Ukraine develops cheap counter to Russian Banderol missiles

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8 September, 02:16 AM

Ukrainian forces are now deploying new interceptor UAVs to counter Russian Banderol light cruise missiles, state-sponsored Brave1 defense technology platform announced on Sept. 7.

“One of [the] latest [Russian] developments is the Banderol missile-drone, which Russia has been using to terrorize Ukrainian cities,” the statement said.

“Now, Ukraine has a new technological answer. A product developed by a Brave1 participant is already destroying Banderols, with the cost of interception being significantly lower than the price of the missile-drone.”

“Currently, there are several products capable of countering Banderols.”

According to Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ihnat, Russia launched five times as many jet-powered drones at Ukraine in July as it did in June.

On Sept. 3, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the government to focus on scaling production of high-speed interceptors effective against jet-powered drones. Zelenskyy said Ukrainian manufacturers had already developed prototypes and were working to make the weapons as effective as possible.

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