Ukraine must urgently prepare for combat the new wave of drones that Russia prepare to send. This is a hitherto unknown generation, which opens a new technological horizon.
A renowned Ukrainian drone analyst, Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnovhas announced that kyiv will face Russian unmanned aircraft sooner rather than later capable of reaching 600 kilometers per hour top speed.
Until now, the Ukrainian army has been able to develop and maintain a very efficient aerial ‘shield’ structure in the face of the threat of Russian drones and foreign drones used by Putin’s troops, including units from Iranas are the Shahed.
Russia’s strategy involves evolving its drones from the current Geran-2 and Geran-3. that move at maximum speeds of approximately 300 kilometers per hour, towards models like the new Geran-5, which could reach 600 km/h with a model similar to the Iranian Karrar, continues the expert cited by Business Insider.
“At some point, all our interceptor drones could become useless,” warned the Ukrainian analyst, who asks to focus “on the future.”
The aim was to address the arms industry and the unmanned aircraft sector directly. Serhii “Flash” Beskrestnov. “If you are a manufacturer, I ask you to start developing interception systems for attack unmanned aerial vehicles at those speeds right now, while we still have time“, he warned on his social networks.
His particular call for technological urgency is driven by the certainty that Ukraine can currently repel drone attacks at limited speeds and at conventional heights, but the new capabilities of the imminent generation of drones threaten to circumvent technical limitations of kyiv’s anti-aircraft program. Faced with the threat of the Geran-5, the expert admits that “our interceptors could be rendered useless.”
