such tactics is to force Ukrainians to spend their missiles on futile goals and weaken their defense. The simplest wooden drones are made of improvised materials and radio components and similar models were used by the Russians at IDIL attacks in Syria, Blitz Aircraft Unmanned reports. The drones are equipped with modern engines and electronics of Chinese production - a mixture of low and high technologies.

These UAVs do not carry any weapons or equipment, but serve only to divert the attention of Ukrainian air defense systems. However, technically, such drones can be equipped with explosives, because they can carry up to 10 kg of amounts and have a greater flight range - more than 800 km. For all its simplicity, such a fake target for Ukrainian air defense is not cheap and costs the occupiers on average about $ 10,000, experts say.

Interestingly, these UAVs have telemetry and can be guided by GSM channels. A recent wave of Russian blows to objects in Ukraine has shown that Russians use inexpensive disposable drones to clear ways through air defense for winged missiles and Dronov-Kamikadze Shahd Iranian production. In addition, wooden drones can interfere with radars and reduce the effectiveness of Ukrainian intelligence. The Russian military hopes that they will be able to gain preference in the airspace.