“The British edition of The Economist suggests that Russian attacks against Ukraine using thousands of impact UAVs can become a reality. Source: The Economist Details: The publication states that a year ago 30 percussion drones that attacked Ukraine in one night were considered something extraordinary.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: The Economist
Details: The publication states that a year ago, 30 percussion drones that attacked Ukraine in one night were considered something extraordinary. Russia is now using hundreds of UAVs, in particular, 298 drones were involved on May 25, which is probably a record indicator.
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Literally: “Last year, the Kremlin produced about 300 Shahaned drones for a month; the same number is now being produced in less than three days. Ukrainian military intelligence states that it has documents that indicate that Russia plans to increase the production of drones to 500 a day, which means that attacking swings in 1000 units.”
Details: The publication provides words of Ukrainian engineers who disassemble and analyze hostile shock UAVs.
According to them, the latest models are not exposed to Ukrainian electronic wrestling – they are no longer relying on GPS, which is deafening, guided by artificial intelligence and using their own Ukrainian network of the Internet and mobile Internet. Engineers said they recently found a note inside one of the drones they disassembled. The note stated that the drones are guided by the boots on Telegram, which in real time send data on flight and video operators.
According to the newspaper, not so long ago hunting for drones was mostly carried out by mobile groups with cheap machine guns, missiles from the shoulder and an artillery of the near radius.
Now, according to the air defense officer, Colonel Denis Roast, UAVs are regularly maneuvering around these groups. At first they fly low to avoid detection, and then sharply rise to 2000-2500 meters when they approach the cities. Therefore, Ukraine uses helicopters, F-16 fighter jets and drones-interceptors to combat UAVs, which began to show good results.
A high -ranking official said in a comment to the publication that the air defense around Kiev is still knocking down about 95% of the drones that Russia launches. But those 5%cause serious harm.
The Economist writes that Ukraine still has a chance to fight drones and winged missiles, “but the prospects for ballistic threats are more gloomy.” It is noted that in the Western world the American Patriot system has a actual monopoly on ballistic anti -missile defense. Ukraine now has at least eight Patriot batteries, although some of them are damaged and repaired at any time.
Literally: “The problem is that Ukraine’s priority for Biden administration has turned into one of many potential customers who compete for limited production during Donald Trump. Lockheed Martin, which produces Patriot systems and their PAC-3 missiles, increases the output to 650 rockets a year. The interception of the Russian ballistic missile requires two PAC-3 interceptor missiles.
Details: The publication notes that Ukraine may have to develop a survival strategy that will combine air defense with air attack and restraint. ”