After being subjected to constant harassment and attacks from Ukrainian ground armored forces and special operations forces, Belgorod is now facing swarm attacks from drone swarms. The local governor said that there are many targets in the sky and air defense systems are unable to cope with all threats, which means that harassment and strikes against Russian territory are escalating.
The Ukrainian army has undergone a major change in the way it fights, previously mainly using artillery shells and Mi-24*** for attacks, but now using multiple drones to carry out swarm attacks, and the targets are no longer limited to military facilities, but also include residential and civilian targets.
This shift has greatly improved the deterrence capability of the Ukrainian army. While the United States and Western countries have been supporting Ukraine in its counterattack, even tanks, infantry vehicles and long-range artillery have not fundamentally changed the current stalemate.
Once fully equipped with advanced** such as drones, cruise missiles, and precision-made artillery shells, Ukraine can take advantage of the complex terrain of the border to implement new attack and harassment tactics against Russian border cities.
For example, this time only one drone evolved into a "swarm" drone, which is impossible to prevent.
In"Low, slow, small"In fact, no one can do a perfect job of preventing goals. Especially in the case of swarm attacks by large numbers of drones, this challenge is even more tricky.
Current radar systems are not yet capable of quickly converting targets such as traditional fighters, ** and bombers into pairs"Low, slow, small"Early warning of the target. Therefore, this will undoubtedly put a lot of pressure on Russia's border air defense early warning system.
If the ** attacks continue to occur on the territory of Russia, then the border areas, border areas, air defense, anti-missile, anti-infiltration will become the main countermeasures. At the same time, this will also have a significant impact on Russia's border security.
From solo flights to swarm tactics, although the difficulty of interception has increased, the difficulty of operation has not increased. With simple software control, the drone can carry out a variety of attack actions according to the preset route.
If one is not enough, then two, or even three, will paralyze the opponent's air defense early warning system through continuous strikes. In the future, the attack action of UAVs may shift from single-aircraft dive attacks and large-scale UAV missile attacks to multi-aircraft coordinated attacks, which will be an inevitable trend.
Cooperative operations, not a single UAV is fighting, but multiple UAVs around the same mission and target, continuously carrying out various strike operations. The United States conducted tests in the Black Sea, in which the Global Hawk obtained the status of a sea surface target at high altitude, guiding Ukrainian drones at medium altitude to attack the superstructure of the frigate "Makarov".
At the same time, unmanned surface boats, guided by aerial drones, launched suicide attacks on the "Makarov". The Americans have mastered this way of working together.
The United States is using Ukraine to conduct "swarm warfare" experiments in the Black Sea region, and the training simulation data does not fully confirm its strength. Now this tactic allows for direct attacks not only at front-line targets, but even directly at Belgorod and inland Russian cities.
If the effect of such strikes can quickly form combat capability, the United States and NATO will widely adopt this tactic, which is quite different from traditional firepower attacks and long-range strikes.
NATO countries may form separate UAV units, and independent UAV tactics and operational models will also emerge rapidly. For Western countries, the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is not only a laboratory of equipment, but also a laboratory of operational concepts and methods.
For the tactical attack of swarms in the border area of Belgorod, Ukraine cannot do it alone, this must be controlled by Western countries behind the scenes. In the future, as technology continues to evolve, such actions will become more frequent.
Western countries will replicate the successful experience gained in Ukraine and improve and strengthen it in their own countries.
Thus, swarm tactics will go from theory to reality on the battlefields of the future.