The ongoing war in Ukraine reinforces many observations from Nagorno-Karabakh, but it also shows how modern warriors not only would prefer to have, but inherently require, UAS at the lowest echelons. The 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war between Armenia and Azerbaijan saw widespread use of UAS but also the weaponization of information about that use. While we can look to almost any conflict fought in the last decade for important lessons on the use and countering of UAS, two of the most recent conflicts provide numerous examples of how modern militaries are fighting the UAS fight. Necessarily, armed groups seek to counter their adversaries’ UAS capabilities by destroying, disabling, or negating them and their effects on the battlefield. Modern drones provide outstanding aerial capabilities at all echelons, from a frontline infantry soldier using a small, commercial quadcopter to surveil enemy positions, to large UAS equipped with advanced precision munitions and the ability to operate beyond line of sight from its operator. The increased use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in modern war is no surprise. The original footage can be seen on YouTube.The onboard camera of a Russian Lancet one-way attack unmanned aircraft targets a Ukrainian SA-8 “Gecko” air defense system in April 2023, seconds before the aircraft struck and destroyed the vehicle.
We wrote about this specific footage on 24 February, as an increasing number of misleading pictures and videos claiming to show the current situation in Ukraine emerged online.Īs other fact checkers, including Maldita and AFP Fact Check, have also reported, the footage is actually from May 2020 and shows a rehearsal for a military parade near Moscow. At the time of writing, it has not yet answered. As we’ve said already this particular clip of the military planes does not come from the Russian invasion.Ī spokesperson for the BBC told Full Fact: “The footage was used once briefly in error and the team have been reminded about verifying images.” Use of the footage was not corrected during that particular segment, but we’ve asked the BBC whether or not an on-air correction was made at any other point.
A clip of military planes was shown on BBC Breakfast on 25 February as part of a segment which claimed to show a journey from Kyiv to Poland following the recent invasion of Ukraine.
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