[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @GrandpaRoy2 Roy🇨🇦 Canada is helping Ukraine upgrade its helicopters to intercept Shahed UAVs, with General Syrskyi noting that Canada is providing modern electro-optical and targeting systems. The use of drones in the war has dramatically changed, with even experienced snipers now being targets for ordinary quadcopters with good cameras and thermal imagers. Ukraine is adapting to the new drone warfare landscape, with developments such as airburst electronic fuzes, fiber optic FPVs, and an online platform for military units to purchase drones and other equipment. ### Engagements: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1640201327140806661/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXXXXX +10% - X Month XXXXXXXXXX +74% - X Months XXXXXXXXXX +288% - X Year XXXXXXXXXX +499% ### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::1640201327140806661/posts_active)  - X Week XX -XX% - X Month XXX +55% - X Months XXX -XXXX% - X Year XXX +175% ### Followers: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1640201327140806661/followers)  - X Week XXXXXX +1.20% - X Month XXXXXX +10% - X Months XXXXXX +70% - X Year XXXXXX +206% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1640201327140806661/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::1640201327140806661/influence) --- **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) #1730 [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) XXXX% [luxury brands](/list/luxury-brands) XXXX% [fashion brands](/list/fashion-brands) XXXX% [stocks](/list/stocks) XXXX% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) XXXX% **Social topic influence** [drones](/topic/drones) #26, [ukraine](/topic/ukraine) #36, [drone](/topic/drone) #876, [roy](/topic/roy) #15, [$fro](/topic/$fro) 4.26%, [russia](/topic/russia) 4.26%, [trenches](/topic/trenches) #135, [dji](/topic/dji) #409, [dominance](/topic/dominance) 2.13%, [trench](/topic/trench) #98 **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@drewpea67303737](/creator/undefined) [@atackacom](/creator/undefined) [@bad_species1](/creator/undefined) [@supersean415](/creator/undefined) [@trenttelenko](/creator/undefined) [@securityrollo](/creator/undefined) [@bayraktar1love](/creator/undefined) [@sukritganesh](/creator/undefined) [@u2f_tg](/creator/undefined) [@esper_jack682](/creator/undefined) [@lorddevlin](/creator/undefined) [@uraanitursas](/creator/undefined) [@kenflorida3](/creator/undefined) [@arturojortiz](/creator/undefined) [@ericmfriel](/creator/undefined) [@hillerovsky](/creator/undefined) [@koffeekommander](/creator/undefined) [@hartreefock](/creator/undefined) [@j1mmyjamjam](/creator/undefined) [@captainpooby](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Frontline Ltd. (FRO)](/topic/$fro) ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::1640201327140806661/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "The formal process required of a Ukrainian manufacturer to receive certification for a new FPV drone type is extensive as shown in this publication. FPVs have come a long way in a short time from their racing toy origins. 1/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1944092773239366028) 2025-07-12 17:53:31 UTC 30.1K followers, 18.8K engagements "An SMG is more compact and lightweight than a rifle for gunners and drivers yet much more viable if needed for a small-arms fight than a shotgun. What Western submachine gun options might there be for Ukraine 3/ J Edgar Hoover with a Thompson SMG"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1945483560439447905) 2025-07-16 14:00:00 UTC 30.1K followers, 1736 engagements "The cessation of all US aid to Ukraine also means the end of US restrictions on Ukrainian strategy. Targets that apparently were forbidden can now be attacked. The vulnerable electrical system that powers the trains that supply everything to the Russian army lead that list. 1/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1897268855837536333) 2025-03-05 12:51:59 UTC 30.2K followers, 727.2K engagements "Please tell us what is this stuff We have a guess that it is a kind of relay for FPV drones." Russians still cant identify the commonly-found electronic fuze of the M70 landmine. The Russian death rate is so high that such institutional knowledge must be increasingly rare. 1/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1946838623086842240) 2025-07-20 07:44:32 UTC 30.2K followers, 22.4K engagements "Russian CEO of United Aircraft Corporation Alexey Rogozin reveals that Ukrainian interceptor UAVs have already downed over XXX Geran-2 (Shahed) UAVs. It was decided to build a clear sky over Kyiv with the help of interceptor drones. 1/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1944790045103190079) 2025-07-14 16:04:13 UTC 30.2K followers, 381.1K engagements "A successful Ukrainian cybersecurity operation has contaminated Russian firmware that modifies retail DJI Mavics for combat conditions. Firmware 1001 removes altitude restrictions disables the ID system deactivates geofencing and increases communication range. 1/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1945892623073661180) 2025-07-17 17:05:28 UTC 30.2K followers, 27.7K engagements "Another big Ukrainian improvised directional landmine using ammunition cans for the casing. An electric detonator for command detonation is used here but an MUV series fuze with tripwires could also be used with this device"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1945146474226180294) 2025-07-15 15:40:33 UTC 30.2K followers, 23.9K engagements "Russian milblogger and journalist Semyon Pegov (Wargonzo) claims that: The US is secretly helping Taiwan create an FPV school based on Ukrainian experience. 1/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1943574933830779386) 2025-07-11 07:35:48 UTC 30.2K followers, 36.5K engagements "I detest Hegseth for his antipathy to Ukraine but this is surprisingly good news for the US military"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1943469442173931774) 2025-07-11 00:36:37 UTC 30.2K followers, 5181 engagements "Chinese drone maker DJI has introduced a heavy coaxial quadcopter with an XX kg lift capacity. In comparison the Ukrainian Vampire hexacopter lifts XX kg. Among the characteristics are XX inch blades a XX meter winch line millimeter wave radar and machine learning guidance"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1940081596276867222) 2025-07-01 16:14:32 UTC 30.2K followers, 1M engagements "The Russians accuse Ukraine of violating the Geneva and Ottawa Conventions prohibiting anti-personnel landmines. #Spanish C-3-B anti-tank landmines require XXX kg of force on the pressure plate to initiate the fuze but if the plate is removed just X kg of force will suffice. 1/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1942958433982107713) 2025-07-09 14:46:03 UTC 30.2K followers, 43.8K engagements "The new Ukrainian defensive lines in the Donetsk region feature three lines of very deep and wide anti-tank trenches. A triple line of concertina wire staked to the bottom of the ditch as an anti-personnel barrier complete this critical part of the defensive works. 1/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1945868396266201445) 2025-07-17 15:29:12 UTC 30.2K followers, 39.5K engagements "The enemy knows: if they don't shoot people will relax and discipline in movement around positions will drop. And then they can launch a swarm of drones at the 'lit up' spots. No spottersall work is done via video and tracking of our movements. 4/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1946953245701833014) 2025-07-20 15:20:01 UTC 30.2K followers, 10.5K engagements "Many Russians apparently believe that a helmet should be left unfastened so that the kinetic energy of a shrapnel hit is taken away when the helmet flies off the head. This delusion can result in damage to neck vertebrae and ligaments when the helmet rotates. 1/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1942622596710949241) 2025-07-08 16:31:33 UTC 30.2K followers, 149.4K engagements "@UA_SpaceMarine Infantry positions in open fields would be destroyed by FPVs and are no longer being built there by Ukraine. They are hidden in treelines and woods. Ukrainian FPVs will replace this function in the open kill zones"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1945885051859984414) 2025-07-17 16:35:23 UTC 30.1K followers, XXX engagements "@interesting_aIl There isnt any purpose to a loop in the back on a robe unlike pants where it helps cover your butt when bending over. My wifes classic Burberry trench coat has no belt loop on the back"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1945695975705915632) 2025-07-17 04:04:04 UTC 30.2K followers, 39.9K engagements "Similarly an artillery crisis can be stated. Although the conflict in Ukraine seemed to have returned artillery with uncontrolled ammunition to the pedestal of the god of war the problems remained. 8/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1943682566021677322) 2025-07-11 14:43:30 UTC 30.1K followers, XXX engagements "The Russians are increasingly using Geran-2 (Shahed-136) long range strike UAVs for tactical missions as well. With a 90kg warhead it has most of the equivalent effect of a FAB-250 glide bomb. Here a Geran-2 strikes a Ukrainian position 40km from the frontline. 1/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1946282744033808456) 2025-07-18 18:55:41 UTC 30.2K followers, 75K engagements "The plan to leave a track and break into a herringbone will most likely result in multiple landmine hits. And the laughable instructions to shoot canister at a rapidly moving FPV could only have have emanated from a General"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1944260208542498876) 2025-07-13 04:58:50 UTC 30.2K followers, 99.3K engagements "Koshchei the Deathless is a prominent character in Russian and Slavic fairy tales often portrayed as a powerful immortal sorcerer or villain. A Golem in Jewish mysticism is created from inanimate matter often mud or clay to serve a specific purpose such as protection. 2/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1944561238455058461) 2025-07-14 00:55:02 UTC 30.1K followers, 2230 engagements "The Chinese-Russian group PGI Technology has begun combining Kevlar thread with optical fiber to increase the strength of the thread and resistance to breakage in loops during fiber FPV flight. They claim the tensile strength has doubled from XX N to XXX N. 1/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1946559285028356502) 2025-07-19 13:14:33 UTC 30.2K followers, 274.4K engagements "Russian 3D printed sabots for holding six buckshot apparently produced by a photopolymer printer. They will replace the bullets of XXXX rifle cartridges for use as anti-FPV shotgun cartridges. 1/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1944763841688314119) 2025-07-14 14:20:06 UTC 30.2K followers, 67.7K engagements "#Germany has designed a modular plastic trench system based on analysis of the War in Ukraine. A metal frame allows rapid set-up compared to wooden methods. "The time savings are colossal. What used to take at least a day is now ready for use in a very short time." 1/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1943327404505862466) 2025-07-10 15:12:13 UTC 30.2K followers, 564.7K engagements "The suspension of Russia's largest annual military technology expo is unprecedented and surprising"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1945992881334047139) 2025-07-17 23:43:52 UTC 30.2K followers, 4375 engagements "Ukrainian gunners mount a GShG four-barrel 7.62mm minigun on a vehicle-borne pedestal. Intended to engage Russian Shahed-136 (Rus: Geran-2) kamikaze UAVs the gas-powered GShG is equipped here with a thermal imager and a screen. 1/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1944115729286226000) 2025-07-12 19:24:44 UTC 30.2K followers, 109.2K engagements "The Russians are building dedicated training grounds for motorcyclists. Training apparently is for both logistics riders and for dragoon assaults. Instructors will include titled motocross athletes"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1941620825876201960) 2025-07-05 22:10:53 UTC 30.2K followers, 520.7K engagements "Russian blogger Vault X looks hard to find positive things to say about the Russian war effort. On the positive side. War fatigue manifests itself in the fact that comrades friends and subscribers periodically ask me to find something positive in what is happening. 1/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1946220238229676243) 2025-07-18 14:47:18 UTC 30.2K followers, 151.3K engagements "Drone war is not the future it is yesterday. A Russian blogger gives advice on surviving under the constant gaze of Mavic drones. How to survive under the bird: the fight against small surveillance UAVs. 1/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1938575886485508136) 2025-06-27 12:31:22 UTC 30.2K followers, 1.4M engagements "The Holy Grail for FPVs is terminal autonomy but it has proven to be a difficult quest"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1943077904302432427) 2025-07-09 22:40:47 UTC 30.2K followers, 7260 engagements "@DrewPea67303737 True but systems like Skyranger are not at all cheap and not enough will be built because of that. Western militaries need to greatly reduce the cost of such systems to be just good enough like the Ukrainian model"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1943746029519610337) 2025-07-11 18:55:41 UTC 30.2K followers, XX engagements "A Russian describes the consistency and handling characteristics of the thermobaric compound (fuel-air) of a cut-openTBG-7 rocket"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1944839003255267532) 2025-07-14 19:18:46 UTC 30.1K followers, 7729 engagements "A Russian S-643 122mm illumination projectile is disassembled to reveal the parachute and illuminate charge. A timed fuze initiates a bursting charge that ejects the contents through the base and also ignites the illuminant charge. It burns for XX seconds at 269000 candlepower"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1944878273491792334) 2025-07-14 21:54:49 UTC 30.2K followers, 14.6K engagements "A Russian soldier describes the effects of a Ukrainian FPV aerial carousel of death on a road movement and the obstacles to shotgun use. In the Pokrovsky direction in the near rear we encountered the use of a swarm of drones against us for the first time. 1/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1945946123648262479) 2025-07-17 20:38:04 UTC 30.2K followers, 377.4K engagements "@KenFlorida3 @Muller_Lab @silver__sparrow Think of the publicity for the company if Italy donated one and it became a Shahed-eating monster protecting Kyiv"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1944192081037275429) 2025-07-13 00:28:08 UTC 30.2K followers, XXX engagements "Russia cannot produce heavy roller bearings and this will have huge ramifications for its railroad industry and its whole economy"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1946327214792049087) 2025-07-18 21:52:23 UTC 30.2K followers, 6089 engagements "The US Army maintains an exasperating confident arrogance that FPV toys will not be a threat to their vehicles and the soldiers inside them"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1936828169148907962) 2025-06-22 16:46:34 UTC 30.2K followers, 206.9K engagements "The new US Army Tank Platoon Tactics Manual shows an incredible ignorance of the realities of FPV warfare. Apparently a platoon has lots of time on sighting an FPV to make hand signals close hatches signal HQ and change formation. In the real world they will have seconds. 1/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1944260199759720925) 2025-07-13 04:58:48 UTC 30.2K followers, 382.6K engagements "The tough little Ukrainian Ratel-S UGV has been used extensively for minelaying and logistical missions. Now the powerful 6-wheeled Ratel-H is in service with a XXX kg hauling capacity and a whopping 1500 kg towing capacity enough to tow a van"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1944908729259856181) 2025-07-14 23:55:50 UTC 30.2K followers, 99K engagements "A more challenging question was asked here with What mine is this This is the SD-2S starter motor from a Ukrainian Stugna-P ATGM. 2/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1946838633476231552) 2025-07-20 07:44:35 UTC 30.2K followers, 2972 engagements "Further information has been released regarding the downed Shahed-136s with imaging guidance and AI capabilities. Details of materials and electronic components indicate Iranian fabrication. The camera is an analog thermal imager for both reconnaissance and terrain following. 1/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1938897241584083255) 2025-06-28 09:48:20 UTC 30.2K followers, 161.1K engagements "@jussi_talvitie How did Finland end up with a different gauge than everybody else"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1946628145127596252) 2025-07-19 17:48:11 UTC 30.2K followers, 1233 engagements "A Russian drone with a solar panel was spotted on top of a water tower. While too small to power a radio repeater by itself it would allow an extended period on a standby mode"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1945175213978583529) 2025-07-15 17:34:45 UTC 30.2K followers, 16.2K engagements "@captain_catos @Scotty2Hotty__1 Will they help the tankers in this platoon if they go to war next month against Russia in Lithuania"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1944287684106781037) 2025-07-13 06:48:01 UTC 30.1K followers, 1571 engagements "Russian blogger Alexander Karchenko claims that Russian drone units do not have enough radio repeater drones forcing their FPV operators to use inferior tactics. Give us air repeaters Our country produces FPV calculations like hotcakes. 1/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1942905708837835203) 2025-07-09 11:16:33 UTC 30.2K followers, 246.3K engagements "A Russian volunteer 3D printer explains why there has been so little progression to casting or stamping components for drone munitions in the war's 4th year. We are periodically told that we are printing something wrong. That it should be like this or better yet like that. 1/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1940419248666677417) 2025-07-02 14:36:14 UTC 30.2K followers, 429.4K engagements "A Ukrainian UGV called Crazy Ghost ( ) can carry 250kg at XX km/hr and is configured for casualty evacuation. It is indeed a pretty crazy driver"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1941897225300476225) 2025-07-06 16:29:11 UTC 30.2K followers, 63.3K engagements "A Russians disassembles a Ukrainian PVP-50 (-50) anti-personnel directional landmine. It logically copies the successful design of the Russian MON-50 which in turn was copied from the legendary American M-18A1 Claymore. 1/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1939735808678019534) 2025-06-30 17:20:29 UTC 30.2K followers, 15.9M engagements "Russia has always had a terrible ratio of killed to wounded because of their indifference to wounded and a poor medical system. Now FPVs have resulted in the extraordinary ratio of more Russian killed than wounded"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1945673551551627359) 2025-07-17 02:34:58 UTC 30.2K followers, 11.9K engagements "Yes that's itthe enemy sees it. They analyze where and how often people appear make marks and thena volley of 1015 FPV drones The enemy's main goal is to lure Such 'silence' is not mercy but a trap. 3/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1946953189045178658) 2025-07-20 15:19:47 UTC 30.2K followers, 10.6K engagements "The Russians have targeted the Ukrainian railway system as seen by this destroyed electric locomotive. Replacing locomotives is difficult as almost all countries except ex-Soviet have a different gauge. It is critical for Ukraine to cripple the Russian electric rail system first"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1946603949882220636) 2025-07-19 16:12:02 UTC 30.2K followers, 171.8K engagements "An experienced Russian sniper explains the dramatic changes for snipers brought about by drones. Complete destruction of invisibility. Previously a sniper could lie under camouflage for hours blending into the terrain and being virtually invisible to ground infantry 1/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1937463539452502093) 2025-06-24 10:51:18 UTC 30.2K followers, 5.7M engagements "@EricMFriel @titchashen @bayraktar_1love Air superiority especially in a sudden assault on say Estonia should not be assumed even for the US"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1946023377744932950) 2025-07-18 01:45:03 UTC 30.1K followers, XX engagements "A Russian Prince Vandal fiber optic FPV with legs for landing into an ambush position on the side of a road. Any position can be chosen to land as a fiber FPV is not constrained by radio line-of-sight constraints"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1933885907121398004) 2025-06-14 13:55:04 UTC 30.2K followers, 134.8K engagements "@SukritGanesh @blyskavka_ua @TrentTelenko @Schizointel We cant believe Russian reports on numbers shot down they lie. However the Russians are using some of their long-range UAVs for tactical strikes now. We may see something similar from Ukraine but probably not with expensive Lytyys"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1946827429298979293) 2025-07-20 07:00:04 UTC 30.2K followers, XX engagements "@Hillerovsky Russian assaults are infantry and light vehicles like motorcycles. Larger vehicles wouldnt get near the trenches due to Ukrainian FPVs"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1946227245770735692) 2025-07-18 15:15:09 UTC 30.2K followers, XXX engagements "A Ukrainian drone unit of the 3rd Assault Brigade uses FPVs and UGVs to eliminate a Russian bunker. After a massive blast from a UGV with three TM-62 anti-tank landmines the survivors surrender to a Mavic drone before a second UGV can strike them"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1943369471105855649) 2025-07-10 17:59:22 UTC 30.2K followers, 5038 engagements "Training is scheduled to begin in September. The school is being created with the support of the US although unofficial support - Washington does not want to aggravate the already difficult relations with Beijing and give China a reason to retaliate. 4/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1943574950553555189) 2025-07-11 07:35:52 UTC 30.2K followers, 2246 engagements "The Russians claim that their Prince Vandal fiber optic FPVs have been used for a high-speed communication system. The FPV is flown unarmed from a base to a forward location and the media converter is removed and a WiFi router plugged in"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1946263545714511912) 2025-07-18 17:39:23 UTC 30.2K followers, 99K engagements "Russian milblogger Obsessed with War argues the West has little scope to increase missile defenses against UAVs like the Russian Geran-2 (Shahed) and must commit to the Ukrainian model of UAV interceptors. UAV production is the only thing the West can scale up quickly. 1/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1944356442913550675) 2025-07-13 11:21:15 UTC 30.2K followers, 596.9K engagements "The distinctive sound of a Russian FPV is heard on the other side of the safety of a Ukrainian road net tunnel"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1940912420312207612) 2025-07-03 23:15:56 UTC 30.2K followers, 20.6K engagements "A downed Russian Gerbera decoy and reconnaissance UAV downed over Kyiv has a gimbaled camera and a video transmitter. Since Kyiv is 300km from Russia and so beyond radio line of sight (or even 100km to Belarus) this implies there is a radio receiver in the city. 1/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1941377263536308430) 2025-07-05 06:03:03 UTC 30.2K followers, 107.7K engagements "With a global shortage of military grade explosives here Ukrainians mix commercial Kemix-B explosive with Soviet PVV-7 explosive possibly with aluminum powder as well. Kemix-B is an emulsion mixture highly resistant to moisture and so well suited for the mining industry. 1/"  [@GrandpaRoy2](/creator/x/GrandpaRoy2) on [X](/post/tweet/1945118924502151582) 2025-07-15 13:51:04 UTC 30.1K followers, 37.5K engagements
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Canada is helping Ukraine upgrade its helicopters to intercept Shahed UAVs, with General Syrskyi noting that Canada is providing modern electro-optical and targeting systems. The use of drones in the war has dramatically changed, with even experienced snipers now being targets for ordinary quadcopters with good cameras and thermal imagers. Ukraine is adapting to the new drone warfare landscape, with developments such as airburst electronic fuzes, fiber optic FPVs, and an online platform for military units to purchase drones and other equipment.
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"The formal process required of a Ukrainian manufacturer to receive certification for a new FPV drone type is extensive as shown in this publication. FPVs have come a long way in a short time from their racing toy origins. 1/"
@GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-12 17:53:31 UTC 30.1K followers, 18.8K engagements
"An SMG is more compact and lightweight than a rifle for gunners and drivers yet much more viable if needed for a small-arms fight than a shotgun. What Western submachine gun options might there be for Ukraine 3/ J Edgar Hoover with a Thompson SMG" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-16 14:00:00 UTC 30.1K followers, 1736 engagements
"The cessation of all US aid to Ukraine also means the end of US restrictions on Ukrainian strategy. Targets that apparently were forbidden can now be attacked. The vulnerable electrical system that powers the trains that supply everything to the Russian army lead that list. 1/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-03-05 12:51:59 UTC 30.2K followers, 727.2K engagements
"Please tell us what is this stuff We have a guess that it is a kind of relay for FPV drones." Russians still cant identify the commonly-found electronic fuze of the M70 landmine. The Russian death rate is so high that such institutional knowledge must be increasingly rare. 1/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-20 07:44:32 UTC 30.2K followers, 22.4K engagements
"Russian CEO of United Aircraft Corporation Alexey Rogozin reveals that Ukrainian interceptor UAVs have already downed over XXX Geran-2 (Shahed) UAVs. It was decided to build a clear sky over Kyiv with the help of interceptor drones. 1/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-14 16:04:13 UTC 30.2K followers, 381.1K engagements
"A successful Ukrainian cybersecurity operation has contaminated Russian firmware that modifies retail DJI Mavics for combat conditions. Firmware 1001 removes altitude restrictions disables the ID system deactivates geofencing and increases communication range. 1/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-17 17:05:28 UTC 30.2K followers, 27.7K engagements
"Another big Ukrainian improvised directional landmine using ammunition cans for the casing. An electric detonator for command detonation is used here but an MUV series fuze with tripwires could also be used with this device" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-15 15:40:33 UTC 30.2K followers, 23.9K engagements
"Russian milblogger and journalist Semyon Pegov (Wargonzo) claims that: The US is secretly helping Taiwan create an FPV school based on Ukrainian experience. 1/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-11 07:35:48 UTC 30.2K followers, 36.5K engagements
"I detest Hegseth for his antipathy to Ukraine but this is surprisingly good news for the US military" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-11 00:36:37 UTC 30.2K followers, 5181 engagements
"Chinese drone maker DJI has introduced a heavy coaxial quadcopter with an XX kg lift capacity. In comparison the Ukrainian Vampire hexacopter lifts XX kg. Among the characteristics are XX inch blades a XX meter winch line millimeter wave radar and machine learning guidance" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-01 16:14:32 UTC 30.2K followers, 1M engagements
"The Russians accuse Ukraine of violating the Geneva and Ottawa Conventions prohibiting anti-personnel landmines. #Spanish C-3-B anti-tank landmines require XXX kg of force on the pressure plate to initiate the fuze but if the plate is removed just X kg of force will suffice. 1/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-09 14:46:03 UTC 30.2K followers, 43.8K engagements
"The new Ukrainian defensive lines in the Donetsk region feature three lines of very deep and wide anti-tank trenches. A triple line of concertina wire staked to the bottom of the ditch as an anti-personnel barrier complete this critical part of the defensive works. 1/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-17 15:29:12 UTC 30.2K followers, 39.5K engagements
"The enemy knows: if they don't shoot people will relax and discipline in movement around positions will drop. And then they can launch a swarm of drones at the 'lit up' spots. No spottersall work is done via video and tracking of our movements. 4/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-20 15:20:01 UTC 30.2K followers, 10.5K engagements
"Many Russians apparently believe that a helmet should be left unfastened so that the kinetic energy of a shrapnel hit is taken away when the helmet flies off the head. This delusion can result in damage to neck vertebrae and ligaments when the helmet rotates. 1/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-08 16:31:33 UTC 30.2K followers, 149.4K engagements
"@UA_SpaceMarine Infantry positions in open fields would be destroyed by FPVs and are no longer being built there by Ukraine. They are hidden in treelines and woods. Ukrainian FPVs will replace this function in the open kill zones" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-17 16:35:23 UTC 30.1K followers, XXX engagements
"@interesting_aIl There isnt any purpose to a loop in the back on a robe unlike pants where it helps cover your butt when bending over. My wifes classic Burberry trench coat has no belt loop on the back" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-17 04:04:04 UTC 30.2K followers, 39.9K engagements
"Similarly an artillery crisis can be stated. Although the conflict in Ukraine seemed to have returned artillery with uncontrolled ammunition to the pedestal of the god of war the problems remained. 8/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-11 14:43:30 UTC 30.1K followers, XXX engagements
"The Russians are increasingly using Geran-2 (Shahed-136) long range strike UAVs for tactical missions as well. With a 90kg warhead it has most of the equivalent effect of a FAB-250 glide bomb. Here a Geran-2 strikes a Ukrainian position 40km from the frontline. 1/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-18 18:55:41 UTC 30.2K followers, 75K engagements
"The plan to leave a track and break into a herringbone will most likely result in multiple landmine hits. And the laughable instructions to shoot canister at a rapidly moving FPV could only have have emanated from a General" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-13 04:58:50 UTC 30.2K followers, 99.3K engagements
"Koshchei the Deathless is a prominent character in Russian and Slavic fairy tales often portrayed as a powerful immortal sorcerer or villain. A Golem in Jewish mysticism is created from inanimate matter often mud or clay to serve a specific purpose such as protection. 2/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-14 00:55:02 UTC 30.1K followers, 2230 engagements
"The Chinese-Russian group PGI Technology has begun combining Kevlar thread with optical fiber to increase the strength of the thread and resistance to breakage in loops during fiber FPV flight. They claim the tensile strength has doubled from XX N to XXX N. 1/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-19 13:14:33 UTC 30.2K followers, 274.4K engagements
"Russian 3D printed sabots for holding six buckshot apparently produced by a photopolymer printer. They will replace the bullets of XXXX rifle cartridges for use as anti-FPV shotgun cartridges. 1/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-14 14:20:06 UTC 30.2K followers, 67.7K engagements
"#Germany has designed a modular plastic trench system based on analysis of the War in Ukraine. A metal frame allows rapid set-up compared to wooden methods. "The time savings are colossal. What used to take at least a day is now ready for use in a very short time." 1/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-10 15:12:13 UTC 30.2K followers, 564.7K engagements
"The suspension of Russia's largest annual military technology expo is unprecedented and surprising" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-17 23:43:52 UTC 30.2K followers, 4375 engagements
"Ukrainian gunners mount a GShG four-barrel 7.62mm minigun on a vehicle-borne pedestal. Intended to engage Russian Shahed-136 (Rus: Geran-2) kamikaze UAVs the gas-powered GShG is equipped here with a thermal imager and a screen. 1/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-12 19:24:44 UTC 30.2K followers, 109.2K engagements
"The Russians are building dedicated training grounds for motorcyclists. Training apparently is for both logistics riders and for dragoon assaults. Instructors will include titled motocross athletes" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-05 22:10:53 UTC 30.2K followers, 520.7K engagements
"Russian blogger Vault X looks hard to find positive things to say about the Russian war effort. On the positive side. War fatigue manifests itself in the fact that comrades friends and subscribers periodically ask me to find something positive in what is happening. 1/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-18 14:47:18 UTC 30.2K followers, 151.3K engagements
"Drone war is not the future it is yesterday. A Russian blogger gives advice on surviving under the constant gaze of Mavic drones. How to survive under the bird: the fight against small surveillance UAVs. 1/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-06-27 12:31:22 UTC 30.2K followers, 1.4M engagements
"The Holy Grail for FPVs is terminal autonomy but it has proven to be a difficult quest" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-09 22:40:47 UTC 30.2K followers, 7260 engagements
"@DrewPea67303737 True but systems like Skyranger are not at all cheap and not enough will be built because of that. Western militaries need to greatly reduce the cost of such systems to be just good enough like the Ukrainian model" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-11 18:55:41 UTC 30.2K followers, XX engagements
"A Russian describes the consistency and handling characteristics of the thermobaric compound (fuel-air) of a cut-openTBG-7 rocket" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-14 19:18:46 UTC 30.1K followers, 7729 engagements
"A Russian S-643 122mm illumination projectile is disassembled to reveal the parachute and illuminate charge. A timed fuze initiates a bursting charge that ejects the contents through the base and also ignites the illuminant charge. It burns for XX seconds at 269000 candlepower" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-14 21:54:49 UTC 30.2K followers, 14.6K engagements
"A Russian soldier describes the effects of a Ukrainian FPV aerial carousel of death on a road movement and the obstacles to shotgun use. In the Pokrovsky direction in the near rear we encountered the use of a swarm of drones against us for the first time. 1/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-17 20:38:04 UTC 30.2K followers, 377.4K engagements
"@KenFlorida3 @Muller_Lab @silver__sparrow Think of the publicity for the company if Italy donated one and it became a Shahed-eating monster protecting Kyiv" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-13 00:28:08 UTC 30.2K followers, XXX engagements
"Russia cannot produce heavy roller bearings and this will have huge ramifications for its railroad industry and its whole economy" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-18 21:52:23 UTC 30.2K followers, 6089 engagements
"The US Army maintains an exasperating confident arrogance that FPV toys will not be a threat to their vehicles and the soldiers inside them" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-06-22 16:46:34 UTC 30.2K followers, 206.9K engagements
"The new US Army Tank Platoon Tactics Manual shows an incredible ignorance of the realities of FPV warfare. Apparently a platoon has lots of time on sighting an FPV to make hand signals close hatches signal HQ and change formation. In the real world they will have seconds. 1/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-13 04:58:48 UTC 30.2K followers, 382.6K engagements
"The tough little Ukrainian Ratel-S UGV has been used extensively for minelaying and logistical missions. Now the powerful 6-wheeled Ratel-H is in service with a XXX kg hauling capacity and a whopping 1500 kg towing capacity enough to tow a van" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-14 23:55:50 UTC 30.2K followers, 99K engagements
"A more challenging question was asked here with What mine is this This is the SD-2S starter motor from a Ukrainian Stugna-P ATGM. 2/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-20 07:44:35 UTC 30.2K followers, 2972 engagements
"Further information has been released regarding the downed Shahed-136s with imaging guidance and AI capabilities. Details of materials and electronic components indicate Iranian fabrication. The camera is an analog thermal imager for both reconnaissance and terrain following. 1/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-06-28 09:48:20 UTC 30.2K followers, 161.1K engagements
"@jussi_talvitie How did Finland end up with a different gauge than everybody else" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-19 17:48:11 UTC 30.2K followers, 1233 engagements
"A Russian drone with a solar panel was spotted on top of a water tower. While too small to power a radio repeater by itself it would allow an extended period on a standby mode" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-15 17:34:45 UTC 30.2K followers, 16.2K engagements
"@captain_catos @Scotty2Hotty__1 Will they help the tankers in this platoon if they go to war next month against Russia in Lithuania" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-13 06:48:01 UTC 30.1K followers, 1571 engagements
"Russian blogger Alexander Karchenko claims that Russian drone units do not have enough radio repeater drones forcing their FPV operators to use inferior tactics. Give us air repeaters Our country produces FPV calculations like hotcakes. 1/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-09 11:16:33 UTC 30.2K followers, 246.3K engagements
"A Russian volunteer 3D printer explains why there has been so little progression to casting or stamping components for drone munitions in the war's 4th year. We are periodically told that we are printing something wrong. That it should be like this or better yet like that. 1/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-02 14:36:14 UTC 30.2K followers, 429.4K engagements
"A Ukrainian UGV called Crazy Ghost ( ) can carry 250kg at XX km/hr and is configured for casualty evacuation. It is indeed a pretty crazy driver" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-06 16:29:11 UTC 30.2K followers, 63.3K engagements
"A Russians disassembles a Ukrainian PVP-50 (-50) anti-personnel directional landmine. It logically copies the successful design of the Russian MON-50 which in turn was copied from the legendary American M-18A1 Claymore. 1/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-06-30 17:20:29 UTC 30.2K followers, 15.9M engagements
"Russia has always had a terrible ratio of killed to wounded because of their indifference to wounded and a poor medical system. Now FPVs have resulted in the extraordinary ratio of more Russian killed than wounded" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-17 02:34:58 UTC 30.2K followers, 11.9K engagements
"Yes that's itthe enemy sees it. They analyze where and how often people appear make marks and thena volley of 1015 FPV drones The enemy's main goal is to lure Such 'silence' is not mercy but a trap. 3/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-20 15:19:47 UTC 30.2K followers, 10.6K engagements
"The Russians have targeted the Ukrainian railway system as seen by this destroyed electric locomotive. Replacing locomotives is difficult as almost all countries except ex-Soviet have a different gauge. It is critical for Ukraine to cripple the Russian electric rail system first" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-19 16:12:02 UTC 30.2K followers, 171.8K engagements
"An experienced Russian sniper explains the dramatic changes for snipers brought about by drones. Complete destruction of invisibility. Previously a sniper could lie under camouflage for hours blending into the terrain and being virtually invisible to ground infantry 1/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-06-24 10:51:18 UTC 30.2K followers, 5.7M engagements
"@EricMFriel @titchashen @bayraktar_1love Air superiority especially in a sudden assault on say Estonia should not be assumed even for the US" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-18 01:45:03 UTC 30.1K followers, XX engagements
"A Russian Prince Vandal fiber optic FPV with legs for landing into an ambush position on the side of a road. Any position can be chosen to land as a fiber FPV is not constrained by radio line-of-sight constraints" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-06-14 13:55:04 UTC 30.2K followers, 134.8K engagements
"@SukritGanesh @blyskavka_ua @TrentTelenko @Schizointel We cant believe Russian reports on numbers shot down they lie. However the Russians are using some of their long-range UAVs for tactical strikes now. We may see something similar from Ukraine but probably not with expensive Lytyys" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-20 07:00:04 UTC 30.2K followers, XX engagements
"@Hillerovsky Russian assaults are infantry and light vehicles like motorcycles. Larger vehicles wouldnt get near the trenches due to Ukrainian FPVs" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-18 15:15:09 UTC 30.2K followers, XXX engagements
"A Ukrainian drone unit of the 3rd Assault Brigade uses FPVs and UGVs to eliminate a Russian bunker. After a massive blast from a UGV with three TM-62 anti-tank landmines the survivors surrender to a Mavic drone before a second UGV can strike them" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-10 17:59:22 UTC 30.2K followers, 5038 engagements
"Training is scheduled to begin in September. The school is being created with the support of the US although unofficial support - Washington does not want to aggravate the already difficult relations with Beijing and give China a reason to retaliate. 4/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-11 07:35:52 UTC 30.2K followers, 2246 engagements
"The Russians claim that their Prince Vandal fiber optic FPVs have been used for a high-speed communication system. The FPV is flown unarmed from a base to a forward location and the media converter is removed and a WiFi router plugged in" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-18 17:39:23 UTC 30.2K followers, 99K engagements
"Russian milblogger Obsessed with War argues the West has little scope to increase missile defenses against UAVs like the Russian Geran-2 (Shahed) and must commit to the Ukrainian model of UAV interceptors. UAV production is the only thing the West can scale up quickly. 1/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-13 11:21:15 UTC 30.2K followers, 596.9K engagements
"The distinctive sound of a Russian FPV is heard on the other side of the safety of a Ukrainian road net tunnel" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-03 23:15:56 UTC 30.2K followers, 20.6K engagements
"A downed Russian Gerbera decoy and reconnaissance UAV downed over Kyiv has a gimbaled camera and a video transmitter. Since Kyiv is 300km from Russia and so beyond radio line of sight (or even 100km to Belarus) this implies there is a radio receiver in the city. 1/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-05 06:03:03 UTC 30.2K followers, 107.7K engagements
"With a global shortage of military grade explosives here Ukrainians mix commercial Kemix-B explosive with Soviet PVV-7 explosive possibly with aluminum powder as well. Kemix-B is an emulsion mixture highly resistant to moisture and so well suited for the mining industry. 1/" @GrandpaRoy2 on X 2025-07-15 13:51:04 UTC 30.1K followers, 37.5K engagements