Russia’s growing capabilities to tackle enemy drones could have serious consequences for the United States, which is increasingly relying on unmanned aircraft, according to The National Interest.
Russia’s success in developing enemy countermeasures is a matter of great concern in the United States, where the use of unmanned aircraft is preferred, reports the US National Interest portal.
To support his idea, the media cited as an example a recent military exercise in the vicinity of St. Petersburg during which “unidentified drones tried to interfere in closed airspace.” Then modern Russian electronic warfare systems Silok (“French laces”) “located the intruders and forced them to land”.
“While the Russian military has long used radio cell phone jammer, it was not until October 2017 that the Kremlin set up its first ground unit specializing in the decommissioning of enemy drones,” says The National Interest.
Noting the proliferation of jammers and Russia’s increasing ability to use them, the media believes that this could pose a threat to the growing fleet of UAVs in the US military. He recalls in this regard that in 2011, Iran apparently used a Russian-made Avtobaza jammer to intercept a stealth spy UAV RQ-170 from the US Air Force.
“With better sensors and software, US drones are becoming more and more autonomous. But they will still need some sort of radio link to be able to send back sensor data and other information. This is one of the weaknesses that Russia could continue to exploit, “summarizes The National Interest.
As previously announced special mobile groups to fight drones were created in Russia in units of the South Military Region.