Onboard footage from a Ukrainian FPV interceptor drone, armed with a large stick, whacking Russian drones out of the sky over the frontline.

We saw rough footage of this tactic come out late last year.

Sky jousting? Could be a fun new sport if it wasn't being used in battle.

WWIV will be fought with sticks etc.

I think it is important to clarify that this revolutionary device isn't just a stick.... it is a stick with a **string** on it.

Sticks and stones will break my drones....

They’re back

Drone vs drone warfare is getting more intense every day. The speed of adaptation on both sides is crazy.

2024

I wonder how a snare tip for archery would work.

Training has paid off

Einstein predicted this btw

Clearly this is a stick with some string on the end, not just a stick. All jokes aside, it does seem like the "string" is important to effectiveness, seems to be gone after contact, would guess it's intended to release once caught in the quadcopters rotors.

World war 4 will be fought with sticks Albert Einstein

It's the string tangle that does the work.

Is sky jousting about to become a thing?

This is a fun game 😃. Modern warfare: bring some nerd in. Give them free hand 😂

@don_Chico69

Jousting returns to the battlefield.

And then the Winged Hussars arrived.

Fly smoothly and carry a large stick

@Euan_MacDonald

The fact that the first realistic air to air combat method for drones is melee combat is really funny Waiting until the premier drone defense strategy is loitering high-speed drones with shotguns taking shifts to defend an area or some bullshit

buzz loudly and carry a big stick.

The string is the important bit. Propellers HATE strings

@vojnaslo91

@gleech is this cyberpunk-thread-worthy?

I was just reading a post about Ukraine having better drone technology. I had no idea that it had gone this far

Amazing! We are back to jousting!