/ world today news/ On May 30, Moscow and the Moscow region were attacked by Ukrainian drones. Russia’s Defense Ministry said eight aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles were involved. “All enemy drones disabled.” Three of them were jammed by electronic warfare, lost control, and drifted away from their intended targets. Five more unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by the Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile complex in the Moscow region.”
Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov noted that two days earlier, on May 28, Russia had effectively struck one of Ukraine’s decision-making centers, and the drone attack on Moscow was an attempt by Kiev to respond.
Perhaps one of the unmanned aircraft that attacked Moscow is the Ukrainian kamikaze drone “Beaver”, made according to the “duck” aerodynamic scheme, that is, the plumage is in front of the wing. This is a fairly rare scheme, so it can be immediately identified in flight. The same UAVs attacked Krasnodar on May 26. Previously, drones with such an aerodynamic design were produced in Ukraine by the Kharkiv Design Bureau “Vzlet”.
Judging by the fact that the drones were flying towards Moscow, the routes to bypass the Russian air defense systems in the border regions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been prepared in advance.
The drone strike on May 30 is like a test raid, a kind of combat aerial reconnaissance, to discover Russian air defenses. Alas, this was facilitated by photos and videos posted by Russian citizens of drone attacks and their defeat by our air defense systems.
Ukrainian intelligence is now scrutinizing everything Russian citizens put online, checking the effectiveness of the intelligence strike. You should be prepared for the fact that the armed forces of Ukraine may switch to night attacks with their UAVs.
It can be assumed that the Ukrainian drones that attacked Moscow and Krasnodar were equipped, together with the satellite connection, with an inertial guidance system using accelerometers and gyroscopes, that is, their flight over the territory of Russia took place in an autonomous mode, and the use on “the concept of “soft kill” against such drones (radio jamming of control, navigation and video transmission channels)”, as noted by Russian military expert Alesi Rogozin, it won’t work. They just need to be taken down.
The Chinese military portal People’s Liberation Army’ Daily published an article “Counter-UAV: A New Direction in Air Defense Operations” in which it provides a brief overview of advanced anti-drone systems.
„With the characteristics of high combat efficiency, low risk of loss and high survivability, drones… have gradually become… one of the main combat forces…. Combating drones has become a focus of air defense operations in various countries.
With the development of technologies such as communication networks, intelligent control and precision targeting, UAVs have repeatedly penetrated the enemy’s air defense system due to their low visibility and destruction accuracy, creating serious problems for traditional air defense operations.
„Where there is a spear, there must be a shield… Various methods of dealing with drones have emerged, according to the needs of the time, and they have gradually moved from the laboratory to the battlefield ”, says Zhou Yuchen, author of the paper.
He recommends to first place to increase firepower of air defense; build a multi-layered air defense network using traditional anti-aircraft machine guns, anti-aircraft guns and other weapon platforms to intercept swarms of drones with barrage fire. In order to defeat small low-altitude and low-speed UAVs, it is necessary to improve the effectiveness of fire control and destruction efficiency, as well as to reduce the cost of interception.
It is also necessary to develop systems for radio – electronic warfare. /REB/ With the help of photoelectric countermeasures, information interference and other technologies, the control and communication systems of the UAV are disabled, making it unable to perform its tasks normally. In 2011, Iran thus successfully forced a US RQ-170 stealth drone to land in Iran.
The third enemy of the UAV is the laser weapon. “Using the effects of ablation, shock waves and laser beams to deliver precision strikes, it can directly destroy enemy drones.” The advantages of laser weapons are their high speed, high accuracy and low cost. The Pentagon believes that laser weapons are the best way to deal with small drones.
The fourth type of weapon against UAVs is a powerful microwave weapon. Powerful microwave beams can directly attack the drone’s electronic systems, disabling or damaging them, and can simultaneously damage multiple targets at high speed and wide range.
„The fifth enemy of drones are intelligent combat platforms which include smart missiles and smart UAV swarms that autonomously detect, identify and engage, destroy or intercept enemy drones in the swarm,” wrote the Chinese analyst, reporting that “a smart air-to-air anti-drone system developed by an American startup can launch 3D-printed anti-drone swarms, reducing the cost of their production.” It is about the American company Firestorm, whose developments were told by the company’s employee Julia van der Kolf.
In the theater of future wars, predicts a Chinese expert, they will clash “drones vs drones, intelligence vs intelligence”.
Attacks by Ukrainian drones on Russian territory are still gaining momentum, and our military has time to prepare for them. The main thing is to manage your time wisely and efficiently.
Translation: ES
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