.ON JULY 31ST images of a Russian Mi-8 transportation chopper, plunged and burning, started flowing on social media. That by itself was certainly not unusual: Ukrainian powers have shot down credit ratings of choppers considering that the Russian intrusion began. Far more unexpected was the case in the Ukrainian push that this helicopter had been downed by a small drone. An online video launched by the country's armed forces a few times later seemed to be to lend credence to that insurance claim: the footage (observe below) presents a drone reaching another Russian airplane, this moment an Mi-28 strike chopper, reportedly requiring it to create an emergency situation touchdown. Was actually these lucky smash hits-- or even signs of an innovation in airborne warfare?