Guerrillas With FPV Drones: Ukrainian Battlefield Lessons for Kurdish Warfare

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The war in Ukraine has seen the extensive use of commercial drones and first-person-view (FPV) systems by Ukrainian forces to destroy enemy assets including armored vehicles and command infrastructure. These adaptations provide lessons for asymmetric warfare, such as against Kurdish forces.

Introduction The war in Ukraine has catalyzed a fundamental transformation in the economics of warfare. Commercial drones and improvised first-person-view (FPV) systems, often assembled from inexpensive civilian components, are now destroying armored vehicles, artillery systems, communication and command infrastructure as well as fortified positions worth potentially millions of dollars. What began as an improvised adaptation by Ukrainian units in the … Read more The post Guerrillas With FPV Drones: Ukrainian Battlefield Lessons for Kurdish Warfare appeared first on Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University.