"Ukrainian troops appear to be testing a new drone attachment that uses a cord or line to disable enemy propeller drones in the sky. The tactic can be seen in a video posted on Monday by the 46th Separate Air Mobile Brigade, which published a video montage of its recent attacks against Russian infantry, vehicles, and drones. In a caption, the brigade highlighted a "new way of capture of enemy drones in the air.""
"As seen from the first-person-view camera of the Ukrainian drone, the new contraption features a rod protruding from the interceptor's chassis. Thin rope or cord dangles from the rod, pulled taut by a small weight that sways into view as the Ukrainian drone flies high above the battlefield. The brigade's drone then appears to fly over its target - a small quadcopter - entangling the opposing device's propellers with the attached line."
The 46th Separate Air Mobile Brigade tested a rod-like attachment fitted to an interceptor drone that deploys a thin cord and small weight to physically entangle and disable enemy propeller drones. The attachment protrudes from the drone chassis while a dangling rope is pulled taut by the weight as the interceptor flies over targets. Footage shows two quadcopter interceptions and an attempted capture of a fixed-wing Molniya loitering munition. The tactic represents a kinetic counterdrone approach developed alongside electronic measures. Similar experiments include ground-deployed fishing nets, drone-mounted nets, and handheld net launchers trialed by Western firms.
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