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Re:Ukraine destroys more than 40 military aircraft in drone ... by JumpCrisscross on Sunday June 01, 2025 @01:31PM (#44152461)
> curious how they managed to control the drones from such a distance

The targets weren’t moving. As long as you have a cell connection in the trailer and up-to-date satellite imagery, you could send the coördinates and even flight path to the drones ahead of time and then have them deal with minor obstacles on their own.

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Re:Ukraine destroys more than 40 military aircraft in drone ... by duxup on Sunday June 01, 2025 @02:09PM (#44152720)
Presumably even a slow connection the drone could send some imagery, someone confirms it / picks out a plane parked, and the drone does the thing.

Camera locking on to a parked plane, should be fairly easy to do the job.

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