Shout “Devastation” and unleash the dogs of war.
According to official reports, Ukraine is sending a fleet of robot dogs, including some four-legged Terminators, to Russian troops to carry out “kamikaze” attacks on enemy soldiers and vehicles along the front lines.
More than 30 of Brit Alliance’s robot dogs, which cost $9,000 each, have been deployed on the battlefield so far. The metal dogs serve as walking drones that can carry out reconnaissance missions and quickly deliver supplies to troops.
A commander of the Ukrainian unit Kurt & Company told the Telegraph that his team is also working on using the dogs “as kamikaze drones against vehicles or enemy soldiers”.
“We will deploy them on a large scale after the robot dogs are fully adapted to our needs,” said the commander. “The process is already underway.”
Brit Alliance described the first use of robot dogs in the war in Ukraine as a success.
While the company hopes to build on that success based on feedback from the Army, it is unclear whether the company would deliver combat-ready dogs.
Kyle Thorburn, the company’s chief executive, had previously told the Telegraph that the robots were not designed as weapons, but rather as tools to “save lives” on the battlefield.
The robots, called “BAD2,” are equipped with remote sensing technology and a thermal infrared camera. This allows the dogs to cross ditches and forest areas with precision, which would not be possible for drones.
According to officials, BAD2 can travel at 9 miles per hour for up to five hours and carry over 15 pounds of supplies and ammunition.
Unlike drones, which would fly over the traps, the dog is also capable of triggering Russian booby traps along the front lines, thus warning soldiers of the impending danger.
The deployment of the BAD2 came against the backdrop of an escalating drone war between Kyiv and Moscow. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky celebrated his country’s latest drone attack on Saturday using a domestically developed Palianytsia device.
According to the Ministry of Strategic Industry, the new drone weapon was successfully deployed from Ukraine and hit a Russian military facility in one of the occupied cities.
Earlier, at the end of last week, Ukraine had carried out more than 73 drone attacks on Russia, including eleven on Moscow. It was one of the largest drone attacks on the capital since the start of the war.
