On the Ukrainian front the war of the drones intensified and is no longer played only in the trenches. Faced with Russian Shaheds Shaheds Kamikazes, also nicknamed “flying mopeds”, Ukraine deploys a air defense system to try to intercept them.
A drone war on the Ukrainian front. The confrontation between Russians and Ukrainians intensified on the front in a particular field, that of drones. According to information from Forbes et GeoRussia has launched a large offensive of Shaheds drones to hit the energy infrastructure and Ukrainian residential buildings.
These drones are Iranian design weapons, capable of spinning at a speed of 190 km/h and with a characteristic noise engine which earns it the nickname “flying mopeds”. Alone, it can be easily neutralized indicate our colleagues, but in large numbers, they become much more dangerous.
The new Russian tactic thanks to the Shahed
Russia then set out to find hard thanks to these Shahed drones whose cost is only $ 30,000 per unit. Thus, according to Forbesit is not less than 4,000 Shahed which are deployed each month with waves of sometimes a hundred overnight.
The new Russian tactic is to launch a large number of these drones on a single high altitude objective in order to be out of reach of Ukrainian anti -aircraft cannons. They then dive vertically to hit the defined target. Result The interception rate increased from 97 % to 91 % between February and March. If it may seem derisory, this still generates a triple of drones that reach their target.
Ukrainian response
Difficult to compete for Ukrainians first in the face of the price of such an attack. $ 30,000 per unit for a Shahed when Ukraine is forced to pay more than $ 4 million for a salvo of Patriot missiles. The Ukrainian army therefore rather develops a fleet of mobile units with anti -aircraft cannons and machine guns in order to monitor and neutralize these drones.
The Ukrainian army also develops a fleet of so -called “interceptors” drones. If the first launching were only Converted FPV, now more complete versions are deployed: the Werewolf of the non -profit startup Wild Hornets which also develops the Sting. kyiv also unveiled a prototype developed in connection with Belgium, but still confidential.
Other candidates, the German Tytan or the American dronehunter. However, none of these “interceptors” drones is capable of covering the entire Ukrainian territory, with autonomy and limited speed. The launch points and mobile units are therefore absolutely essential.
