Need a swarm of drones to hit the target in the Russian Federation: the quality of Russian air defense has increased - CNN (photo, video)
The drones are not always effective, as sometimes a whole swarm is needed to make sure that the goal is affected. About it reports the American TV channel CNN, whose reporters were given exclusive access to the Ukrainian unit of long -range UAV GUR. Since the beginning of this year, Ukraine has inflicted more than 7,000 strokes in the Russian territory. The farthest was a blow of more than 1700 km.
Only two representatives of the unit were allowed to speak under the record, and only called call sign: "Serge" - commander of transactions in the unit of long -range drones, and "vector" - the commander of the unit. According to "Serge", from the beginning of a full -scale invasion, he personally observed more than 500 long -range attacks in Russia. The Russian air defense system prevents many Ukrainian drones, the soldiers of the unit reported to journalists.
The quality of Russian air defense has improved in the last year, the operators of Ukrainian drones said. But "We are successful guys and find windows," one of them explained. The percentage of successful GUR attacks could be 50-95%if the United States gave permission to use Western weapons in Russian territory, according to the unit. According to "vector", many of the Russian aerodromes, from which attacks in Ukrainian cities are conducted, are located on the line of reach of Ukrainian weapons.
Drones are not always effective, as sometimes a whole swarm is needed to make sure that the goal is affected. "Of course, we can direct drones and destroy many of the places, but this is not enough. We not only ask for permission to attack rockets throughout Russia, we ask for a weapon that would help us to move the war out of our territory," the Vector explained. Each drone is programmed for 1000 different routes to avoid a dense Russian air defense grid.