Ukrainian troops have a new way of hiding from night drones
The infantry's only hope to escape from drones with infrared cameras is thermal camouflage. Western blankets cost $2,000, so Ukraine is making its own.
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Russian troops can’t hide from Ukraine’s killer night drones
Russian troops are wearing heat-trapping thermal blankets to hide them from Ukraine’s lethal infrared-sensing night drones—but they’re wearing them all wrong. And it’s getting them killed.
Russian troops are hiding from Ukraine’s deadly night-vision drones—but not well enough
More Russian troops are wearing thermal blankets to hide from Ukraine’s night-vision drones. More of them are getting caught, anyway—and poor-quality blankets and inadequate training are often to blame.