#fpv-drones

#fpv-drones

An agreement signed last Friday by the defense ministers of Germany and Ukraine will allow the German military, Bundeswehr, to benefit from the expertise of military instructors from Ukraine. "The plan is to incorporate the experience of Ukrainian soldiers into army training, particularly at the army's troop schools," a Bundeswehr spokesman told the dpa news agency, without providing details. Germany is responding to the significant changes that have occurred on the battlefield in Ukraine since Russia attacked almost four years ago.

Security specialists in Europe, the United States, and Mexico have detected that cartels have infiltrated their members into the Ukrainian frontlines, where they have received training to pilot remotely controlled drones, readily available in any store and capable of being adapted as kamikaze projectiles. In this way, drug cartels are incorporating low-cost combat strategies which have proven to be a turning point in Kyiv's resistance against Moscow into their arsenal.

Across the country, drone schools are training new operators for what has become one of the most important roles in Ukraine's fight against the Russian invasion - flying the drones that scout Russian positions, find targets, and blow up tanks and troops. Three leaders working at two schools told Business Insider that younger students with gaming or tech experience tend to consistently pick up skills the fastest. These students often are already comfortable with controllers, joysticks, and staring at a screen for a long time.

NST is undoubtedly changing the way backcountry events are showcased. Helmed by COO Liam Griffin, the production team deploys experienced snowboard filmers across umpteen angles, futuristic FPV drones, and a shit-ton of expensive and complicated broadcast equipment to beam the feed from the backcountry just outside of Revelstoke Mountain Resort to southern California. From there, angles are pieced together, enhanced or tarnished with commentary (depending on who you ask), and sent worldwide.

Scrubby trees hide the entrance. A sloping wooden tunnel descends to a brightly lit reception area. There is a surgery unit, equipped with beds, cardiac monitors and ventilators. And shelves full of medical equipment, drugs and neat piles of spare clothes. In a staff room with a washing machine and kettle, doctors keep an eye on a screen. It shows the movements of Russian spy drones as they zigzag in the sky above.

Editor's note: This story features several interviewees who requested to be identified only by their first name or call sign for their safety. Every few weeks, Ukrainian bridal shop owner Ilia scrapes together a donation usually no more than $7. "If I had any doubts about how my money was being used, I wouldn't give it," said the grizzled 33-year-old, who is exempt from military service because he is blind in one eye.

I would try to stay as close as possible. He would fly, and I would try and chase him as best as possible,