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How Ukraine is winning the drone-jamming war

Russia’s electronic-warfare capability seems to have been over-hyped

http://roe.ru/eng/catalog/air-defence-systems/elint-and-ew-equipment/repellent/

UKRAINE’S DRONES were not supposed to still be buzzing over the heads of Russian forces. Many analysts had assumed that Russia’s electronic jamming would neutralise any drone which lacked military-grade communications. But it has also successfully used consumer drones for reconnaissance and to direct artillery fire, while larger “octocopters” (which have eight propellers) have destroyed Russian T-72 tanks by dropping anti-tank grenades. Russian military drones are also falling from the skies at an alarming rate. How is Ukraine winning the jamming war?

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