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by jacquesm 281 days ago
You could argue that, but it isn't very plausible. These are not passive devices that operate autonomously.
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iyn 281 days ago
Again — I think it was intentional. But for the

> These are not passive devices that operate autonomously

My understanding was that these are autonomous drones? Or rather — they have their route programmed before launch but then it's not remotely controlled.

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jacquesm 281 days ago
> My understanding was that these are autonomous drones?

Not this particular model. They can be left without operator attention for a while but they will fly where they're told to fly and can change their flight path during a mission.

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artem2471 281 days ago
These are both. Shaheds/Gerbera used to be autonomous mission-based with baked flight paths, now they sometimes have cameras and internet.
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jacquesm 281 days ago
Sure, but over Belarus their guidance and comms are not jammed. So either they were autonomous and not jammed when they flew into Polish airspace or they were guided and flew there on purpose. The 'unguided but jammed' combination does not work for the flightpath that they took.

BTW, they can be taken over post launch as a rule, this is one of the things that makes them a bit harder to take down, they don't follow a predictable trajectory and can react whilst underway. There are also jet powered versions that are a lot faster that are harder still to take down. The ones over Poland this morning all seem to be the prop based ones. There is also talk of at least one missile.

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