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Defense News names another effect of Ukrainian "fire" drones

Defense News names another effect of Ukrainian "fire" drones

The Ukrainian military began to use drones that spray thermite mixture over forest areas, which burns russian equipment and dugouts. Also, "dragon" drones have a psychological effect - the occupiers are very afraid of them.

Defense News writes about it.

The composition of the "fiery" ammunition that is sprayed from drones includes a powdered mixture of aluminum and iron oxide, capable of burning at a temperature of more than 2,200 degrees Celsius. Such weapons are a means of instilling fear among the occupiers.

"The primary purpose of these thermite FPV drones is to remove foliage and tree cover that russian troops and vehicles use for cover in forested areas; and secondarily, they are likely intended to be used as a psychological weapon due to the nature of the thermite effect on the skin," said Justin Bronk, a senior research fellow at the Royal College of Defence Studies in London.

Specialists say that such drones are capable of burning in one sortie the transport, weapons, equipment and ammunition warehouses of the russians, their transport.

In addition, these drones fly low, have high maneuverability and are cheap.

Experts say that it is not forbidden to use thermite ammunition, but only when the civilian population does not suffer from it and when large-scale fires do not occur because of it.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, CNN reported that Ukraine uses a fleet of flame-throwing "dragon drones" in the war against the russian invaders - it uses drones to deliver thermite mixture, which is a rather innovative solution to ammunition that had a terrifying effect in both world wars.