Ukraine uses cheap drones to stop Russian Shaheds over Odesa
📡 Spiegel · 1 min read ·
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In the skies over Odesa, a new weapon is proving its worth: interceptor drones. Ukrainian soldier Nikolas and his unit use these fast, precise, and low-cost drones to shoot down Russian Shahed attack drones. The Shaheds, slow-moving but explosive-packed Iranian-made drones, are a constant threat. But Nikolas’s team has developed a technique to knock them out of the sky before they hit their targets. Their expertise is now so valuable that military forces in the Persian Gulf are asking for their help.