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❗️Air defense forces lack missiles for standard man-portable SAMs. Because of this, Russian drones can break through several echelons of defense.
— If you open “Grafit,” you can see that Russian drones sometimes travel hundreds of kilometers along almost the same route — from Bryansk, from Donetsk region. Why aren’t they shot down earlier?
— One reason is altitude. If a target is flying at 7 thousand meters, our interceptor drones can currently operate up to roughly 6 thousand. Other systems also have their limitations.
— Okay. A hypothetical drone approaches from the north or east and flies toward Kyiv. How many air-defense lines does it have to get through?
— At least two echelons of air defense plus a separate echelon of interceptor drones.
— So where is the weak spot? What exactly is missing?
— The denser the system is, the higher the chance to destroy the target. We need a larger number of systems capable of engaging targets at altitudes up to 5 thousand meters.
— For example?
— The same Osa systems. But it’s not only about the launchers themselves — they need missiles.
— And missiles are lacking?
— Yes. Production currently does not meet demand. Therefore it needs to be scaled up.
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