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Taiwan moves closer to acquiring 160 Turkish-made Jackal drones

The Jackal has the potential to conduct airstrikes, provide air support, attack helicopters in flight and more.
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1705439362756837508
View: https://twitter.com/defense_news/status/1705439362756837508?s=20

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JACKAL Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) Drone, UK

JACKAL is a small, lightweight, modular VTOL drone developed by Flyby Technology, FlyBVLOS Technology and Maxwell Innovations.
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Though as story notes Flyby Technology have bought the export rights from Fly BVLOS Technology and the 160 drones for Taiwan would be manufactured in the UK rather than Turkey.
 
Drone handles the recoil pretty well, rear kicks up but then front propellers increase lift to compensate and correct its pitch.
 
Russian TV program on their FPV projects. (Training, manufacturing, etc)

Stoppage time shows the FCS problem of the infantry dealing with the attack.
View: https://youtu.be/zUpV47_UeYk?si=gWRlPNckETNa8OGc&t=1994


Also nice photo to document the moment:
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One topic I think that should get more interest is drones against mines:
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With thermal cameras detecting difference in thermal properties, ground penetrating radar and magnetic detectors being developed, it seems to me that anti-drone CAP cued in by unattended ground sensors would be needed to maintain minefield integrity. The slow speed of anti-mine drones with ground penetrating sensors make them easy targets compared to bomber/fpv drones that don't linger or scout drones that are cheap, light and potentially fast. Using a drone to kill demining drones is better than exposing your own artillery or maneuver forces to counterfire.
 
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Army awaiting 100-plus Switchblade 600 attack drones - Breaking Defense

Army acquisition chief Doug Bush said in the future the service's LASSO drone program will see "entry points for other vendors, potentially, because there's so much innovation in that space."
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“There’s an impression you can get from watching YouTube videos that may not match reality,” Bush said. “You might see the one attack out of 30, where the little drone with the RPG got lucky and worked, but you didn’t see the other 29 where it got jammed and crashed [or] got shot down.”

Regardless, the threat from loitering munitions is real and one the Army is looking at from a defensive perspective as well. It’s also one of the reasons for the service changing course on its M1 Abrams modernization programs.

“We want to create a vehicle with enough (size, weight, and power) .. to enable future capabilities like an integrated active protection system, probably a radar directed energy, because just the threats are multiplying,” Bush said.
 
Forest Green said:
www.defensenews.com

Taiwan moves closer to acquiring 160 Turkish-made Jackal drones

The Jackal has the potential to conduct airstrikes, provide air support, attack helicopters in flight and more.
www.defensenews.com www.defensenews.com

https://twitter.com/x/status/1705439362756837508
View: https://twitter.com/defense_news/status/1705439362756837508?s=20

www.airforce-technology.com

JACKAL Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) Drone, UK

JACKAL is a small, lightweight, modular VTOL drone developed by Flyby Technology, FlyBVLOS Technology and Maxwell Innovations.
www.airforce-technology.com www.airforce-technology.com
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Imagine just how loud Jackal will be with all this ducted fans....
 
 
There are probably a couple countries that can do this but Ukraine probably is probably the only one at war. Well actually I suspect Israel is probably using or about to use such inside tunnels and structures where there is signal latency/blockage, but I doubt we will hear about it when and if it happens given the controversial nature of such tech. Ukraine is fighting an undeniable defensive war with almost no political backlash among its supporters outside cost; it can afford to showcase such a development.

It is only a matter of time before all the major players adopt such tech, assuming it is fielded already.
 
News from the twitter space:

Drones as mines. VTOL is asking for it.
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https://twitter.com/x/status/1725789172718358894
View: https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1725789172718358894


Light drones intercepting heavy bomber drones (said "baba yaga" drone using starlink for communications.... a shape of things to come)
https://twitter.com/x/status/1723407333231841606
View: https://twitter.com/simpatico771/status/1723407333231841606

Image in case something happens to twit
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Baba Yaga tactics with recon and drone SEAD described
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgSE16yHF2c
 
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