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RUSSIA’S DRONE SWARMS PIERCE UKRAINE’S DEFENCES AT RECORD RATE
>Proportion of Shaheds hitting targets tripled in recent months, according to analysis of official data
>Russian drones are striking targets at three times the typical rate in recent months, according to official data.
>Ukrainian air force data suggests about 15 per cent of the drones penetrated defences on average between April and June — rising from just 5 per cent in the previous three months.
>The sheer volume of Russian attacks has also increased sharply this year, with a heavy assault on Sunday night into Monday morning including 426 Shahed style attack drones, Ukraine’s air force reported.
>The success of the drones in recent months demonstrates how cheap mass can overwhelm even sophisticated and layered air defences
>“The problem is not [that] the Ukraine air defence is getting worse. Instead, what we see is that new swarming tactics and drones are now flying in higher altitude, [which] makes them more effective,”
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>Ukraine’s defences against Shaheds currently include using electronic warfare to jam their GPS guidance systems, machine guns and anti-aircraft guns including the advanced Oerlikon Skynex, an advanced air defence cannon produced by Germany’s Rheinmetall.
Is Skynex the one that costs EUR 800 per round or is that the Gepard?
>On Sunday night and Monday morning, around 5.4 per cent of the more than 400 Russian drones hit their targets — a better than average rate than recent months.
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