"Russia's Growing Use of Cheap and Disposable Drone Swarms in Ukraine"
Russia has been using cheap and disposable kamikaze drones, known as Shaheds, to launch attacks on Ukraine. These low-tech drones have been causing damage to buildings and forcing Ukrainian civilians into air raid shelters. The Ukrainian military has been relying on mobile, automatic weapons fire and the use of anti-aircraft systems like the German Gepard to counter these drone attacks. Russia has been exploiting Ukrainian concerns about protecting major population centers and has been launching multiple waves of drones from different directions to confuse and overwhelm the Ukrainian defense. The scale of the attacks has been increasing, with Russia reportedly placing a $2 billion order with Iran to produce thousands more drones. The Ukrainian military believes that Russia will continue to improve the quality of these drones, making them more difficult to detect and counter.
