WAKA is 'the music of the Primes'.

On or before Thursday.

The ‘elves’ army’s.

30th Mechanized Brigade.

Holding the line around Minkivka.

 

40 miles north of.

The ‘elves’ fortress town.

Of Pokrovsk.

Spotted a solitary ‘orcs’ tank.

 

—perhaps from the nearby ‘orcs’.

North-V Volunteer Brigade—

Rolling along a treeline road.

In broad daylight.

 

 

Don’t expect.

A sudden surge in.

Dragon drone attacks.

On tanks.

 

But it might not be long.

Before they can burn down.

Enemy tanks while the tanks.

Are still on the move.

 

 

As an ‘elves’ drone observed.

From a distance.

‘Elves’ troops struck the tank.

—possibly with an anti-tank missile.

 

The initial hit immobilized.

The up-armored “turtle tank”.

Making it an easy target.

For a follow-on attack.

 

It seems one of.

The 30th Mechanized Brigade’s.

Dragon drones was.

In the best position.

 

To finish off the tank.

It hovered overhead.

Spraying the lava-like thermite.

All over the tank.

 

 

Don’t expect.

A sudden surge in.

Dragon drone attacks.

On tanks.

 

But it might not be long.

Before they can burn down.

Enemy tanks while the tanks.

Are still on the move.

 

 

Soon, the tank was a pyre.

“Probably the first documented case.

Of a dragon drone.

Striking ‘orcs’ armored vehicles.”

 

Commented an Estonian analyst.

That incendiaries are effective.

Anti-tank weapons.

Should come as no surprise.

 

Even if it took.

A few weeks.

For ‘orcs’ and ‘elves’.

Drone operators to appreciate it.

 

 

Don’t expect.

A sudden surge in.

Dragon drone attacks.

On tanks.

 

But it might not be long.

Before they can burn down.

Enemy tanks while the tanks.

Are still on the move.

 

 

“When napalm is splashed.

Onto a tank.

The combustible material.

On the surface of the tank.”

 

“May catch fire.

Rubber on the tracks.

And road wheels.

May ignite.”

 

“Exposed hydraulic hoses.

May rupture and.

Engine compartments.

May be damaged.”

 

The U.S. Army noted.

In a 2000 study.

The damage would be worse.

In cases where.

 

Infantry are riding on.

Top of the tank.

—a common tactic in ‘orcs’.

31-month wider war on Ukraine.

 

“Napalm also can ignite.

Exterior-mounted ammunition.

Which may then cause.

Secondary blast or.”

 

“Which may then cause.

Secondary blast or.

Fragmentation damage.

When it cooks off.”

 

The U.S. Army observed.

“This secondary blast or fire.

Can be a serious threat.

To mounted soldiers.”

 

 

Don’t expect.

A sudden surge in.

Dragon drone attacks.

On tanks.

 

But it might not be long.

Before they can burn down.

Enemy tanks while the tanks.

Are still on the move.

 

 

The drones’ incendiary spray.

Is fairly inaccurate.

Which is why.

The 30th Mechanized Brigade had to.

 

The 30th Mechanized Brigade had to.

Immobilize that ‘orcs’ tank.

Before the brigade’s dragon drone.

Could swoop in.

 

But drone operators.

In the ‘Mordor’-Ukraine war.

Learn fast.

Some ‘elves’ operators of.

 

Nimble first-person-view drones.

Are so skilled that.

They can strike ‘orcs’ drones.

In mid-air.

 

—or maneuver their explosive FPVs.

Underneath the lips of.

The add-on armored shells.

On ‘orcs’ turtle tanks.

 

With time.

The dragon drone operators.

Will become.

More skilled, too.

 

 

Don’t expect.

A sudden surge in.

Dragon drone attacks.

On tanks.

 

But it might not be long.

Before they can burn down.

Enemy tanks while the tanks.

Are still on the move.

 

 

In early September.

‘Elves’ forces began.

Deploying hovering drones.

Equipped with tanks.

 

Deploying hovering drones.

Equipped with tanks.

Full of thermite.

A metal incendiary.

 

That sprays like a liquid.

And burns.

As hot as.

5,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

 

‘Orcs’ forces cobbled together.

Their own versions of.

The ‘elves’ “dragon drone”.

A few weeks later.

 

 

Don’t expect.

A sudden surge in.

Dragon drone attacks.

On tanks.

 

But it might not be long.

Before they can burn down.

Enemy tanks while the tanks.

Are still on the move.

 

 

The dragon drones have.

Mostly attacked bunkers.

Trenches and.

Their occupants.

 

—the operators apparently.

Calculating that.

Structures and troops.

Are most vulnerable.

 

To sticky incendiaries.

That can kill.

A human being.

In seconds.

 

 

Don’t expect.

A sudden surge in.

Dragon drone attacks.

On tanks.

 

But it might not be long.

Before they can burn down.

Enemy tanks while the tanks.

Are still on the move.

 

 

But incendiaries work against.

Armored vehicles, too.

As one ‘elves’ brigade.

Apparently discovered.

 

—more accurately.

Rediscovered—

In eastern Ukraine.

This week.

 

 

*Because I read “5,000 Degrees Fahrenheit Is Really Hot: Ukraine’s Dragon Drones Are Now Burning Russian Tanks” by David Axe on 3 Oct 2024 on the Forbes, and also “Why are Ukrainians calling Russians ‘orcs’?” by James FitzGerald on 30 Apr 2022 on the BBC news.
So, I wrote this poem.
Please read the original story on the Forbes:

5,000 Degrees Fahrenheit Is Really Hot: Ukraine’s Dragon Drones Are Now Burning Russian Tanks (forbes.com)