Arya News - Unprecedented Ukrainian drone attacks, carried out with NATO countries’ assistance, are being countered by Russia’s multilayered air defense system, which will be further reinforced with weapons based on new physical principles, military expert and air defense historian Yury Knutov tells Sputnik.
"Around 60% of drones are intercepted over the Bryansk and Kursk regions," explains Knutov. "This is the first line of defense. Further layers provide additional interception capabilities."On the night of October 29, Ukraine launched its largest-ever drone attack on Russia, with Russian air defenses intercepting 1,214 Ukrainian drones overnight, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.Ukraine is striving to expand its drone production by moving manufacturing facilities abroad. Russia, meanwhile, is targeting Ukrainian production sites and logistics hubs, disrupting arms supply routes across the Black Sea and through Romania and Moldova. Russia’s current objective is to reduce military supplies reaching Ukraine via Poland, the pundit stresses.Additionally, Russia is testing and producing weapons based on new physical principles to counter drone attacks.Laser and electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapons could largely thwart the drone threat, the pundit concludes.