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However, the footage already shows how the drone will work on the battlefield. In the Prepare mode, it highlights the silhouettes of people in green, and in the Tracking mode, the reticle is fixed on the target, and the silhouette changes color from green to red.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Training Wild Hornets \ud83d\udc1d\ud83d\udd25<br><br>Details later \ud83d\ude0e <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WildHornets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WildHornets<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ukrainewarnews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ukrainewarnews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2qi1LNB0do\">pic.twitter.com\/2qi1LNB0do<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Wild Hornets (@wilendhornets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wilendhornets\/status\/1781736649958842556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Machine vision technology is also used by a new drone called the Ukrainian analog of the russian Lancet. 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