{"id":70061,"date":"2024-11-22T15:28:25","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T15:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/11\/22\/russian-forces-test-flying-flamethrower-to-target-ukrainian-firedrones\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:13:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:13:56","slug":"russian-forces-test-flying-flamethrower-to-target-ukrainian-firedrones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2024\/11\/22\/russian-forces-test-flying-flamethrower-to-target-ukrainian-firedrones\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian forces test flying flamethrower to target Ukrainian firedrones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MILAN \u2014 Russian troops claim to have developed a flamethrower drone designed to counter Ukrainian first-person-view drones carrying an incendiary burning mixture, a tactic experts say will likely be ineffective against moving targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Nov. 14, footage was <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/texotdelBPLA\/1365\"><u>published<\/u><\/a> by Russian Telegram channels showing what appeared to be an unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with a flammable mixture which, once in the air, spluttered strong flames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt seems to be a commercial quadcopter-type drone carrying a small tank filled with a flammable substance, probably weighing around one or two pounds, which it can spray downward, creating a flamethrower effect with an effective range of two to three meters,\u201d Federico Borsari, resident fellow at the U.S. Center for European Policy Analysis said of the video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Experts said that the platform seems to have been specifically developed to target adversary drones. 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