“Sometimes Ukrainian drone operators accidentally receive signals from Russian drones.”, — write: www.unian.ua
Sometimes Ukrainian drone operators accidentally receive signals from Russian drones.
The use of drones in Ukraine has gained an unprecedented level of intensity / UNIAN collage, photo 56 separate motorized infantry brigade of Mariupol, facebook.com/UALandForcesThe war of drones in Ukraine has led to a new unexpected phenomenon – numerous cases of unintentionally intercepting “pictures” from enemy drones. This is often useful and allows you to react to the appearance of an enemy drone, writes Business Insider.As the publication notes, there are so many drones on the front in Ukraine that it is difficult for soldiers to determine whose drone is currently buzzing overhead – friendly or enemy.
UAV operators themselves say that accidentally switching to the channel of someone else’s drone has become quite common. When this happens, operators on one side of the battlefield can see images from the enemy drone’s camera. This helps determine enemy positions, or react to the appearance of an enemy drone in the sky.
A US Army veteran who fought in Ukraine says radio frequencies can be “crowded” on the front lines. And if two drones happen to be operating on the same frequency in relative proximity to each other, operators may receive a signal from the enemy drone instead of their own.
This usually happens by chance when two drones have more or less the same signal frequency. But as drone expert Samuel Bendett explained, knowing the frequency allows you to purposefully connect to a signal from someone else’s drone. And of course, it works both ways: both Ukrainian and Russian drone operators can pick up an enemy signal.
Sometimes, after receiving such a signal, there is nothing left but to helplessly watch the flight of an enemy drone. But for experienced drone operators, observing someone else’s drone in flight can be very useful. That way, you can determine the enemy’s tactics, the drone’s flight range, speed, route, etc., says Bendett.
Gregory Falco, an expert on autonomous systems and cyber security at Cornell University, adds that getting a picture of an enemy drone doesn’t mean you get to control it. Signals “to the drone” and “from the drone” usually have some differences. In addition, the level of protection of these signals is different: the signal from the operator to the drone is more protected.
Falco also noted that the signal that the drone sends to the operator could also be additionally protected. However, given the chaotic and fast-paced nature of combat using drones, this extra effort is simply not worth it.
The war of drones in Ukraine: the latest newsAs UNIAN wrote, Ukrainian intelligence officers received the latest unmanned Hazard system, which includes ten kamikaze drones. The design of the drone is made of composite materials, which allows it to remain invisible to enemy means of radio-electronic warfare. The silent operation of the drone in the air ensures its maximum stealth.
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