Active Conflicts & News Megathread August 22, 2025

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[u/Well-Sourced]

There have been a few examples of drones taking down helicopters in the Russia-Ukraine War and now have one in Colombia. As troop transports they have always been vulnerable when loading/unloading and with the introduction of drones to non-nation state actors all over the globe they are even more so.

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In the department of Antioquia, 🇨🇴Colombia, local militants used an FPV drone to shoot down a police helicopter carrying government personnel in an anti-drug operation. 12 police officers were killed.

[u/obsessed_doomer → u/Well-Sourced]

Iirc every drone to chopper kill in Ukraine has been against landed choppers. But I could be misremembering?

[u/Old-Let6252 → u/obsessed_doomer]

I recall there being a video or two in the initial stages of the Kursk offensive of Russian helos getting hit in flight by drones