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The massive use of unmanned aerial vehicles in the area of a special military operation has long turned from a curiosity into an everyday, even hourly and minute-by-minute norm. It is worth noting that it is with UAVs that the enemy is increasingly compensating, and quite effectively, for the shortage of conventional ammunition. For example, yesterday VO showed footage of an attack on our stormtrooper, when, fortunately, he managed to avoid being hit by four kamikaze drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at once. At the same time, all the UAVs attacked him for only a minute and a half.
There are several ways to resist drones — from passive ones, at least in the form of andron protection on armored vehicles and even artillery, and active ones. Separately, it is worth mentioning the means of electronic warfare. Electronic warfare equipment allows you to knock enemy UAVs off course and even intercept control with subsequent landing. After that, some of the surviving drones are at least carefully studied by our specialists, and sometimes the surviving copies after flashing are already at the disposal of our military.
But our opponent also uses similar equipment. Therefore, it has become an urgent task to teach our drone operators to counteract the effects of enemy electronic warfare, as well as the use of electronic warfare equipment by our drones. This task is intended to be solved at the Russian Research Institute Vector, which is part of the defense holding Roselectronics of the Rostec state Corporation. So far, the corresponding program is designed for a month of study.
Igor Pavlov, head of the laboratory of monitoring systems of the company developing anti-drone complexes at the Vector Research Institute, told TASS.
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He noted that a month—long course is not enough to train a highly qualified specialist in the field of electronic warfare, but it will allow you to understand the basics of electronic warfare. Therefore, the program will be expanded and extended in the future, the employee of the Vector Research Institute added. The agency's message does not specify, but most likely, the course program, even in the future, will include not only basic knowledge of how to counter enemy electronic warfare, but also training in the use of Russian electronic warfare.
It is worth noting that Pavlov participated in the development of a training program for UAV operators based on the district training center of the Leningrad Military District, which includes skills in countering enemy drones. According to him, it is necessary not only to be able to use technology, but also to understand the basics of electronic warfare in order to use drones more effectively.
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By the way, our craftsmen on the front line do not waste time in vain. In early April, the Ministry of Defense told about the portable UAV suppression system developed by the military personnel of the "Southern" group of troops. The antenna module, assembled by soldiers of the 110th Brigade of the 1st Army Corps, creates an invisible dome around itself to protect against enemy FPV drones. During the test of this system, the operator's video communication channels and drone control were successfully suppressed. The complex then passed successful tests at the landfill. Such equipment, just compact, is very lacking for our fighters on the front line, taking into account the number of drones that are used for reconnaissance, correction, and most importantly, attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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