The war in Ukraine has changed the world of our time, but not only on a geopolitical level. The development of combat on a practically static front established after four years and almost four months forces us to study new strategies. Among them and not so long ago unimaginable.
Despite what you may think at first, attacks are not just about being faster than the enemy. On numerous occasions, the Ukrainian and Russian armed forces have shown that the most effective strategy is to wait.
Taras Berezovets, head of the military cooperation department of the Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine, stated in the recent Drone Summit in Latvia what the ability to move slowly es absolutely key for a war drone pilot.
For the military high command it is necessary operate as a “hunter” and this implies being patient and waiting a long time, like a person in the field attentive to the appearance of the prey.
The strategy is surprising for its effectiveness in a sector accustomed to more sporty dynamics that “He doesn’t know how to fly drones slowly“, as he pointed out at the same summit Viesturs Sileniekspresident of the board of directors of Drone Forcea company in charge of teaching how to pilot drones, even in combat situations.
On a visit, the prominent drone entrepreneur noted that his group needs to “change their mentality”, to the point that “they are training again from scratch” to soak up Ukrainian tactics.
In the words of Viesturs Silenieks, both Russia and Ukraine are focusing on the use of the so-called “sleeper drones”who base their attacks on the maximum patience of their pilots. Some of them have waited hours or even days before going for the goal.
Nothing to do, in any case, with the ‘video game’ image that many outside the sector create for themselves. The comparison is not accidental; It is even pointed out by the protagonists, who have not hesitated to point out that .
In fact, members of Ukraine’s special Typhoon drone unit have recognized Business Insider what video game players make excellent drone pilotsbut the matter is more complex than the mere competence of piloting and navigation. “People think that flying a military drone is like playing ‘Call of Duty’, until they realize that there is no option to restart,” laments one of these operators.
