Weapons against Supercam, Zala and "Orlan": what can be cheap to intercept the drones of the Russian Federation (video)
The announcement indicates the parameters that must be in accordance with the decision. The antitonery agent should affect the target at a speed of 100-150 km/h at a height of 1. 5 km. It must receive information about the target from the detection systems, detect, capture, give and strike the target. The Defense Expres website analyzed how difficult this task is, and whether there are drones in the world that can effectively intercept other drones.
The authors point out that in fact, the request is about creating a powerful UAV-interceptor that works as an anti-aircraft missile or Dron-Kamikadze PPO. Such UAVs should be massive and accessible, unlike anti -aircraft missiles of a small radius. There is a shortage of such missiles for OSA-AKM and Arrow-10. Effective Vampire installations with APKWS ammunition are not widespread in the Armed Forces.
The fact that there are only two similar models in the world is indicated about the extraordinary request for the creation of drones. At the same time, only one of them reached the production stage. The first case is actually only a declaration of intentions on the side of the Russians. In 2021, they expressed a desire to use Lancet shock drones as an interceptor to fight the drones of the Turkish production Bayraktar TB2. But the practical implementation of the plan did not happen.
The Americans were more successful in such a development. The COYOOTE 2C-interceptor drone was ordered by a pentagon of 600 units, with a further increase in up to several thousand. This drone costs $ 125,000. Coyote 2C is equipped with a jet engine and moves at a speed less than sound. It is intended for the disposal of unmanned aerial vehicles and can do it at a distance of up to 15 km. However, the drone itself is not all.
To run it, they created a start-up starting installation, reminiscent of SDRs. It also refers to the complex of means, which includes the control system FAAD C2, RLS Kumrfs, optical-electronic station, which detects drones and launchers themselves. The only external buyer of the system was Qatar, where it was sold for $ 1 billion. Therefore, it is unlikely to be a inexpensive solution. We will remind, the receipt of the mentioned Vampire complexes by Ukraine became known last year.
The rocket installation is based on the armored version of the Humvee Dravies and has 4 70mm laser rockets. The United States purchased complexes for the Armed Forces as part of the USAI security assistance initiative in Ukraine in August 2022. It is stated that 14 systems were purchased for Ukraine. At the same time, the first 4 complexes were received half a year after the contract is signed.