About the drones downed in Libya

RPAs, SATCOM and decision cycles

Reaper shot down over Afghanistan. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the downing, although the US claimed it was a mechanical failure.

The history of RPA (Remotely Piloted Aircraft) can be summarized in a series of unforeseen milestones. These milestones could be narrated beginning with a variation of the formula “Who could have imagined that…”. This year we have witnessed at least one of them, and without a doubt one of the most significant and dramatic: how a small swarm of modest drones have caused serious damage to Saudi oil facilities, without the AA means being able to stop them.

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