This thing would tear through some Shahed or Geran drones

The Gulf Air Forces are tearing through Iranian Shahed-136... drones by the dozens. But what if these “dumb” one-way drones could fight back? That’s exactly what Russia is testing in Ukraine. Some Shahed-136s, or Geran-2s, are now armed with air-to-air missiles to defend against Ukrainian fighters and helicopters! Yup, these drones are hunting the hunters! If it works, counter-drone warfare would get a lot more complicated. 1/4show more

Russian Shahed/Geran-type long-range strike drones are impacting residential buildings... in the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv, tonight.show more

The Ukrainian city of Dnipro came under attack of... Russian Shahed/Geran-type long-range strike drones on Thursday. One of the drones impacted a multi-storey residential building.show more

Ukrainian drones reportedly hit Alabuga Special Economic Zone in... Russia’s Tatarstan. Shahed (Geran) manufacturing facilities are located in this area. The facility is almost 1300km away from the Ukrainian border. 🇺🇦 drones have very impressive range and effectivenessshow more

Russia carried out strikes with jet-powered Shahed-238/Geran-3 long-range attack... drones in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Thursday afternoon. Multiple explosions reported by the locals.show more

Ukraine has begun installing anti-drone measures at the surviving... petrol stations in Kharkiv Oblast, designed to cause Russian FPV drones to detonate before impacting the station, while still allowing vehicles to drive in and out. These sort of protective measures will not prevent Russian FPV drones from impacting the roof of the station (although this would result in less severe damage), and won't do much against Geran-2/Gerbera drones or Geran-4 jet-drones.show more

Shahed-136 drones were also launched. They should arrive in... the next hours if they make it through the different layers of air defense systems in Iraq or Jordan.show more

Russian strikes with real-time guided Shahed/Geran-type attack drones target... Ukrainian long-range OWA-UAV launcher positions set up on a field. The Russians destroy a mobile launcher based on civilian truck.show more

Russian decoy drones such as this “Parody” or “Gerbera”... accompany waves of Shahed drones. They are not armed and instead carry a radar reflector like the spherical Luneburg lens shown below, to attract the attention of Ukrainian air defenses.show more

This morning, Zaporizhzhia City came under attack from Russian... Geran-4 jet-drones. Some sort of enterprise was struck in the northern suburbs of the city, resulting in a fire breaking out.show more

The crew of a Ukrainian Yak-52 piston-engine trainer plane... intercepting a Russian Shahed/Geran-type long-range strike drone over Ukraine's Odesa Oblast this afternoon.show more