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uanon OP wrote (edited )

In recent days a Russian war propaganda channel also complained about these drones being used in an attack on a Russian airbase and were loaded with explosives in "kamikaze mode" (unlike in the report above which underlines their usage for reconnaisance)

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Fool wrote

Precision Payload Delivery System (PPDS)

The "kamikaze mode" is in their name.

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actuallyaseal wrote

The Corvo PPDS is an expendable drone intended to deliver supplies and equipment into areas traditional logistics capabilities cannot reach.

I think "payload delivery" is suppose to refer to its logistics capacity.

It did trials in Australia in 2019. I think it predates the idea that cheap retrofitted drones are effective in battlefield environments. Before it was either a small scale purpose built devices used by special forces, the switchblade being the only one I know of, or paramilitary groups using off the shelf drones for airborne IEDs.

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Fool wrote

I disagree, but I don't really have an interest in warfare anyway.

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uanon OP wrote

well it doesn't necessarily imply being kamikaze-d

The Corvo PPDS is an expendable drone intended to deliver supplies and equipment into areas traditional logistics capabilities cannot reach. Following feedback from the Ukrainian military, the system has also been adapted for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions.

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Fool wrote

It's way cooler if it drops a little package with a bow and flies off before the package explodes.

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