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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on July 28, 2017, 08:12:46 am

Title: Kaboom! Russian Drone With Thermite Grenade Blows Up a Billion Dollars of Ukranian Ammo
Post by: rangerrebew on July 28, 2017, 08:12:46 am

Kaboom! Russian Drone With Thermite Grenade Blows Up a Billion Dollars of Ukranian Ammo


By Kyle Mizokami
Jul 27, 2017


A drone carrying a grenade infiltrated an ammunition dump in Ukraine, setting off an explosion that caused an astounding billion dollars worth of damage. The incident points to the growing use of drones in wartime, particularly off the shelf civilian products harnessed to conduct sabotage and other attacks.
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Ukraine's domestic intelligence service, the SBU, believes that a drone carrying a Russian thermite hand grenade caused a series of titanic explosions at Balakliya, a military base in Eastern Ukraine. Amateur video of the incident posted on YouTube shows a raging fire spewing out of control artillery rockets, and an explosion and shockwave that sent civilians nearby reeling.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/news/a27511/russia-drone-thermite-grenade-ukraine-ammo/

Title: Re: Kaboom! Russian Drone With Thermite Grenade Blows Up a Billion Dollars of Ukranian Ammo
Post by: DB on July 28, 2017, 08:34:46 am

A small drone with a bomb is pretty hard to protect against in an open space.

I don't know how it is possible to fully protect a VIP who makes public appearances these days.

The usual security tactics are rapidly becoming obsolete.