Russia is developing effective means to destroy foreign UAVs.
The famous military TV correspondent Alexander Rogatkin published a picture of the remains of a Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 drone. These drones caused a lot of trouble to the Armenian forces in the Second Karabakh War last year, and now they threaten the unrecognized Donbass Republic by Ukrainian forces.
There was no news about the exact location of Bayraktar. It is known that these drones were actively used by the Turks in Libya, Syria, and also in Azerbaijan. Earlier it was reported that several drones were shot down in Libya with the help of the Russian Pantsir-S anti-aircraft systems, which are in service with Haftar's forces.
It is unlikely that Bayraktar was shot down in Karabakh. Otherwise, the Armenian side will not hesitate to report it. On the other hand, it does not matter where the Russian specialists acquired the drone. But the important thing is that the drone is in fairly good shape so you can study its electronic brains. Judging from the photo, the wreck of Bayraktar is in a sick condition.
Studying the equipment on board the drone will help to better understand the principle of control and study the means of communication and navigation. This will help develop the most effective means of detecting and destroying drones. For example, the use of anti-aircraft missile systems or electronic warfare stations.
Given that Ukraine has purchased a batch of Bayraktar parades from Turkey and is building a plant to assemble them near Kyiv. Now these drones are making “provocative” flights near Donbass and Crimea.
Some of the technologies hidden in Bayraktar, for example, Canadian engines or American navigation systems, can be used to create Russian UAVs.
By the way, this is a well-known practice. For example, in the 70s of the last century, a captured American air-to-air missile helped specialists of the State Research Institute of Aviation Systems to create the excellent Soviet K-8 missile.