The Ukrainian IE was able to "neutralize" 20 of the 21 means of attack during a rocket attack - Air Force

Half of them, as reported on the General Staff of the Armed Forces, were knocked down by air defense forces. What happened to the rest of the Russian rocket, the BBC writes. According to the newspaper, statistics indicated that only 21 rocket was knocked down. This result looked not too high, but later it became known that 20 rockets did not reach the goals as a result of the work of the EW. "There was more than 20 influences of the IEP directly.

As well as, as already noted, there are poor quality, perhaps missiles that may simply not fly to their goals and fall in the field," - explained a spokesman for the command of the aircraft Yuri Ignat. The Air Force emphasizes that this for the first time Ukraine has publicly declared such a successful way to counteract Russian rockets. The American Analytical Center "Institute of War Study" (ISW) called it a "change" of the capabilities of the Ukrainian Reba.

The ISW points out that earlier the possibilities of radio electronic struggle were used to fail Russian drones, but not rockets. "This is a qualitatively new approach in the fight against the enemy, which is not to spend expensive missiles of anti-aircraft missile complexes, but to apply the IE. Ukraine former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Air Defense, General Igor Romanenko.

ETB with electromagnetic radiation and radio signals is capable of affecting the enemy's devices. Its task is not only to identify, suppress these devices, but also to protect their own troops. The remedies can work in active (generating its radiation) or in the passive (reflecting the radiation of the enemy object). Recall that mobile groups have successfully worked on the enemy's air purposes in the northern operating area.