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Wire guided FPV drones (note the Myanmar one was not wire guided, Myanmar probably is not really using much EW) are essentially unjammable, easy to make, and easy to use. There will be many thousands of people with expertise coming out of the Ukraine conflict on both sides, and this knowledge has already been shared deliberately with Syrian forces. No reason to think Myanmar was tought these techniques, would be trivial to learn how to make and use them on their own.

You are undoubtedly correct that Myanmar was not using any EW techniques. The MI-17 is transport helicopter. It is not resistant to small arms fire nor (especially) 12.5 mm fire. Frankly I would much rather have a 12.5 mm machine gun rather than a drone to use against an MI-17. With a machine gun I get many shots on goal, not just one. An MI-17 can simply turn and outrun my drone if the pilot sees it. Drones are quite slow, even compared to a helicopter. The helicopter cannot outrun my 12.5 mm bullets and I can shoot a lot of them.
 
I agree that fiber-optic drones cannot be jammed. They are also relatively easy to make if one has access to the plans and the parts. Obtaining those two things is relatively easy. I do not at all agree these drones are "easy to use" (although easy is relative :-), especially as a weapon (as opposed to reconnaissance purposes). It takes quite a bit of training and experience to be effective with these kamikaze drones. Accurately "leading" a (potentially rapidly) moving target takes practice and skill. Drones aren't fast, so if you start out "wrong" you may never be able to compensate. Obviously many people learn to do it, but it is not something you just pick up in a week. It is harder than flying a "recreational" drone because the automatic stabilization feature has to be disabled to allow rapid maneuvers. The rotor wash of the helicopter will also knock the drone around a lot. Hitting the helicopter from a distance would not be trivial. As the very low hit rate of drones in the Ukraine war demonstrates even experienced and trained operators miss a lot, even on relatively fixed targets.

They will surely be used in future assassinations and terror attacks. Really just a matter of time. We have already seen one attempted drone assassination in Venezuela in 2018.

For sure. It you are targeting people in the open you also don't have to be all that good. Close counts with fragmentation grenades.

[Goose]

Wire guided FPV drones (note the Myanmar one was not wire guided, Myanmar probably is not really using much EW) are essentially unjammable, easy to make, and easy to use. There will be many thousands of people with expertise coming out of the Ukraine conflict on both sides, and this knowledge has already been shared deliberately with Syrian forces. No reason to think Myanmar was tought these techniques, would be trivial to learn how to make and use them on their own.

You are undoubtedly correct that Myanmar was not using any EW techniques. The MI-17 is transport helicopter. It is not resistant to small arms fire nor (especially) 12.5 mm fire. Frankly I would much rather have a 12.5 mm machine gun rather than a drone to use against an MI-17. With a machine gun I get many shots on goal, not just one. An MI-17 can simply turn and outrun my drone if the pilot sees it. Drones are quite slow, even compared to a helicopter. The helicopter cannot outrun my 12.5 mm bullets and I can shoot a lot of them.
 
I agree that fiber-optic drones cannot be jammed. They are also relatively easy to make if one has access to the plans and the parts. Obtaining those two things is relatively easy. I do not at all agree these drones are "easy to use" (although easy is relative :-), especially as a weapon (as opposed to reconnaissance purposes). It takes quite a bit of training and experience to be effective with these kamikaze drones. Accurately "leading" a (potentially rapidly) moving target takes practice and skill. Drones aren't fast, so if you start out "wrong" you may never be able to compensate. Obviously many people learn to do it, but it is not something you just pick up in a week. It is harder than flying a "recreational" drone because the automatic stabilization feature has to be disabled to allow rapid maneuvers. The rotor wash of the helicopter will also knock the drone around a lot. Hitting the helicopter from a distance would not be trivial. As the very low hit rate of drones in the Ukraine war demonstrates even experienced and trained operators miss a lot, even on relatively fixed targets.

They will surely be used in future assassinations and terror attacks. Really just a matter of time. We have already seen one attempted drone assassination in Venezuela in 2018.

For sure. It you are targeting people in the open you also don't have to be all that good. Close counts with fragmentation grenades.