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.
From: Euromaiden Press BY DAVID AXE
- A thermal blanket can help a soldier hide from night-flying drones
- But the best Western blankets are too expensive: as much as $2,000 apiece
- So a Ukrainian firm has developed a cheaper but high-quality local alternative
- Ukrainian troops still clinging to Myrnohrad would benefit from thermal camouflage as they slip out of the town
A Ukrainian company has developed a better thermal blanket for hiding from night-flying drones. Ukrainian troops badly need this new and improved blanket: some of them are cut off in Myrnohrad. The only way out for these survivors is to sneak past the Russian drones that are everywhere all the time around the ruined town.
Soldiers wear thermal blankets to mask their heat signature. A well-made thermal blanket, worn properly, can cause the wearer to practically “disappear” on the kind of thermal cameras drones carry for seeing at night. A badly-made blanket can actually cause the wearer to stand out—making easier to detect, not harder.
Examples abound of thermal blankets betraying their wearers. Ukrainian firm STG Defence is trying to do better. The company recently revealed its Chuhaistyr Gen 2 thermal blanket, which provides head-to-toe coverage and, according to Canadian drone expert Roy, results in “thermal visibility to a Mavic 3T similar to the surroundings.”
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