‘Elves’ latest.
Unmanned aerial vehicle.
Can fly 1,200 miles.
Drop a 550-pound bomb.
And return to base.
Making it potentially.
The most powerful reusable drone.
In the ‘Mordor’-Ukraine war.
The ‘elves’ military’s.
Unmanned systems branch.
Confirmed the rumored development.
On Friday.
“We see that the actions.
Of the Unmanned Systems Forces.
Are attracting attention from both.
Domestic and international media.”
The branch command.
“Confirms the use of.
A long-range UAV.
Capable of carrying.”
“A 250-kilogram air bomb.
And reaching up to.
2,000 kilometers.
With the possibility of return.”
“This is a unique development.
That changes.
The rules of the game.
On the battlefield.”
‘Elves’ latest.
Unmanned aerial vehicle.
Can fly 1,200 miles.
Drop a 550-pound bomb.
And return to base.
Making it potentially.
The most powerful reusable drone.
In the ‘Mordor’-Ukraine war.
It’s unclear.
What airframe.
The Unmanned Systems Forces.
Uses as basis.
For the far-flying multi-use drone.
But the scant photographic.
Evidence points to.
A modified civilian sport plane.
‘Elves’ drone regiments.
Have long operated.
Propeller-driven Aeroprakt.
A-22 sport planes.
Fitted with remote controls.
And an underbelly bomb rack.
But the A-22s have.
Only ever been caught.
On video conducting.
One-way missions.
Slamming into their targets.
Like slow cruise missiles.
‘Elves’ latest.
Unmanned aerial vehicle.
Can fly 1,200 miles.
Drop a 550-pound bomb.
And return to base.
Making it potentially.
The most powerful reusable drone.
In the ‘Mordor’-Ukraine war.
The new ‘elves’ drone.
Can drop its bomb.
And then fly back.
To base.
Meaning it can fly.
A few or many missions.
Until it wears out.
Crashes or gets shot down.
In making its longest-range.
Drones reusable.
The drone branch could.
Multiply the number.
And pace of deep strikes.
It conducts against.
Targets inside ‘Mordor’.
Which have lately included.
Bomber bases.
And oil facilities.
Bomber bases.
And oil facilities.
‘Elves’ latest.
Unmanned aerial vehicle.
Can fly 1,200 miles.
Drop a 550-pound bomb.
And return to base.
Making it potentially.
The most powerful reusable drone.
In the ‘Mordor’-Ukraine war.
The strikes have raised.
The cost of ‘orcs’.
Bomber sorties.
Targeting ‘elves’ cities.
And depressed oil production.
In a country that.
Utterly relies on energy exports.
For state revenue.
In the three years.
Since ‘orcs’ widened.
Its war on Ukraine.
‘Elves’ engineers have developed.
A startling array of.
Increasingly far-flying drones.
A startling array of.
Increasingly far-flying drones.
Recent strikes on ‘orcs’ targets.
More than 1,000 miles.
From the front line.
May have hinted.
At the emergence of.
The reusable bomber drone.
That the Unmanned Systems Forces.
Announced on Friday.
‘Elves’ latest.
Unmanned aerial vehicle.
Can fly 1,200 miles.
Drop a 550-pound bomb.
And return to base.
Making it potentially.
The most powerful reusable drone.
In the ‘Mordor’-Ukraine war.
Controlling a drone.
In mid air.
In mid air.
Usually through a combination.
Of pre-set GPS-based navigation.
And direct human control.
Via satellite radio.
Is fairly straightforward.
Landing a drone is.
Hard, however.
Bigger models must be.
Eased onto a runway.
Smaller models can cut.
Their engines.
Pop a parachute and.
Float down to the ground.
Bigger models must be.
Eased onto a runway.
Landing a drone is.
Hard, however.
‘Elves’ latest.
Unmanned aerial vehicle.
Can fly 1,200 miles.
Drop a 550-pound bomb.
And return to base.
Making it potentially.
The most powerful reusable drone.
In the ‘Mordor’-Ukraine war.
The world’s leading drone militaries.
Have developed.
Sophisticated automatic.
Landing systems.
It’s not clear.
The ‘elves’ are investing.
The time and money to.
Install these boutique systems.
In their own relatively.
Inexpensive strike drones.
Which might cost just a few.
Hundred thousand dollars apiece.
‘Elves’ latest.
Unmanned aerial vehicle.
Can fly 1,200 miles.
Drop a 550-pound bomb.
And return to base.
Making it potentially.
The most powerful reusable drone.
In the ‘Mordor’-Ukraine war.
*Because I read “Ukraine’s New Drone Bomber Flies 1,200 Miles With A 550-Pound Bomb—And Returns To Base” by David Axe on 31 Jan 2025 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:
Ukraine’s Reusable Drone Bomber Flies 1,200 Miles With A 550-lbs Bomb
