US to Send Ukraine its “Gray Eagle” Drones – Will it make a Difference?

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Brian Berletic
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The US has announced it will be sending General Atomics “Gray Eagle” drones - similar to the infamous “Predator” drone - to Ukraine. However, the US is only initially sending 4 drones and the Gray Eagle is comparable to Ukraine’s existing (or perhaps previously existing) Bayraktar TB2 drones produced by Turkey. The Gray Eagle drones will face the same limitations Ukraine’s Bayraktar drones faced, providing no means to change the course of the conflict, but almost certainly making General Atomics money alongside other US arms manufacturers, namely Lockheed Martin and Raytheon.

References:
Reuters - EXCLUSIVE U.S. plans to sell armed drones to Ukraine in coming days -sources: https://www.reuters.com/business/aero...

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3...
Daily Sabah - Ukraine, Turkey have signed deal for 12 Bayraktar TB2 UAVs, Poroshenko says (January 2019): https://www.dailysabah.com/defense/20...
UAWIRE - Ukraine conducts flight tests of Turkish combat drones (July 2020): https://uawire.org/ukraine-conducts-f... Defense News - Ukraine is set to buy 24 Turkish drones. So why hasn’t Russia pushed back? (September 2021): https://www.defensenews.com/unmanned/...
Daily Sabah - In Ukraine’s 1st combat use, Bayraktar TB2 destroys Russian armament (October 2021): https://www.dailysabah.com/business/d...
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I believe each one costs almost as much as a cheap variant of F16 but unlike F16 it has a very limited payload. Not only that 4 pcs are too few to make a difference, because of Russia's air defense it's use will be quite limited. They can only fly that drone outside Russian air defense range. That drone is only designed for use against goat herders or any army that doesn't have sophisticated air defense systems..

A question for you. The Bayraktar TB 2 is a line of sight system. Reported to be around 300 kilometers or 190 miles. The Gray eagle system uses satellite links I believe. The last time I looked Ukraine doesn't have satellites. So how are they going to operate them unless they use US satellites? That makes the US a participant in the conflict. Agree totally that these drones will have a very short life span in the conflict.

 

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