Ukraine’s 46th Airmobile Podilsk Brigade is using drones equipped with a fishing rod and weighted cord to intercept Russian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).
Footage posted by the brigade on Sunday showed the Ukrainian drone approaching the target from above, causing the Russian drone’s propellers to become entangled in or damaged by the cord. The video captured the system successfully intercepting one fixed-wing drone and one quadcopter. writes SOFX.
Nets are also used by both sides.
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U.S. forces have withdrawn from Iraq’s Ain al-Asad Airbase, which housed U.S.-led forces in Western Iraq, and the Iraqi army has assumed full control, the Iraqi defence ministry said on Saturday.
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Ain al-Asad has hosted U.S.
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Secretary of State at the Polish Defence Ministry Pawel Zalewski has confirmed that up to nine MiG-29 fighters being retired from the Polish Air Force will be transferred as aid to the Ukrainain Air Force. He noted that the process has received full political approval, with the Polish and Ukrainian defence authorities currently coordinating over issues including theaircraft’s condition, logistics, and maintenance planning.
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