"As the interceptor approaches the Gerbera, two optic cameras can be clearly seen attached to the back of the Russian drone. One camera is aimed at the sky, while another is tilted toward the drone's rear, indicating that these were placed to detect threats from above or behind. Still, the Wu Samurai Telegram channel wrote that the unit's interceptor successfully struck the Gerbera."
"Gerberas are some of Russia's cheapest drone systems, often used as decoys in wave attacks. A Russian Gerbera drone was recently filmed sporting cameras on its back, demonstrating how Moscow might hope to thwart Ukraine's rising use of cheap interceptor drones against Shahed waves. A clip of the uncrewed aerial vehicle was published on Tuesday by the Ukrainian drone unit Wu Samurai, a formation of the 117th Heavy Mechanized Brigade that focuses on anti-drone warfare."
Ukrainian forces filmed a Russian Gerbera drone equipped with two optical cameras mounted on its rear, one aimed skyward and one tilted toward the drone's back to detect threats from above and behind. The footage appears to have been captured by a first-person-view interceptor, which still successfully struck the Gerbera despite the cameras. Gerberas are low-cost, propeller-driven systems often used as decoys in mass Shahed-style wave attacks. The addition of sensors signals Russian attempts to preserve drones by adding threat-detection measures, mirroring similar adaptations on costlier reconnaissance platforms like the Supercam.
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