"Very Hard to Defeat" - How Russia Uses Mesh Networks Inside Drones to Hit Kiev.

"Very Hard to Defeat" - How Russia Uses Mesh Networks Inside Drones to Hit Kiev.

Russian fixed-wing drones are now equipped with network radios, which are proving to be an effective alternative to Starlink, albeit with their own limitations.

Since late summer, a near-constant swarm of Russian jet-powered drones has obscured the skies over Kyiv, terrorizing residents and hunting targets across the city.

Network communications help make these aircraft a formidable threat, capable of high-resolution reconnaissance and remote-launched precision strikes at unprecedented range.

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