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Ukrainian Drone Holds Position for 6 Weeks

https://defenceleaders.com/news/ukrainian-combat-robot-holds-frontline-position-for-six-weeks-in-sign-of-growing-ugv-maturity/
55•AftHurrahWinch•1h ago

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AftHurrahWinch•1h ago
"It takes infantry to hold territory" is still true I guess, but now it's a single operator in a bunker.
verdverm•1h ago
Perhaps in the dead man zone, not sure this would work well where there is civilian population.
mullingitover•43m ago
I’ve been wondering when modern battlefields would get Team Fortress 2 sentries.
pirbull•32m ago
looks like a treadmill
SirFatty•31m ago
Not a drone...
CrzyLngPwd•29m ago
This is on my 2026 bingo card of things that never happened.
roysting•22m ago
Maybe it's the ghost of Kiev controlling the robot army? You don't know. But they sure should get a $50 billion contract to make them
garganzol•4m ago
Yep, until it hits you.
roysting•26m ago
This smells more like military propagand, i.e., bullshit.

There is no way this is honest or real, i.e., it somehow fought off a tactical unit trying to take the frontline that this drone was holding? Or was it just parked in some area where there was no tactical point of even taking the territory?

Just by virtue of its nature, a single drone and/or a well placed dumb grenade, not even to mention likely a smoke grenade could have easily defeated this thing within seconds of deployment if there was any interest in taking the area this toy was "controlling".

Someone is doing a literal con job to get military graft and fraud contracts.

csours•21m ago
Yes propaganda and bullshit, but by way of exaggeration and puffery, not lying.

I wouldn't expect even a lightly informed mid-wit to think that this murderbot held the ground by itself; and I don't think the author expects that either. Thus something else is probably going on. To wit - puffery.

kakacik•5m ago
There are real videos, even months old of exactly these 'land drones', equipped with good ol' .50 cal. In certain situations, they fought extremely well given no risk for crew. I mean killing off entire bmp-something transport including all crew with AP rounds, typically during night since it has night vision, zoom and so on. Verified also by drone flying nearby.

Now I am not claiming all the facts stated in the article are verified by me, but I can imagine one of them got so lucky with drones and getting hidden from their view for prolonged time it could theoretically pull it off. Not sure about batteries/fuel/ammo part thought.

gclawes•20m ago
Are these the ones controlled by Steam Decks?
konchunas•7m ago
These ones by PS5 controllers I believe
andrewstuart•17m ago
Is there some sort of hybrid flying/stationary drone that flys in an sits to hold a ground position?
samothrace•12m ago
Ammunition is heavy.
outside2344•15m ago
We really are trying our best to make Terminator reality aren't we?
kakacik•11m ago
There was never any other option, given the direction of progress and basic human nature.

I know I know, but this and that and not me nor you, yet here we are and this is just beginning.

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