Russia Seeks Urgent Protection for Helicopters After $16M KA-52 Lost to $500 Drone

https://united24media.com/latest-news/russia-seeks-urgent-protection-for-helicopters-after-16m-ka-52-lost-to-500-drone-12514

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  4. “ We did not anticipate the widespread use of such drones when the war began”

    No more pretending that its not a war. Also, war/neccessity is the mother of all invention, so enjoy.

  5. Puti has underestimated Ukrainians resolve and talent. Perhaps Russian generals should depose of their idiot leader

  6. “$500 drone” is a broad generalization and often incorrect when assessing the true cost of a fpv drone capable of downing a helicopter.

  7. It’s funny but NATO countries should be worried. This new form of warfare has proven to be successful and defense companies are at risk of becoming shells of their former selves.

  8. Good to take down a 16$ million helicopter with a 500$ drone seems fair

  9. The Russian helicopter company, “Russian Helicopters”

  10. Turn them all sideways and pretend it’s a wind-farm.

  11. Hear me out. The answer is… drones.

    They need to carry a small swarm of Anti-drone Drones, combined with counter EM and laser detection and crazy-radars.

    Each helo or multi-million dollar piece of equipment will need another $500k or more of retrofit for this new battlefield.

    Wild world.

  12. >…the Russian helicopter manufacturer “Russian Helicopters”…

    Name tracks.

  16. When the heat-seeking sidewinder was first invented, it was pretty exotic. But with the advances in electronics over the past 60 years, any tank or helicopter that has warm exhaust is vulnerable to very affordable attacks.

    High-value assets might have a spread of flares to throw off an incoming heat-seeker, but what does a Russian helicopter do after its deployed its flares, and a second $500 drone is incoming?

    How will Russia replenish the shortage of experienced combat helicopter pilots?

  17. LOL well played Ukraine. Putin is gonna die an old demented bag that watched his country collapse even worse than the soviet union he so cherished.

  18. All the generals who thought going into Ukraine was a bad idea, were asked to take a minute and get some fresh air to think…out on the balcony.

    If you surround yourself with yes-men, you will keep getting what you’ve gotten.

  21. Maybe we can offer them an air force base in Nebraska! /s

  22. They could protect them better by not using them un ukraine. Idk…

  23. Probably safer if they just kept them inside Russia. Same goes for their wanna be cosmonaut tanks and crews. Just a thought.

  27. Just a simple 3 day operation Morty! In and out….

  28. I have a zero cost solution for Russia: don’t fly your helicopters outside your national borders. You will find much fewer drones to deal with.

  30. No. Everything will stop when they get out of Ukraine, return the children, and make restitution to the best of their ability.

    It is entirely within Russia’s hands to stop.

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