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Jet-Powered Drones Outpace Ukrainian Defenses as Manufacturers Race to Build New Interceptors

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Russia also has an advantage with its ballistic missile arsenal, which poses another challenge as Ukraine runs low on interceptor missiles.

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  1. Euromaidan Press

    Ukraine just caught a Geran-5 at 425 km/h—the jet drone that has often outrun Ukrainian interceptor drones since January (opens Euromaidan Press)

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    Ukrainian crews now stop just over half of Russia's jet-powered drones, against more than 90% of the older Shaheds, even as Moscow builds them by the thousand.

  2. Military.com

    Jet-Powered Drones Outpace Ukrainian Defenses as Manufacturers Race to Build New Interceptors (opens Military.com)

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    Russia also has an advantage with its ballistic missile arsenal, which poses another challenge as Ukraine runs low on interceptor missiles.

  3. The Kyiv Independent

    Ukraine's interceptor tech outpaced by Russia’s jet-powered Geran-5 drones (opens The Kyiv Independent)

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    The jet-black Russian munition slammed into the Presidium building of Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences, an iconic Tsarist-era structure right in the center of Kyiv, setting the building on fire. Survivors climbed out of the windows and clambered onto the building's ledges, fleeing the flames a…

  4. The Kyiv Independent

    Ukraine aims to produce up to 400 interceptor drones as Russian jet-powered drone use grows, Zelensky says (opens The Kyiv Independent)

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    Ukraine is testing five types of high-speed interceptor drones designed to shoot down the faster Russian weapons, according to Volodymyr Zelensky.

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