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Ukraine Gets Israeli Counter Unmanned Air System, But There’s a Catch

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Ukraine need more weapons to shoot down Iranian UAVs / Illustrative photo from open sources
Ukraine need more weapons to shoot down Iranian UAVs / Illustrative photo from open sources

One of the unexpected countries could strengthen the Armed Forces of Ukraine with means of countering UAVs

An Israeli defense contractor supplies the Armed Forces of Ukraine with anti-drone systems, The Times of Israel reports.

In fact, there are more questions than answers in this story: it is noted that weapons are not supplied to Ukraine due to Israel's ban on selling modern weapons to Kyiv, but were sold to Poland, acting as a kind of intermediary in this chain.

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russia's Orlan-10 UAV / Illustrative photo from open sources

At the same time, the manufacturing company allegedly does not know about such a "schematosis", and Israel itself closes eyes to such agreements. However, none of the parties has officially commented on such a transfer yet.

According to the article, the weapons that Israel is transferring to Ukraine are systems for combating unmanned aerial vehicles. It is noted that these weapons are classified as "advanced defense technology", so the sale to Ukraine should have been blocked.

It is not specified what kind of weapons are supplied to Ukraine. As an example, Defense Express can mention the Drone Dome system by Rafael with the ability to track small targets at a distance of up to 3.5 km, or the Drone Guard by Israel Aerospace Industries-Elta, which can fight against various types of UAVs, depending on the power of the interceptor.

At the same time, the Elbit company has the Redrone system, which is primarily designed to protect strategic objects and military bases from inexpensive drones and quadcopters and larger UAVs.

Also, the Skylock system, which offers "a wide range of complex, modular, scalable active and passive anti-drone technologies."

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