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LMM Martlet Used To Shoot Down Russian Drone
Published 2 years ago
Footage shows a Ukrainian soldier using a UK-delivered LMM Martlet man portable air defense system (MANPADS) to shoot down a reported Russian Orlan-10 observation drone.
The footage is possibly another angle of a recent video we published showing an Orlan-10 spiraling downward and crashing into the ground.
A small unmanned, unarmed drone may seem, to some, like a waste of an advanced surface-to-air missile, but the real-time data that these drones provide to their controllers is invaluable. By shooting down this drone, the Ukrainians just took away the Russian's ability to identify and locate targets for airstrikes and artillery. It also affords them a small window of time in which they can maneuver and relocate units without being observed.
