In February 2019 it became known that the Russian defense company Kalashnikov, a supplier of infantry weapons for the Russian ground forces, was selling a drone that carries a small explosive charge, can independently select a target, then pounces on this target and then itself and that Target destroyed: essentially a “kamikaze drone” that can slip under the radar of conventional air defense systems.
Remains of these drones have now apparently been found in Ukraine.

The “Kamikaze Drone”

presented the drone with the unspectacular name KUB-BLA at the International Exhibition of Weapons and Military Equipment IDEX-2019 in Abu Dhabi . It has a payload of three kilograms, a flight time of 30 minutes, a maximum speed of 130 kilometers per hour and a wingspan of 1.2 meters. The payload is usually a highly explosive charge.

According to Kalashnikov, KUB-BLA attacks targets after entering the coordinates into the drone. Alternatively, it can attack a target based on an image uploaded to the control system. For example, operators can load an image of a military vehicle into the drone, which then automatically searches for similar-looking vehicles and pounces on them.

The photos from the drone

Exactly these drones are now apparently being used by Russia in Ukraine. Several photos on Telegram and Twitter show remains of the drones.

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The authenticity of the photos has not yet been confirmed by official bodies, and there are not too many photos of the drones yet, so at this point it is only clear that they were apparently used in small numbers. The use of the drones is also in line with Russia's changing strategy in the face of unexpectedly strong Ukrainian resistance, said Samuel Bendett , an expert on the Russian military at the think tank CNA.

Bendett also doubts that the drone's AI techniques will be used in Ukraine. “ If human ground forces, with their sophisticated intelligence gathering, cannot truly understand what is happening on the ground, how can a drone? “, says the expert.

Zachary Kallenborn , a member of the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), points out:
“ The idea of ​​a killer robot merging artificial intelligence with weapons is here, and it is being used .”

Source: Wired

Also interesting:

On social media and various websites there is a photo of a supposed Russian soldier who has a tuk-tuk and a completely outdated machine gun with him.
This picture makes you laugh. Russian “soldier” with an outdated machine gun and tuk-tuk?

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