Military Africa published on 4 June 2026 an article titled "Russian Africa Corps Deploys FPV Kamikaze Drones in Mali--But the Sky Is Already Contested."
Russia's Africa Corps is deploying First-Person View (FPV) kamikaze drones in Mali. They are compact, low-cost suicide drones that have become the defining weapon of modern asymmetric warfare. The battlefield in Mali has changed as insurgent groups first began using FPV drones and the Africa Corps is scrambling to keep up.
