Small drones are everywhere.
All the time all along the 800-mile.
front line of ‘Mordor’’s.
34-month wider war on Ukraine.
They surveil for enemy movements.
Feed target coordinates to.
Artillery and warplanes.
Drop supplies, mines and bombs.
And, in the case of.
Explosive first-person-view drones.
Ram themselves into.
Enemy troops and vehicles.
With ‘Mordor’ and Ukraine.
Each producing around.
100,000 small drones.
A month.
“THE ‘ELVES’ DRONE HAS.
TWO SHOTGUNS.”
“THE ‘ELVES’ DRONE HAS.
TWO SHOTGUNS.”
Defeating these drones.
Is an urgent priority.
For both sides.
Radio jammers can ground them.
Screens and netting.
Mounted on vehicles.
Can catch them.
Before they explode.
Shotgun-armed soldiers.
Can blast them.
From the sky.
From the sky.
“THE ‘ELVES’ DRONE HAS.
TWO SHOTGUNS.”
“THE ‘ELVES’ DRONE HAS.
TWO SHOTGUNS.”
More and more.
The ‘elves’ are going after.
‘Orcs’ drones with.
Drones of their own.
We’ve seen ‘elves’ drones.
Ram ‘orcs’ drones in mid-air.
—or drop nets on them.
From above.
The latest counter-drone.
Innovation might be.
The most impressive.
To quote one analyst.
“THE ‘ELVES’ DRONE HAS.
TWO SHOTGUNS.”
“THE ‘ELVES’ DRONE HAS.
TWO SHOTGUNS.”
‘Orcs’ and ‘elves’.
Technicians have been.
Fitting guns to drones.
For a while now.
But the dual shotgun armament.
But the dual shotgun armament.
Seems to be.
A new development.
One organization has been.
Raising funds to buy.
More “Winchester” drones.
For ‘elves’ brigades.
“THE ‘ELVES’ DRONE HAS.
TWO SHOTGUNS.”
“THE ‘ELVES’ DRONE HAS.
TWO SHOTGUNS.”
The design makes sense.
Shotgun pellets lack.
The stopping power of.
Say, a rifle round.
But drones tend to be.
Flimsy—and nimble.
But drones tend to be.
Flimsy—and nimble.
The wide spread.
Of a shotgun blast.
Increases the chance.
Of a hit.
And it might take.
Just a few pellets to.
Catastrophically.
Damage a drone.
“THE ‘ELVES’ DRONE HAS.
TWO SHOTGUNS.”
“THE ‘ELVES’ DRONE HAS.
TWO SHOTGUNS.”
‘Elves’ and ‘orcs’.
Infantry platoons increasingly.
March into battle with at least.
One shotgun at the ready.
When government-issued.
Shotguns are in short supply.
Some troops beg for supporters.
Back home to send civilian models.
“Please help us with.
Pump-action shotguns.”
One shell-shocked.
‘Orc’ soldier said.
In a video message.
To his friends and family.
Back in the spring.
“Any shit will do.”
“THE ‘ELVES’ DRONE HAS.
TWO SHOTGUNS.”
“THE ‘ELVES’ DRONE HAS.
TWO SHOTGUNS.”
The problem for.
The drone-harried infantry.
Is proximity.
Even when they’re adequately.
Armed with shotguns.
They might have mere seconds.
After spotting an incoming drone.
To take aim and shoot it down.
By mounting twin.
Shotguns to drones.
The ‘elves’ can hunt down.
‘Orcs’ drones in mid-air.
—long before they pose.
Any danger to troops.
On the ground.
On the ground.
*Because I read “Ukraine’s ‘Winchester’ Drone Fires Dual Shotguns At Russian Drones” by David Axe on 28 Dec 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, including a report of Andrew Perpetua.
Please read the original story on the Forbes:
Ukraine’s ‘Winchester’ Drone Fires Dual Shotguns At Russian Drones
