A Ukrainian reconnaissance drone identifies a Russian ZALA drone team launching and operating an unmanned aerial vehicle, so they relay the coordinates a HIMARS precision guided rocket launcher crew. The Russian team is rapidly neutralized by a powerful strike.

Although the Russian ZALA team operating out of a civilian-style vehicle appears to be of little monetary worth as far as expenditure of finite GMLRS rockets is concerned, the Russian drone relays invaluable targeting information and realtime intelligence to Russian forces, so that ZALA presents itself as a priority target.

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Will Killmore is a US Army combat infantry veteran and Purple Heart recipient. He has deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan with the 172nd Stryker Brigade and 173rd Airborne Brigade. Following his time in service, he successfully pursued a certificate of journalism and has been a blogger for Funker530 since 2014. Follow Will’s bad takes on Twitter