Lethal Drones Can Do Everything
Kyiv Post speaks to Lieutenant Colonel Khorth – commander of the “Heavenly Punishment” battalion, part of the 54th Separate Mechanized Brigade
We are sitting in a closed and secret control point of a battalion of Unmanned Systems, 20 km (12 miles) from the front. In front of me is a lieutenant colonel, commander of the Heavenly Punishment battalion, whose call sign is “Horse.” He directs drones for both reconnaissance and destruction of the enemy along the entire front for which the 54th Separate Mechanized Brigade is responsible.
We talk to him about how drones have changed this war, what it takes to become a UAV operator, what frontline stories and enemy eliminations have become iconic for him, and how artificial intelligence will change the wars of the future.
Why does the brigade now need a whole battalion of UAVs? How did drones become a separate branch of the Armed Forces?
The war changed gradually in two years. Some of the first drones that appeared in our Armed Forces were observer UAVs, “Wings,” and “Quadcopters” – they’ve been used for a long time. It’s a continuation of development. Then the idea arose to destroy targets. At first, these were star discharges from the Mavics. And then, when there was an acute shortage of artillery systems and shells, and the enemy needed to be hit, there was a need to organize such units. There’s management, support, crews performing tasks, and intelligence, which scouts targets, adjusts targets, and hits targets day and night with different platforms. The main focus now is FPV [first person view]. We use them most often and tailor them for certain tasks. There are also night bombers, “Baba Yaga,” as the Russians call them. This is the command post. They make money here. We have Star Wars here! They monitor the situation along the front line, identify targets, and perform the battle capturing function. A command is given to the crews or means of destruction on what sequence to hit. The sequence of crews is determined, and a command is given to work. Then the results of the work are summed up. The type of ammunition is determined depending on the nature of the target, and this is distributed to the crews.
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