Science and technology | War on the fly
How Ukrainians modify civilian drones for military use
In the fight against Russian invaders, ingenuity pays
|Kyiv
IN FEBRUARY 2022, four days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a man who goes by the pseudonym “Swat”, and who lives in Kyiv, switched on a 3D printer in his garage and began to make plastic tailfins. The idea was to attach them to hand grenades, turning them into miniature bombs that can be dropped from drones.
This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline “War on the fly”
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