The Russian army needs drones to reinforce in the south of Ukraine and fight the American HIMARS.
Experts have expressed doubts about the effectiveness of Iranian drones handed over to the Russian army against the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Voice of America writes.
Moscow needs the drones to bolster its forces in southern Ukraine and to counter the highly mobile US-supplied HIMARS artillery missile system, experts say.
As retired US Marine Corps Colonel Mark Kansian told Newsweek magazine, drones should be used for long-range unguided missiles, but for this, the Russians need to develop a communication system between the drones and combat missiles. And it takes time.
According to Newsweek, the attacks from Ukrainian HIMARS and warplanes “worsened” the morale of Russian soldiers. They helped Ukraine repel the Russian offensive, and to regain the initiative in the war, Russia needed a strategy to counter these weapons.
US Army Lieutenant Colonel Paul Lushenko, in an interview with the Voice of America, said that, in his opinion, the problem may lie in the integration of drones into air defense systems.
According to him, drones such as, for example, Rad-85 or Mohajer-6 or Shahid-129 or 191, which are strike drones, are effective in the context of irregular combat operations, that is, welcoming terrorists and rebel.
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“However, it is still unclear whether they will be effective in the high-intensity armed conflict currently taking place between Ukraine and Russia. And the real problem here is their use of the integrated air defense system or IAD, which is designed to defeat an incoming drone. It’s unclear, indeed, whether the Iranian devices have the technical capabilities,” he said.
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Source: korrespondent
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