More countries are learning from Ukraine’s defence innovations: Canada wants to acquire long-range drones, the United States is seeking naval systems, and even Russia is creating its own drone marketplace - similar to Ukraine’s Brave1.
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Ukraine’s Interceptors Against Jet-Powered Shaheds: Key Challenges.
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Aerial Drones
Russian forces have accumulated around 6,200 Geran drones of various types as of August - Ukraine’s Military Intelligence (HUR) reported. During periods when Russian forces are replenishing their stockpiles, they launch 150–200 drones per attack, occasionally reaching 300.
According to HUR, Russia produces around 2,800 Geran-2 attack drones per month.
In some attacks, Russian jet-powered UAVs account for up to two-thirds of the total drones deployed. The situation is changing rapidly: in July, Russia deployed five times as many jet-powered UAVs as in June.
In July, Ukraine’s Defence Forces carried out an average of more than 250 medium-range strike drone missions per day. Over the month, they conducted around 7,800 strikes with drones of this class, a 126% increase compared with June.