Zelenskyy shows first footage of new interceptor for jet-powered drones
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Zelenskyy unveils new interceptor drone (Photo: SBU / Video screenshot)
The first footage of a new interceptor drone developed with
the help of Ukraine’s SBU Security Service was posted by Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who said the system had already been used successfully, on
Sept. 19.
“A report from SBU chief Oleksandr Poklad. The Security
Service’s military counterintelligence has achieved a good result in countering
jet-powered Shaheds. A new interceptor drone has been developed and already
successfully used. Step by step, we are moving forward to give Ukraine greater
protection,” Zelenskyy wrote.
On Sept. 17, Zelenskyy reported another positive result from
tests of Ukrainian interceptors against Russian jet-powered drones after a
briefing by Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Mykhailo Drapatyi.
On Sept. 15, the president also said Ukraine had
successfully tested a new interceptor for Russian jet-powered drones.
“The Shahed was successfully hit, but some aspects of
controlling the interceptor still need to be refined. We are continuing the
work — more time is needed,” he said.
Serhii Beskrestnov, a presidential technology adviser
serving in a non-staff capacity and a technology expert who uses the call sign
Flash, told Radio NV that Ukraine has several options for high-speed Shahed
interceptors, but needs time to test them.
In late August, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry also announced
the codification
of the Alexa Spatium UAV, which it called ‘Ukraine’s first jet-powered drone
interceptor’. Alexa Spatium is a high-speed jet-powered unmanned aircraft
described as a system for targeting Russian Shaheds and jet-powered drones,
including Geran-4 and Geran-5 models.
Experts said, however, that mass production of such
countermeasures is not yet underway.
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