Putin's New Threat Overruns Kiev's Air Defense
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10 Articles
Russia relies on new fast low-cost weapons – and forces Ukraine to rebuild its defenses.
RUSSIA has increased its use of fast jet drones sixfold, outpacing Ukraine's interceptors. Kiev faces a major challenge and is urgently developing new air defense solutions.
Ukraine had a relatively good grip on the Russian drone attacks, but that has now changed. Kyyiv has to rely on an expensive emergency solution for the time being.
The events of that night once again made it very clear what air defense Lithuania needs. The war in Ukraine is changing the very concept of air threats: drones powered by jet engines are becoming faster and faster, able to fly ever further and carry an increasing amount of payload. As a result, the technological boundary between part of the strike drones and cruise missiles is gradually disappearing. It is only a matter of time that they will be…
New Russian drones with jet engines can reach speeds of up to 600 kilometers per hour, making them more difficult for Ukrainian air defenses to detect and intercept. Kiev is therefore rapidly developing new interceptors, as using expensive fighters and missiles to destroy a mass of relatively cheap drones would exhaust the capabilities needed to defend against ballistic and cruise missiles.
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