Such drones may prove highly effective against an unprepared opposition
The Pantsir S-1 mobile anti-aircraft system has performed poorly against drones in the past — but, welded metal cages over the turrets to deflect or prematurely detonate missiles from above. Bendett notes that the Russians now have some years’ experience against the smaller drones that have been deployed in and around Donbas.
“The Russian military intends to use a combination of EW [electronic warfare] and air defense systems to neutralize them,” says Bendett. “The Russian MOD is conducting this type of counter-drone training on a regular basis to make sure its soldiers know how to tackle such a threat.” The Russians then believe they can blunt the edge of any Ukrainian drone onslaught. Certainly they have a vastly better organized, equipped and trained air defense system that the Armenians.In the last conflict Russia used drones to rapidly find, locate and direct artillery fire onto Ukrainian positions. Sighting a drone often indicated the imminent arrival of massive rocket barrage, sometimes with devastating effect.put down devastatingly accurate barragesat from forty miles away
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