'Every hunter is hunted': How drones in Ukraine forever changed war

'Every hunter is hunted': How drones in Ukraine forever changed war | Defence in Depth

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8 ай бұрын

In recent years a new threat has emerged from above that should get all of us, soldiers especially, looking up: drones. Particularly tactical FPV drones.
In the ‘old’ days of, say, the first decade of this century, drones could basically do two things: watch stuff on the ground in real time and drop a bomb if required. They were called things like Predator, Reaper and Global Hawk as if having a really beefy name hid the fact they were extremely vulnerable to modern air defence systems.
But they weren’t expected to operate against modern air defence systems.
In this episode of Defence in Depth, Dominic Nicholls, The Telegraph’s associate editor, explains the rapid developments in drone warfare and what this means for the battlefield, military planners, future conflicts and Ukraine.
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@telegraph 8 ай бұрын

In this episode of Defence in Depth, Dominic Nicholls explains the rapid developments in drone warfare and what they mean for military planners, future conflicts and Ukraine. Have a topic you would like to see covered on Defence in Depth? Let us know in the comments below.

@Barnes6083 8 ай бұрын

I'm really enjoying your Defense in Depth series with Dominic. Keep it up!

@black_wolf365 8 ай бұрын

This was an amazing episode about the evolution of warfare and its implications on future conflicts! 🍻

@robb1324 8 ай бұрын

This really deserves more views than it has. Fantastic video from top to bottom. Incredibly concise, thought provoking, and the editing was top notch as well 👌 - Keep up the amazing work Telegraph team! 👍

@janschkeuditz6065 8 ай бұрын

Imbecile up your medication.

@davidbrancaleone3039 8 ай бұрын

Well done, Dom! As always, good editing, matching sight with insight. And the research is so solid that it (almost) gets forgotten. Full marks on every level. Just brilliant.

@Sergeant_Fury 8 ай бұрын

New toys generate newer toys to counter the new toys. It's as old as warfare. Thanks for a great report.

@jlworrad 8 ай бұрын

They'll end up inventing defensive 'guard dog' drones. That's my gut feeling anyhow.

@legoseller4496 8 ай бұрын

Fighting fire with fire, as it were.

@hsffaudioblog 8 ай бұрын

Sooner or later Terminators will fight battles.

@CorePathway 8 ай бұрын

All the Attacker needs is one more drone than defenders…

@hantykje3005 8 ай бұрын

Fishing nets could be effective to catch fpv drones and prevent them from entering doors, windows etc. Would be very difficult for a drone operator to see them before its too late. Just as it is for a fish in the water.

@fuzexi 8 ай бұрын

I was thinking chicken wire, but fishing nets - even better!

@swaggery 8 ай бұрын

Could also have a shotgun shell that breaks open into 3 or 4 pieces with a wire connecting them. All it needs is to disrupt a rotor.

@litoaykiu 8 ай бұрын

Russians are already using nets that are even covered as camouflage, have seen bunch of footage of drones dropping and explosives still making it thru the net or flying right thru the doorway. One even making into open hatch of a tank.

@considerthis9007 8 ай бұрын

Yeah i saw some footage inside a Russian controlled town where they had strong up rows of nets across the street at intervals between lampposts because the drones were coming up behind the vehicles and hitting them. Kind of worked until the Ukrainians figured out to strike the vehicles through the gaps. Imagine trying to secure a whole MSR properly with nets! But your fishnet idea across HQ entrances would help stop drones getting inside.

@donohirst 8 ай бұрын

I've been speculating that we'll see returns of old tech, like some sort of barrage balloons, and much smaller calibre ack ack, instead of night bombing raids it's now drone swarms, the more the world changes, the more it stays the same!

@Kohen124 8 ай бұрын

Victory be for Ukraine.

@niravelniflheim1858 8 ай бұрын

That was really good!

@davidleestma9355 8 ай бұрын

Amazing how dependent we are on silicon

@mrt2215 8 ай бұрын

And we haven't even left page 3! I'm a right!? Yeupp

@oggierock 8 ай бұрын

Great as always

@rollingthunder4 8 ай бұрын

As a lifelong birder I can vouch for the Mk1 eyeball - another cracking presentation Dom👍

@MrRockfisherman 8 ай бұрын

Great job from Montana

@branthurley2285 8 ай бұрын

Dom is always informative. But his key differentiator is his wit. Thanks as always.

@Bultish 8 ай бұрын

Well hello Dom, I like these videos, nice choice of topics! And I agree to killer sky robots, because they are 😅

@deanperkins2091 8 ай бұрын

This is one of my favorite channels for updates on the war in Ukraine, a healthy balanced perspective.

@presidentofukraina 8 ай бұрын

Glory to Dominic Nichols

@mightyrighty1 8 ай бұрын

I'm really love your in depth show and really look forward for the next one. Thanks and keep them coming

@JulianGlynn-dg1oc 8 ай бұрын

really appreciated this timely piece.

@davidelliott5843 8 ай бұрын

There’s an FPV video of a drone being threaded between trees and shrubs to find a trench entrance. There’s the usual picture cut before it actually hits but it’s likely to have caused serious carnage.

@susansprague7304 8 ай бұрын

Thanks, Dom! Insightful and incisive, as always.

@renatob9909 8 ай бұрын

We must get Ukraine into NATO as quickly as possible. They have to teach us how to fight modern warfare. Nice piece Dominic, by the way 👋

@Jakob_DK 8 ай бұрын

HQ has to “work from home” Has to not be in the same place but in the same zoom meeting. :-)

@Gardengallivant 8 ай бұрын

Mr Nicholls explains aspects of military action so I understand despite having no background in military theory. I watch for these episodes but this one was particularly interesting. I'd like to know more about what Mr Nicholls knows about using drones to clear mine fields after the war , their uses now to save lives of the wounded and are other nonbattle uses being researched to protect civilians or soldiers from harm?

@coachassociationfootball3164 8 ай бұрын

I have that background, and it's just as informative. Try to latch on to the humour, it's what makes it doubly special.

@davidjackson5318 8 ай бұрын

Brilliant communication, thanks somuch

@TheMannLodge 8 ай бұрын

Outstanding insight as always!

@johnfranklin6394 8 ай бұрын

Another outstanding episode. Just superb.

@gogudelagaze1585 8 ай бұрын

As much as I dislike The Telegraph as a whole, Dom and the rest of the crew at Ukraine: The latest are doing an outstanding job giving those not in the field the knowledge to understand what will become our reality in the next few years.

@RasmusDyhrFrederiksen 8 ай бұрын

Great videos - please keep up the good work.

@raymondporter2094 8 ай бұрын

I like these short pieces/videos.

@Ghostofsweeney 8 ай бұрын

amazing as always

@niklaswikholm514 8 ай бұрын

Drones change the battlefield, AI drone change the World

@andybroomfield4041 8 ай бұрын

well done Dom👌

@DIYPackraft 8 ай бұрын

“More time off than Chuck Norris’ safety catch” :D

@steve-real 8 ай бұрын

Spotter drones, bomber drones, kamikaze drones, and now fighter drones. Crazy how drones exploded onto the scene. And did I mention swarm drones?

@lefty478 8 ай бұрын

It's been a very long time since I shed the 'baggy green skin' but, having worn it once, I can tell that Dom Nicholls was a 'Boss' that was loved by his blokes.

@bmwoutlander 8 ай бұрын

Best yet!

@bensmith5413 8 ай бұрын

Absolutely a pressing question but not insurmountable with easy investment.

@palemedes965 8 ай бұрын

Good video

@guysimpson8300 8 ай бұрын

Well done.

@JimTimber 8 ай бұрын

Great video ! 💙💙💛💛

@bobtbtownsend 8 ай бұрын

Top man Dom 👍🏻

@d.c.484 8 ай бұрын

IMO I think many regular troops now have to learn how to “drive” a drone.

@1964mcqueen 8 ай бұрын

As I am happy to see how Ukraine has kept a superior air force from gaining air superiority, and taken on a large naval fleet, without a navy of their own, the prospects for drones in future conflicts scares the hell out of me.

@kinngrimm 8 ай бұрын

I wonder if exosceletons will be included on large scale at some point into armies. If they could enable a 500m jump accross a minefield ... .

@useemehere2 8 ай бұрын

I like watching your channel because it show the real one not like others that are fake or false statement.

@jeffransom2977 8 ай бұрын

We knew that this day would be upon us.

@KR-us9pj 8 ай бұрын

Swarms of cheap drones - each with differing roles and capabilities. It's going to happen.

@stevenashton1152 8 ай бұрын

I’m just surprised it took this long to start using them these ways

@doltsbane 8 ай бұрын

Millimeter wave radar coupled to automated sentry machine guns, and/or lasers to destroy optical sensors. A sort of miniature portable Phalanx system.

@lifeofascrambler 7 ай бұрын

Great video and commentary from someone that sounds like they used to live in a soldier or (Rupert’s) boots!

@davidb6576 8 ай бұрын

I'm working on a secret anti-anti-anti-drone-drone-drone. Don't tell anyone!

@vicentecno7055 8 ай бұрын

A Lancet ! run !

@jamesadams8570 8 ай бұрын

Many people watching will not know what stag is

@peterwebb8732 8 ай бұрын

Kinda glad it’s not my problem…. I take my hat off to those who take it on.

@thechancellor3715 8 ай бұрын

With growing numbers of drones in battle space new IFF systems will evolve....rather hard to identify silhouettes by Mk One eyeball from ground under any light conditions. Been wool gathering about infrared "firefly" signaling...between drones aloft & to ground forces....Arduino prototype maybe?

@Colgan1 8 ай бұрын

Now i am waiting for Dom to explain the Isreali and Palestinian currently situation. He simplifiies it all and i enjoy he views

@toddmoore5779 8 ай бұрын

It appears it’s almost impossible to comply with the rules of war as defined currently and prior.

@fukkitful 8 ай бұрын

I'm surprised there isn't a cheap handheld device able to detect the frequencies normal used by drones. It wouldn't stop the drones but at least warn the troops below a drone is operating near by. So they can disable the drone or at least hid from it.

@ddk1298 8 ай бұрын

This is an excellent video. Drones will be the new warfare model and I have not seen much done to counter it. There have been some prototypes created to counter them but nothing is in mass production in the west. Force protection will become a problem for NATO forces. This will effect moral and determination for the Soldiers on the ground. We will see more drones used by Iran and NK and maybe China. People are working on this problem but no doctrine has been created to counter drones.

@jed-henrywitkowski6470 8 ай бұрын

The US has been using UAVs since around WWII for experimental and training purposes.

@frankward8336 8 ай бұрын

Nothing would persuade me to buy the telegraph

@AAB463 8 ай бұрын

Wish a Hunter would put Putin in its search algorithm

@Paulus8765 8 ай бұрын

Remember to close all doors and windows.

@donohirst 8 ай бұрын

The first thing that pops into my layperson mind who's absolutely zero military experience would be a claymore system that provides aerial protection. I dunno if im using the wrong term, i don't mean for it to be mined, just a technical version of a trip wire. It also occurred to me that if someone who knew about such things, well a small drone with thermal camera etc, attached with a fibre optic and fitted with a headphone jack into a mobile device that had downloaded your specific application to make use of the images. Well, whilst very far from perfect, it could protect anything from a technical to a tank, the sort of military support that a technological nation could provide to one devoid of such. A small and simple idea that could instantly modernise a vehicles awareness of whats going on around it?!?! This idea has been floating around my head for a while, i dare say there's a really obvious shortcoming I've not thought of, so please point them/ it out if anyone can be bothered!! Really intriguing and thought provoking content, keep it up..

@erikthasing6658 8 ай бұрын

Excellent journalism, something the Russians can chew on, keep up the good work!

@ruddle-tango 7 ай бұрын

Ai gun systems ought to be innovated; to operate both as smart-shields and as drone killing sentinels.

@hsffaudioblog 8 ай бұрын

Technology can't be stopped. Let's hope war drones will not leave the battlefields.

@fukkitful 8 ай бұрын

The spy drones left years ago. Cities with a lot of crime like Juarez have drones that record all the traffic. That way if they find a body. They can go back and see who did it and track everywhere that person went. They'll know where their safehouse is and who else they associated with. Won't be long I bet till they find a reason to arm those drones...

@Chuck8541 8 ай бұрын

Let's not forget the time the Iranians allegedly flew a drone directly over a carrier sailing in the gulf.

@stevebarlow3154 8 ай бұрын

It was taken down by US Marines manning an electronic countermeasures machine on the flight deck.

@shosh63 8 ай бұрын

killer sky robots it is!

@bonganimkhwanazi2081 8 ай бұрын

Modern warfare is scary

@TheBlackIdentety 8 ай бұрын

Always cringe to see the Hungarian flag among the other Nato members. I guess we can add Slovakia to that too now. Both should be suspended from the alliance with 0 intelligence sharing. They'll just forward it to Russia.

@Sekir80 8 ай бұрын

Sadly, I agree.

@velvetmagnetta3074 8 ай бұрын

I was kinda hoping all this new unmanned drone warfare could take the "man" out of the equation more. Whether it be operating these drones safely in an underground bunker in the field or millions of miles away safely at home, maybe we'll all start to value life more and any human losses will be seen in the future as unacceptable and as the tragedy it is. I dream of the day we're all just fighting each other in cyberspace like a video game where whoever wins there, we all agree is the winner on the battlefield. Too idealistic? Maybe.

@Ben-go1iq 8 ай бұрын

The reason this would never work is cause every country in the conflict would try and send a tomahawk straight thru the front door of whatever building the other side is playing these games from

@BABOOM69 8 ай бұрын

Universal jamming system, cant see why this would be too difficult 🤔

@American_Made 8 ай бұрын

Enter the next level war weapon... the emp will evolve a lot now.

@edvoon 8 ай бұрын

Time to fast-track directed energy weapons, and sensors that are tuned to smaller, slower flying objects. These are the best protection available against drones. Directed energy weapons (AKA laser guns) have been in development for decades now, surely they're at a stage that they can be rolled out in a limited capacity just powerful enough to take out drones?

@jasft9746 8 ай бұрын

Killer Sky Robots :)

@kanook079 8 ай бұрын

Put up hippy beads on all doorways, drone problem solved hahaha. Gov ill take my money now, thanks.

@MOONSHADOW-jx2tw 8 ай бұрын

Drones with missiles

@lonpfrb 8 ай бұрын

RAF already delegate force and perimeter security to RAF Regiment so there is an existing model for assets like an air base. Hope they have been working on drone swarm defence to keep our $100Mn aircraft and crews safe. Infantry have always done force protection at squad, platoon, company levels so AFU relationships need to enable the lessons learned on survival in the drone-space. Future Soldier needs to get this done now with appropriate equipment and services. Its clear that AI will be important to make our capabilities more resilient in contested space e.g. GNSS suppression. Slava Ukraine! #StandWithUkraine

@mjkaelbling 8 ай бұрын

topic? the differences between young and old soldiers. Someone reported that the Ukrainian army has a higher average age than the US WW2 army did - does this matter? Some instructor said they can get the old ones to do the same training and indoctrination as the young ones, but they cannot get them to love it. Are there differences in effectiveness - and survival? If there are differences, how would mass mobilization/conscription change the war?

@thedeathwobblechannel6539 8 ай бұрын

Seems to me shotguns are a good close in drone defense. Surely there are bird hunters out there....?

@user-McGiver 8 ай бұрын

it was the Kurds who first utilized the small commercial drones against Turkic armor...

@trevorsutherland5263 8 ай бұрын

The Weapons Engineers everywhere already hard at work figuring out how to counter these drones. After all they are just remote-controlled aircraft. Their small size and light construction is the only thing saving them-----if they were the size of an F-16 they'd all have been blown out of the sky long ago. Many times they are detected but the missile to kill them costs more than they do so no one fires at them. New military tech ALWAYS eventually is countered.

@BohumirZamecnik 8 ай бұрын

Maybe employ drones to fight with enemy drones...

@tobiasneufeldt6597 8 ай бұрын

does not talk about isis using drones to the max in 2016-2018 the real start of drone warfare on a mass level

@henrikarboejensen812 8 ай бұрын

Every hunter that hunts the hunter is hunted. Or worse Every hunter, that hunts a hunter that hunts hunting hunters, is hunted.

@masoodgujjar6887 8 ай бұрын

Humans writing here happily that capable drones being invented or developed, while forgetting that all these lethal inventions will kill more humans, ah😢

@coachassociationfootball3164 8 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂 Superb!

@texnor5 8 ай бұрын

Net draping of egress point with accuses

@antoniovillanueva308 8 ай бұрын

Future warriors will carry 8 ga goose guns?

@Hawk_Rider_WV 8 ай бұрын

as an AI language model, I approve of this message!

@itsgoodforyou4235 8 ай бұрын

'Every hunter is hunted' and vice versa.

@useemehere2 8 ай бұрын

It will be a good idea instead of sending or donating one war tank how about replacing them with a million drove with the same cost of Dollars.

@Ray-cr4im 8 ай бұрын

One hand tide is that Ukraine should be looking more at what it could do to create disfunction in Russia, and its propergangda machine should be targeted of individuals could help. More cheap weapons of drones with people and individuals from all over the world getting help to store up raw materials to make these weapons an effective chain link supply. To build in millions the weapons I mean how Isreal for such a small country get its people to organise them self around the world a Ukraine needs look at how Isreal has developed and have great power. Have Isreal over stepped in Aserbiguan though. Underground factory's croping up deep underground all over Ukraine is surely needed and women coming back to help to build weapons and creating developing machine ideas 24/7.

@mike4480 8 ай бұрын

…Thanks for your experienced insight and bringing this to our attention…Slava Ukraine …💙💛💙

@thenamescarter8279 8 ай бұрын

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@pauliewalnuts240 8 ай бұрын

Disagree that protecting one's forces should be the priority. Ofcourse your soldiers should have defenses against drones and the best kit, but wars are won by offensive means. Focus on eliminating the threat and the period your soldiers are prone to drone strikes will be shortened. It's also just a matter of time before drone countermeasures equal or overwhelm the drone threat. Defensive responses by nature come after a new threat evolves.

@noahway13 8 ай бұрын

What if Ukraine had been half way prepared -- think of what they could have done to that 40 mile convoy of sitting ducks. I still wake up in a sweat over that missed opportunity.

@limedickandrew6016 8 ай бұрын

I'm not sure that convoy ever existed. Most of it was probably just decoys and mock ups.

@vikkoro 8 ай бұрын

@@limedickandrew6016 it did exist. And it was actually destroyed with the help of drones

@stevebarlow3154 8 ай бұрын

A lot of it was taken out by Ukrainian guys riding ATVs and trail bikes carrying NLAWs and the like.