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Russia is looking for new ways to protect refineries and other strategic facilities from Ukrainian drones that are increasingly penetrating deep into Russian territory. One solution is surprisingly old: barrage balloons, the kind used to protect against bombers during World War II. Russian state television has now shown a test of a modern version of the system, in which a curtain of Kevlar ropes hangs between the balloons, in which the drones ar…
In defense of Ukrainian drones, Russia apparently relies on a technology from past wartimes: blocking balloons are intended to protect important infrastructure such as oil refineries and industrial facilities.
In Russia, balloons with cables and Kevlar threads are being tested, which are supposed to knock down or force Ukrainian drones to change route and altitude. ᐅ TSN.ua (news 1+1)
In Russia, they began testing barriers from balloons, between which a cable with Kevlar threads is stretched, which are supposed to entangle the screws of Ukrainian drones.
Russia has decided to use balloons to protect oil refineries, according to a story on Rossiya 1 TV channel. | 05.10.2026, PRIME
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