Ukraine able to misdirect Russian drones

 The Standard:

Dozens of Russian drones are being “lost” over Ukraine which is spoofing some of them to fly back towards Russia or Belarus, according to military experts.

Ukraine’s air defence downed 21 drones out of 43 launched by Russia in an overnight attack on Monday targeting six regions across the country, the Ukrainian air force said.

Drone debris damaged residential houses in the eastern Kharkiv region and in the Odesa region in the south, regional officials said.

Kyiv’s air force said that 22 other drones were “lost”.

Military analysts said Ukraine was increasingly using electronic warfare to redirect or spoof “kamikaze” Russian drones, some supplied by Iran.

This involves interfering with, and confusing, their navigation systems so they start targeting a different location.

The tactic is believed to enable Ukraine to instruct the drones to instead head towards sites in Russia or Belarus.

But the electronic warfare can also affect other devices, including civilians’ mobile phones.
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This war is becoming a laboratory in the use of drones that is exposing some of the downsides of such warfare.  It also is exposing some of the problems with the Russian drones which the US and the West should take note of.  I suspect that the Israelis are also capable of rerouting drones.

See also:

186 mph interceptor UAV: Ukraine’s new defense against Russian Shahed drones

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