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Ukraine's Bayraktar TB2 drones appear to be back in combat — and with devastating effect, reports say
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Video footage shared by Ukraine’s Navy appeared to show a Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) destroying a Russian KS-701 patrol boat in the Black Sea — a sign that the formidable Turkish-built drone is back in operation.
In the grisly clip, which was shared on Telegram on September 3, black and white footage shows figures moving around on a boat before it’s engulfed by a devastating explosion.
Another video that went viral on social media the same day featured the destruction of a Russian military’s Ural truck in the Kherson region, also appeared to show the TB2 Bayraktar in action.
Why the TB2 has returned to devastating action could be a testament to the months Ukraine has spent degrading Russia’s air defense systems, hitting Putin’s forces deep behind the frontline with HIMARS, missiles, and pinpoint drone attacks.
Highly praised by Moscow, the formidable S-400 — a successor to the older S-200 and S-300 — can engage cruise and ballistic missiles, as well as aircraft and drones, and is considered the Russian equivalent to the American Patriot system.
“The general assessment of drones like TB2 is that they work well without sophisticated air and electronic warfare defenses arrayed against them,” Samuel Bendett, an analyst and expert in unmanned and robotic military systems at the Center for Naval Analyses, previously told Insider.
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