BFBS Forces News reporters Simon Newton and Hannah King went to a frontline region in Ukraine to seek out a rarely-seen, British-built air defence system: the Raven.
Developed in just three months by British engineers alongside the MOD’s Taskforce Kindred, the Raven is an improvised but highly effective air defence system. Because it is built from parts never originally intended to work together – mounting RAF jet launch rails and ASRAAM missiles onto a Supacat military truck—it has earned the nickname "FrankenSAM."
We take you past military checkpoints and roads draped in anti-drone netting to a secluded patch of Ukrainian farmland to see the kit in action. Watch as the frontline operators give their honest assessment of how it performs against relentless Russian drone and cruise missile bombardments.
Read more: https://www.forcesnews.com/ukraine/rare-access-inside-ukraine-uks-raven-air-defence-system-dubbed-frankensam
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