Ukraine’s battlefield evolves at breakneck speed: from drones to optical cables in the air to cable-drone interceptors A Ukrainian drone intercepts a Russian drone that bypasses Ukrainian Electronic Warfare using optic cable (dragging it in flight) chasing a Ukrainian tank 1/

Over the last year, both sides have intensified their use of drones to save lives and destroy expensive enemy equipment. A drone costs 1/1000th of what high-tech weapons do but delivers massive damage 2/

Drones are hard to counter. Early solutions relied on electronic jamming to disrupt their connection to operators. But as drones adapted with frequency hopping and other tactics, jamming technology had to evolve as well 3/

Drone engineers fought back by attaching optical cables, dragging them through the air. It cuts range and payload but boosts speed and control, making them deadlier. Electronic countermeasures? Useless now 4/

There were attempts to shoot drones down with pump-action rifles and hunting shotguns. Some even built shotgun machine guns. It’s a last-resort tactic with limited success—but when it works, it saves lives 5/

The latest innovation, shown in the video, uses drones to intercept drones with cables - and it works. Now, equipment and people are shielded by drone-based air defense. Ukraine battlefield is a relentless race in arms, technology, training, and manpower. 6/

You can learn more about the defense technology development in this open report by the Kyiv School of Economics, jointly with Brave1. The source for video is The report link is here 7/

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Ukraine is cutting edge drone warfare. I hope the US is paying attention. I hope the average gun-owner citizen in the US is paying attention.

“I showed them how they could attach little bit of additional kit and convert their FPV into a fiber drone at a price point under $200” (excl labor). "Ukrainians do what they do best and they just started making it better" First time in live action: