Ukraine unveiled a domestically developed drone designed to intercept and destroy Iranian-designed Shahed drones utilized by Russia, the Ukrainian outlet Militarnyi reported on April 9.
Based on its designers, the drone has already been deployed in fight and has efficiently destroyed greater than 20 Shahed-type drones over the previous two months.
The designers stated that is the best interceptor drone presently in service with the Armed Forces. The system can also be able to focusing on reconnaissance drones.
The interceptor drone's most flight velocity is 200 kilometers per hour (roughly 124 miles per hour), and it will possibly function at altitudes as much as 5 kilometers (about 3.1 miles).
Not like conventional air protection methods that depend on pricey anti-aircraft missiles, the brand new drone affords a less expensive and extra sustainable possibility for downing low-speed, small-sized targets.
Russia has extensively used Shahed drones since late 2022, significantly the Shahed-136 mannequin, to strike vital infrastructure and civilian areas throughout Ukraine. The low-flying, self-detonating drones have turn out to be a central aspect of Russia's long-range strike techniques.
The Ukrainian drone was showcased to Belgian Prime Minister Bart de Wever throughout his go to to Kyiv on April 8. De Wever visited Bucha in Kyiv Oblast and met with President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier within the day.
Kyiv has prioritized the event of high-performance, low-cost home protection applied sciences to enhance safety and scale back dependence on Western-supplied missile methods.
The Kyiv IndependentMartin Fornusek