Ukraine’s Brave1 says it can down Russia’s Banderol missiles with cruising speed 650 km/h less than they cost, and has destroyed at least four
In July, Ukrainian troops downed Banderols with Swedish Bofors L70 anti-aircraft guns designed in the late 1940s.
Ukraine asserts it can down Russia's Banderol missiles for less than their price tag, according to the Brave1 defense-tech cluster. The cluster's interceptor system has reportedly destroyed at least four of these missiles, releasing video evidence of the intercepts. The Banderol missile, designed to be cheap for Russia but costly for Ukraine to neutralize, forces Kyiv to expend scarce, expensive air-defense missiles against a low-cost weapon.
The interception technology costs significantly less than the Banderol missiles themselves, the cluster claims. The Brave1 system joins a growing list of low-cost counters to the Banderol, including Swedish Bofors L70 anti-aircraft guns used by Ukrainian troops in July. The focus now is on scaling successful technologies to blunt the growing number of Banderol missiles Russia is firing.
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