Ribit > "... sounds expensive."
Beldin > Yes ... in terms of drones launched and not reaching their intended targets ... and in terms of anti-aircraft missiles expended, as well.
I seem to remember reading something about Ukraine using cell phones as 'listening devices' to detect incoming Russian drones - and soldiers with machine guns pre-positioned to attack said drones. If true, and I hope it is, it is possible the Ukrainians are using cheaper machine gun ammo to kill drones rather than very expensive anti-aircraft missiles.
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http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htmoral/articles/202407300210.aspx
Ukraine developed an air-defense system against Shahed-136 and Geran. This involves thousands of modified cell phones distributed over likely avenues of drone approach. The cellphones sent audio signals of drone engine and propeller noise to powerful signal processors that served as a land version of submarine towed sonar arrays detecting stealthy submarines. This cell phone network allows detection of the general location, vector, altitude and speed of incoming drones, which the Ukrainian equivalent of the RAF’s Battle of Britain sector stations then send to the firing positions of Ukrainian infantry who have been carefully located along those avenues of likely drone approach. These soldiers use their assault rifles and machine-guns to fire on the sound of the approaching Russian drones, which are painted black and nearly impossible to spot at night. Such tactics enable the Ukrainian to destroy nearly 90 percent of the rather noisy Russian Geran and Shaded-136 drones.
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Zim.
Mad Poet Strikes Again.
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