In view of increasing Russian attacks with drones and cruise missiles on targets in Ukraine, the air command in Kiev has proposed a comprehensive electronic air defense with a network of jammers in the communities.
Accordingly, communities themselves could raise money to purchase electronic devices that could be used to jam the sensors of incoming drones.
“You don’t buy weapons – that is, firearms, cannons or anti-aircraft systems. But they (the electronic devices) help save lives,” air force spokesman Yuri Ihnat said on Ukrainian television.
Electronic defense is the cheapest
“A missile can be diverted in this way and not reach its target,” Ihnat explained the effect of the electronic jamming equipment. These could now easily be purchased privately. “Many civilian companies are now involved in the production of electronic systems for warfare.”
Ihnat points out the cost benefit that electronic defense against enemy missiles would have for Ukrainian air defense. “There is no reason to waste expensive missiles when you can stop the enemy this way,” he said.
Source: Krone
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