Small UAS / Drones and related general thread - NOT Swarming ones.

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Russia produces new kamikaze drone with Chinese engine, say European intel sources

Russia started producing a new long-range attack drone called the Garpiya-A1 last year using Chinese engines and parts, which it has deployed in the war in Ukraine, according to two sources from a European intelligence agency and documents seen by Reuters. The intelligence – which included a...
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Reuters, citing European sources: Russia began producing a new long-range attack drone called the Garpia-A1 last year using Chinese engines and parts Izhevsk, Udmurtskaja Respublika - Ukraine Interactive map - Ukraine Latest news on live map - liveu

Reuters, citing European sources: Russia began producing a new long-range attack drone called the Garpia-A1 last year using Chinese engines and parts. Live Universal Awareness Map Liveuamap is a leading independent global news and information site dedicated to factual reporting of a variety of...
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Massive Russian Weapons Depot Still Burning After Ukrainian Drone Attack

Strikes in the Tver region targeted warehouses full of rockets and missiles, reportedly including some delivered to Russia by North Korea. Strikes in the Tver region targeted warehouses full of rockets and missiles, reportedly including some delivered to Russia by North Korea.
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I wonder how long it will be before Ukrainian drones are able to strike and destroy the Shaheed-136 drone factory built in Russia recently to licence produce them?

Edit: Defense Updates has put out a video about the Toropets ammunition dump detonation:


Ukraine destroyed one of Russia’s largest weapons depots.An aerial attack struck the depot in Northeast Ammunition Depot of Toropets in the Tver region.It is located about 300 miles from the frontlines and 240 miles West of Moscow.
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The explosions have been so strong that they have been registered in earthquake monitors that track seismic activity.
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Ben Dando, a seismologist at the Norwegian seismology research foundation NORSAR, told CNN that its sensors “detected seismic signals, of magnitude 2.5 to 2.8, in northwest Russia which looks to be associated with the drone attack launched by Ukraine.”Dando added, that NORSAR, which has been using seismic monitors since 2022 to evaluate the impact of the war in Ukraine, is currently analyzing the preliminary data to capture the full extent of the blast.
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Some reports indicate 17 explosions were detected by earthquake monitoring equipment in Estonia, Russia, and Ukraine, ranging from 2.0 to 2.8 on the Richter Scale.
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In this video, Defense Updates reports on the Destruction of Russian Toropets Northeast Ammunition Depot.
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Chapters:
00:11 INTRODUCTION
02:16 TOROPETS NORTHEAST AMMUNITION DEPOT
05:20 PROBABLE WEAPONS USED
06:43 ANALYSIS
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This will certainly put a big crimp in some Russia's northern offensives given the massive quantity of ordinance that went boom.
 
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The Military Show channel has this interesting video out about the Australian PPDS drone aka the "Origami of death" aka the Cardboard Drone:


Cardboard drones may sound like a joke, but they've become a nightmare for Russian forces in Ukraine. These stealthy, low-cost UAVs have downed jets and turned the tide of modern warfare. How did something so simple become so deadly? This video explores the rise of the PPDS, Ukraine's "origami of death," and its game-changing role in combat. We'll delve into its design, operational use, and how it's shaping the future of drone warfare.
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Very little has been mentioned about these unassuming drones but they appear to have made an outsize contribution in Ukraine.
 
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The Military Show channel has this interesting video out about the Australian PPDS drone aka the "Origami of death" aka the Cardboard Drone:




Very little has been mentioned about these unassuming drones but they appear to have made an outsize contribution in Ukraine.
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I've seen them in production - they are really, really simple.
 
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Singapore, US Defense Innovation Unit collab to tackle 'unauthorized drones' in Indo-Pacific - Breaking Defense

"We are proud to contribute to the strategically important effort to deepen bilateral cooperation with Singapore in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific," DIU Director Doug Beck said.
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Protest stalls Army $990M loitering munitions contract - Breaking Defense

The GAO is expected to rule on the protest, filed by Mistral, Inc., according to documents, by Dec. 16.
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Yes plus I know many of the senior staff including the owners.
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So what do they think of how their drone has performed in Ukraine and the interesting uses the Ukrainian has used them for (For example sticking GoPro cameras in them and using their drones for reconnaissance)?
 
IEMZ Kupol, a subsidiary of Russian state-owned arms company Almaz-Antey, has developed and flight-tested a new drone model called Garpiya-3 in China with the help of local specialists, according to one of the documents, a report that Kupol sent to the Russian defense ministry earlier this year outlining its work.
Kupol told the defense ministry in a subsequent update that it was able to produce drones including the G3 at scale at a factory in China so the weapons could be deployed in the “special military operation” in Ukraine, the term Moscow uses for the war.
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