4mo ago

Denmark to send unarmed soldiers to Ukraine for drone warfare training

The Danish Armed Forces plan to send unarmed troops to Ukraine for short-term training courses to study the country's drone warfare tactics, Major General Peter Boysen, Denmark's commander-in-chief, told state broadcaster TV 2 on April 16.

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4mo ago

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Makes a lot of sense. Russia and Ukraine are really the only ones with modern drone warfare tactics. Granted if Russia attacks a NATO country the response and type of war will be different, but drones are going to play a big part either way.
- And the US
  
  The US has modern drone warfare experience? They use drones yes, but it's not like a full blown war experience?
Well done Denmark, greetings from Finland!
- It's more like well done Ukraine. It's the Ukrainians teaching the Danes.
The headline wasn't clear on who is teaching and who is learning. Had a good laugh imagining Ukrainian drone pilots rolling their eyes at a Danish instructor.
- That was exactly my thought too. 😋
  But the Danes are going to Ukraine to learn, not the other way around.
  And that makes much more sense.
Seems a little inhumane to train drones on the Danes, idk
Could Danes (or any other nationalities) technically not operate drones in Ukraine, but from Denmark? Would that be considered as being active in the war in the sense of sending armed forces to support Ukraine on the ground?
- This is technically feasible. IRC the US uses satellite comms to control predator drones across the globe from their mainland. There are 2 issues that immediately come to mind:
  Latency - Depends on the quality of the link between pilot and end point transmitter, and the increased risks for jamming/hacking, and
  Would be an act of war prompting probable orc military retaliation (along the lines of "they're controlling drones from apartments in Moscow so now apartments are fair game?" logic).
  
  How does one find out where a drone is being controlled from though?

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