Ukrainian drones wipe out entire US tank brigade in live war game
Ukrainian drone pilots teach the US military and NATO hard battlefield lessons.
During a live war game called Combined Resolve, Ukrainian drone teams managed to completely destroy a brigade of US Army tanks and armored vehicles. However, the US soldiers were fortunate enough to have respawn attempts, allowing them to learn from the experience. The semiannual military exercise, held in Germany from April 9 to May 10, provided the US military with a firsthand look at the evolution of modern drone warfare on battlefields like those in Ukraine.
Ukrainian drone operators were able to spot and eliminate US armored vehicles by mimicking bomb drops from above or closing in on the vehicles to simulate kamikaze strikes, according to US officials and a participant who spoke with The Wall Street Journal. The US armored vehicles were being destroyed so rapidly that they were "respawned" and sent back into the simulated battle, as reported by a US official to The Wall Street Journal. The US troops participating in the exercise were on rotational deployment from Fort Hood, Texas.
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