Dragon Drones

Published on 18 Feb 2025

• A deadly new weapon has taken to the skies in the Russia-Ukraine war.

• Dragon drones carry a substance called thermite.

• The mixture is made from metal powder – most often aluminium – and powdered iron oxide or rust.

• Thermite is not explosive, but generates heat at such extreme temperatures – more than 2,200 degrees Celsius (4,000 degrees Fahrenheit).

• With this Temperature it burns through and damages nearly any material – clothing, trees and foliage, even military-grade vehicles.

•  It can also burn underwater

• Ukrainian forces used them to ignite the vegetation that Russian troops use for cover and burn it out, exposing them and their equipment to direct attack.

• Soon, the Russians too began to produce and deploy their dragon drones.

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