.ON JULY 31ST images of a Russian Mi-8 transportation helicopter, crashed and also burning, began distributing on social networking sites. That by itself was actually certainly not unusual: Ukrainian powers have actually rejected ratings of helicopters because the Russian attack started. A lot more shocking was the insurance claim in the Ukrainian push that this chopper had actually been downed through a small drone.
A video clip launched by the country’s militaries a few times later appeared to give credence to that case: the video footage (see listed below) shows a drone reaching another Russian plane, this time an Mi-28 assault chopper, supposedly pushing it to create an unexpected emergency touchdown. Were these privileged smash hits– or indications of a discovery in aerial warfare?