Sea drone vs. air drone: Ukraine’s Sargan-3000 turns anti-aircraft gunner
A radio-steered Russian Shahed met a remote-controlled machine gun at sea—operator against operator, and the gun won.
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Ukraine is downing Russia’s fastest drones—just not often enough, and scaling up comes down to money
Russia's jet drones outrun the cheap interceptors Ukraine built for slower Shaheds, pushing Kyiv to field new hardware that works in combat but can't yet be made in the numbers its skies demand.
Russia’s jam-resistant drones run on a Chinese modem no one has sanctioned
The XK-F358 mesh radio that keeps Russia's Geran and Gerbera drones flying past Ukrainian jamming sells openly online from about $8,100 a unit, and it appears on no US, EU, UK or Ukrainian sanctions list.
West of Ukraine is still out of reach of Russia’s guided drones for reason. What is one thing that would close this gap?
Russia cannot yet steer guided Shaheds against Lviv and Volyn because its control network is out of range, but relays in Belarus would extend the threat west, Serhii Beskrestnov says.
For first time, Russia merged two separate drone types onto one Mesh network. Ukraine already has answer
Russia has linked its Molniya drones to Gerbera relay drones over a MESH network for the first time, previously incompatible, the presidential adviser said.
“We will answer their answer”: Ukraine tests EW against jet Shaheds’ MESH control
Ukraine is testing new electronic warfare against jet-powered Shaheds' MESH-network control channels, presidential adviser Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov said after a day at a test range.
In the world’s most jammed battlefield, a Kyiv company keeps the signal alive
Light, enduring mesh network enables complex operations in difficult environments
Russia built an invisible web of Shahed relay towers in Belarus — Ukraine just tore it down
Russia needed a network of rooftop antennas to guide its drones over Ukraine, and Kyiv needed an operation to kill it.