One of the big problems that Ukraine has had to solve throughout the war against Russia it has been How to deal with the cheap but effective Shahed drones that Iran has ceded to the country presided over by .
The challenge has not been in being able to shoot down these unmanned vehicles but in get it done in a way that is that is, without spending expensive anti-aircraft defense systems.
The manufacturing cost is very low In military terms (some $35,000 on average per unit), while the cheapest Western missiles to destroy them cost more than $200,000 each.
However, the arms industry Ukrainian has achieved develop a solution at a much lower cost than those of those Iranian-made drones used by Russia.
His name is Stingand it is a dron interceptor. As reported by the British media the unmanned vehicle has a Approximate weight 4 kg and has a explosive loading capacity of 500 grams.
Each unit of the Sting interceptor drone costs between $5,500 and $6,500
The interceptor drone is manufactured by the Ukrainian company Wild Hornets and the data speaks for itself about its performance. The Sting unmanned vehicle has taken down more than 4,000 Shahed kamikaze drones since it entered service a year ago. These are figures for downing Iranian drones that no other interceptor has achieved in recent months.
In any case, beyond this precision against the Shahed drones, what is a milestone for Ukraine is that the production cost is very low. Specifically, manufacturing each interceptor costs around $2,000. A complete Sting interceptor drone (with controls and antennas included) has a cost per unit of between $5,500 and $6,500.
Comparing these figures with those of the Shahed drones ($35,000 per unit), the result is that Each Sting interceptor drone costs five times less than the target it pursues.
