"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that his country's interceptor drones struck 150 Russian long-range attack and decoy drones in a single night. In his regular public address, Zelenskyy said Russia had launched a total of 810 drones in one wave, including over 400 Shahed loitering munitions. His tally indicates that nearly a fifth of the drone wave was downed that evening by interceptor drones - an emerging low-cost air defense that Ukraine is rushing to produce at scale."
"Interceptor drones, originally made to catch and destroy reconnaissance craft, are high-speed uncrewed aerial systems that must fly fast enough to chase down their target midair and crash into it. Many of these are first-person-view drones that feed live camera footage to a pilot who must fly the system into its target. With Russia's growing use of the Shahed, Ukraine is now pivoting its interceptor development to fight loitering munitions."
Ukraine intercepted 150 Russian long-range attack and decoy drones in a single night. Russia launched 810 drones, including over 400 Shahed loitering munitions. Interceptor drones accounted for nearly a fifth of the wave. Interceptor drones are high-speed uncrewed aerial systems that chase and crash into targets, often flown via first-person-view by pilots. Ukraine is pivoting interceptor designs to counter loitering munitions. Production is decentralized among local manufacturers supplying troops with government coordination. Other defenses include jamming, air-to-air and surface-to-air missiles, and mobile fire groups. Further strengthening and scaling of interceptors is needed.
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