Ukraine has several IRIS-T, NASAMS batteries, several Patriot, SAMP/T batteries. Ground Forces have Crotale and other systems for shooting down drones.
Ukraine needs more Western capabilities to destroy unmanned attack vehicles, as well as weapons that can be adapted to missiles, while the Russian Federation is increasing production of attack drones. This was announced on Tuesday, December 26, by the spokesman of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Yuriy Ignat in KALAYAAN.
He said the mobile air defense teams, which are the active skeleton for shooting down UAVs and missiles, use man-portable air defense systems equipped with thermal imaging equipment.
The Air Force spokesman emphasized that Ukraine now has more Western weapons in its arsenal.
“Therefore, we are waiting for Western weapons, we are waiting for more Gepard, which has shown itself well on the battlefield. The HAWK systems will also arrive, which have proven themselves well in one of the area… These are modern technological weapons that help us to fight more effectively. These are NASAMS, IRIS-T, SAMP/T and Patriot are the four main air defense systems of the Ground Forces, they have a wide range of weapons,” added Ignat.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces received 10 thousand FPV drones acquired as part of Operation Unity. 53 military units received them.
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Source: korrespondent
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