"A Ukrainian mobile air defense unit is getting new interceptor drones to help it knock down high-altitude Russian threats flying beyond the reach of their aging machine guns, its deputy commander told Business Insider. Oleksiy, who oversees a unit with the Territorial Defense Forces tasked with protecting Irpin, a city on the outskirts of Kyiv, said that his team is training to use the new interceptor drones to combat Russian reconnaissance and strike drones."
"The unit uses the .50 caliber M2 Browning, a popular American-made heavy machine gun designed at the end of World War I with a maximum effective range of about 2,000 meters. Oleksiy said that his unit needs interceptors that are able to operate at altitudes up to 5,000 meters, "the corridor where enemy drones can fly." The air defense unit is in the middle of a weekslong training process to integrate first-person-view (FPV) interceptor drones into its operations."
A Territorial Defense Forces unit near Kyiv is training to integrate first-person-view (FPV) interceptor drones to counter rising Russian reconnaissance and strike drone activity. The unit currently relies on truck-mounted .50 caliber M2 Browning machine guns with an effective range around 2,000 meters, which cannot reach higher-altitude threats. The unit requires interceptors capable of operating up to about 5,000 meters, described as the corridor where enemy drones can fly. FPV interceptor systems can reach roughly 300 kph, are relatively inexpensive at an estimated $2,000–$3,000 each, and carry small warheads to destroy one-way attack and reconnaissance drones.
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