.ON JULY 31ST pictures of a Russian Mi-8 transport chopper, plunged and burning, started distributing on social networking sites. That by itself was actually certainly not unique: Ukrainian forces have actually obliterated ratings of helicopters given that the Russian intrusion started. So much more surprising was actually the case in the Ukrainian press that this helicopter had actually been downed through a small drone. A video clip released due to the country's militaries a few days later on seemed to lend credence to that claim: the footage (view listed below) presents a drone reaching one more Russian aircraft, this moment an Mi-28 attack chopper, supposedly compeling it to create an urgent touchdown. Were these fortunate favorites-- or even indicators of a breakthrough in aerial warfare?