Sinéad Baker
There are so many drones in Ukraine that operators sometimes accidentally pick up other feeds.
Those moments can provide intelligence and warnings of coming attacks.
It is an emerging element within the constantly evolving drone war.
There are so many drones in the skies above Ukraine that drone operators occasionally stumble onto enemy drone feeds and pick up unexpected intel. Neither side can be sure, though, when it will luck into this — or when the other side will.
Drones, including cheap first-person-view ones, are being used more in Russia's war against Ukraine than in any other conflict in history. They are being used to attack troops and vehicles, complicating battlefield maneuvers, and they're so prolific that ground troops often struggle to sort out which ones are theirs.
Ukrainian drone operators told Business Insider that extensive drone warfare had resulted in unintentional feed switching.
When this occurs, operators on one side of the battlefield can see the feed of the other side's drone — typically airborne devices that can target soldiers directly or identify enemy positions that will then be targeted. A drone operator in Ukraine said being able to see Russian drone feeds was "useful because you see where the enemy drone that wants to destroy you is flying."
That gives the unit a chance to take defensive action.
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