.ON JULY 31ST pictures of a Russian Mi-8 transportation helicopter, plunged as well as burning, began flowing on social networking sites. That by itself was actually certainly not unusual: Ukrainian powers have actually shot down credit ratings of helicopters due to the fact that the Russian intrusion began. Much more shocking was the claim in the Ukrainian press that this chopper had been actually downed through a tiny drone. A video released by the nation's armed forces a couple of days later seemed to offer credence to that insurance claim: the video (find below) shows a drone hitting an additional Russian plane, this time around an Mi-28 attack chopper, reportedly obliging it to create an emergency landing. Were these lucky smash hits-- or even indications of an innovation in airborne war?