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❗️🇷🇺Russian jet-powered "Geran-3" drones are no longer invulnerable to 🇺🇦Ukrainian interceptor drones. Videos that have been published captured two cases of successful interception of jet-powered "Gerans" by anti-aircraft drones from the rear hemisphere — catching up with them from behind. This indicates that Ukrainian interceptors are capable of developing...

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The competition between strike systems and air defense/interceptor systems continues to evolve on both sides. In response to Russia’s growing use of jet-powered Geran-4 loitering munitions and Geran-5/Banderol cruise missiles, Ukraine has begun developing jet-powered interceptor drones. The aim is to address a class of faster aerial threats that can be difficult for conventional propeller-driven interceptors to engage. Ukraine has also used Bars jet-powered drones in at least one strike campaign against Moscow. Their numbers are still believed to be limited, with propeller-driven drones making up the majority of Ukraine’s long-range strike fleet. This highlights a broader issue for Russia: the need to develop and deploy compact interceptor drones before faster targets become more widespread. The challenge is not simply intercepting them, but doing so economically. Traditional air-defense systems and MANPADS can engage such targets, but using them against relatively inexpensive strike drones can be difficult to justify economically. One potentially relevant example comes from Iran. Several years ago, Iran developed and deployed the 358 missile, a specialized system intended to engage UAVs. It is a subsonic weapon with a reported speed of around 700 km/h, an infrared seeker, and a turbojet engine, with a claimed engagement range of up to 100 km. Its design reflects a different approach to countering relatively slow aerial targets, without relying on the speed and cost associated with conventional high-performance surface-to-air missiles. The missile has demonstrated its effectiveness, having shot down a number of U.S. and Israeli UAVs. This is not necessarily an argument for simply copying the 358. The more important point is anticipating what types of drones may be heading toward Russian cities in the future and developing an interceptor that is capable of engaging them while remaining cheaper than the strike systems it is designed to counter.

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A new stage of the war. Russia has started striking Ukrainian bridges with jet-powered drones. In particular, Russia carried out several strikes on the Southern Bridge across the Dnipro - one of the key transport arteries not only of Kyiv but of Ukraine as a whole, through which cargo moves from the right bank of Ukraine to the left bank and back. Everyday life in Ukrainian cities critically depends on bridges. The Southern Bridge, which the enemy has begun attacking, connects the left and right banks of Kyiv. Cars and trains of the green metro line run across it. During the first attack a passenger train was crossing the bridge. Repeated strikes on the bridge have serious consequences for Kyiv residents, who largely depend on public transport. The effects of the strikes were felt immediately: metro and surface transport were halted, specialists urgently inspected the bridge, and passengers had to look for alternative routes - which is extremely difficult. Since the beginning of the war the Russians have repeatedly attacked bridges. Previously, however, the strikes rarely produced results because Russia lacked the necessary means. Large bridges in Ukraine are capital structures built to withstand missile and bomb strikes. To destroy such a bridge or inflict any significant damage on it requires dozens of missiles, not all of which would reach the target. The older version of the Shaheds was also useless. The situation has now changed because Russia has acquired jet-powered "Geran" 4/5 drones, which Ukrainian air defense still struggles to shoot down. These Gerans have increased guidance accuracy. These UAVs can attack using ultra-precise coordinates. This means Russian drones can now strike bridges more accurately, hitting their weak points. Jet-powered drones alone are unlikely to bring down an entire bridge, but through regular strikes they can damage the supports and block traffic. The Russians are not only switching to jet-powered drones - they are also beginning to test autonomous swarms and AI. This is not yet a proven combat system, but it is the predicted next step. Thus Russia has moved to a new level of warfare - a regime of constant drone pressure that it can sustain for a long time. Today it is necessary to reduce Russia's ability to produce drones - through sanctions and restrictions on the supply of critical components - and to strike Russian military production and launch facilities. Whatever is still launched must be intercepted by the cheapest possible means. Russian drones must be stopped before they are even launched.

Anton Gerashchenko

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