Schweiger has been interested in war since childhood. In 2020, while fishing with a friend, he had an idea that became historic. But Schweiger was only able to realize it two years later in the Kharkiv region, during the Russian-Ukrainian war. And what began as an adventure eventually became an industry in its own right. What was the situation with drones in 2022 in Ukraine, what is "first-person warfare", who was hit during the first documented flight of a kamikaze FPV drone, and how the enemy manages to keep up with Ukraine in the field of FPV drones. All this is in the first episode of the documentary series “Kamikaze Drones”.
03:18 - Getting to know Schweiger
04:44 - Why journalists started researching the topic
05:43 - Schweiger started using reconnaissance drones in the war
06:25 - The Ministry of Defense denies the importance of drones
07:28 - How many drones were produced before February 24
09:15 - What is FPV
09:57 - How Schweiger came up with the idea to use a household FPV drone in combat
11:29 - The legendary flight into the blue door - the first successful combat mission
12:27 - How an adventure became the beginning of the industry development
12:40 - The state ignores the field of FPV kamikaze drones
13:31 - Drones are bought individually due to the lack of manufacturers
13:57 - Volunteers organize collections for hundreds of drones
14:30 - What about FPV drones and pilot training in Russia?
17:33 - What about drone crew training in Ukraine?
18:05 - Combat duty of the Signum unit, hitting a Russian soldier
19:11 - Weapons that will not disappear
20:03 - Are volunteers able to provide drones for the frontline?
21:00 - Announcement of the next episode about journalists' research
21:24 - Schweiger's plans