UK’s FrankenSAM made from retired RAF fighter tech reborn as Ukraine’s Russian drone killer
The Raven, a British-made system combining Supacat trucks and ASRAAM missiles, is now active in Ukraine.
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Ukraine seeks to localize European air defense systems and missiles
As the Russo-Ukrainian war rages on, Ukraine is focused on both securing Western military assistance and expanding its own defense industry, including missile and drone technology, artillery, and electronic warfare systems.
Ukraine’s mad scientists marry Soviet R-73 with Western missiles in hybrid air defense system
The 3rd Separate Assault Brigade has developed a turret-like platform capable of firing both Soviet R-73 missiles and Western alternatives.
Ukraine’s FrankenBuk air defense system combines Soviet Buk-M1 with Western Sea Sparrow missiles
This modification allows Ukraine to maintain defensive capabilities while shifting away from diminishing Soviet-era missile stocks.
UK engineers turn Soviet R-73 missiles into Ukraine’s new Gravehawk air defense
The UK’s Taskforce Kindred spent 18 months and £6 million transforming a simple shipping container into a battlefield asset—one that launches Soviet-era missiles to counter Russian aerial threats.
Ukrainian troops receive upgraded Buk-M1 air defense systems, using American RIM-7 missiles
Ukraine's Air Command East releases photos of Ukraine's modernized Buk-M1 systems, now integrated with US-supplied Sea Sparrow missiles, showing the upgraded 9A310M1 and 9A39 launchers.
FrankenSAM debut: Ukraine shoots down Russian drone 9 km away
Five hybrid FrankenSAM air defense systems, which pair Western missiles with Soviet launchers, are already operating in Ukraine. One that will use Patriot missiles to down ballistic targets is on the way.