Use of unmanned aerial vehicles integrated into the C4IRS system in modern combat operations

The development of weapons and military equipment conditioned the new model of conducting modern combat operations. The manner of conducting modern combat operations is characterized by the increasingly frequent and diverse use of unmanned aerial vehicles integrated into the C4IRS system in combat operations of the army. These aircraft are one of the most important types of weapons in modern combat operations. Anyone that has the technology can process the latest information from the field and safely passes that information to the command centre has a great advantage and a chance to cause great damage to units whose goal is to prevent further operational work. What is important is that UAVs must have some degree of self-protection through site selection action to reconnaissance and retreat routes. In case anyone is knocked down it would be acceptable to have the option to self-destruct vital and dataset parts, for technology and information protection. The paper presents the possibility of using unmanned aerial vehicles for various missions in combat operations, as well as a case study of their use in previous modern armed conflicts.