If Russia invades and open war breaks out, watch the guns
Russian drones spied on the camp. The Ukrainians managed to shoot down one Orlan-10 drone, but could not stop the Russians from pinpointing their location. On the morning of July 11, Russian forces hacked the Ukrainian command post’s network and jammed its radios, isolating and confusing the officers in charge.
Ukraine’s artillery notched its own victories. Belarusian sources have described the key role Ukrainian guns played in the bitter fighting over the town of Debaltseve in the spring 0f 2015. The Russian army since 2014 has greatly modernized its artillery—in particular by fielding small unmanned aerial vehicles that can help spot targets for the guns. “The Russians have mastered integrating a network of UAVs, forward observers and fire direction centers directly with rocket and cannon batteries,” U.S. Army Col. Liam Collins and Capt. Harrison MorganIf you see an Orlan-10 drone buzzing overhead, it’s a safe bet the Russians’ guns are dialing in.
The trick is to detect incoming artillery fire and trace the shells’ paths back to their guns. In modern armies, this task falls to counterbattery radars. The Russians long have fielded a wide array of tracked counterbattery radars such as theThe Ukrainians possess some of the same systems—and are adding new ones. Indeed, acquiring new counterbattery systems is one of the Ukrainian defense industry’s top equipment priorities, alongside rocket-launchers and new anti-ship missiles.
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