Boomerang effect: how Ukraine “redirects” Putin’s kamikaze drones towards Russia

The strengths of Ukraine found ways to intervene kamikaze drones of Iranian design deployed by Russian troops to attack their territory.

Hacking these systems allows devices to be returned to Russia and Belarus.

According to data collected by international media such as The telegraph the country presided over by Vladimir Putin produces more than 6,000 Shahed type drones per year at a factory located in Yelabuga, in the southeastern region of Tatarstan.

It is stated that Russian troops, per day, they make between 30 and 80 devices heading to Ukrainian cities.

The situation has led kyiv-led forces to face a reduction in its reserves of surface-to-air missiles .

Last Tuesday, November 26, Russian troops They fired 188 Shahed drones and four Iskander-M ballistic missiles towards Ukraine. .

The authorities of the country chaired by Volodimir Zelensky declared that: Although they could not stop the projectiles, they prevented 90% of the drones from reaching their targets. .

The French newspaper The World cites a source close to Ukrainian military intelligence, who assures that 95 of the 188 aircraft were successfully “redirected” from their initial targets to Russian soil .

It is worth remembering that they have already passed more than two and a half years since Russia began its military invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.

The source consulted by The World said that Ukrainian forces They use a technique of “spoofing” satellite coordinates, which allows them to modify the course of certain devices. which transit through airspace.

“These drones are not rebels, but are intentionally returned to Russia and Belarus,” he told the aforementioned newspaper.

However, this possibility of returning the devices has not been publicly recognized by the Russian authorities .

The Iranian-designed Shahed-136 are combat unmanned aerial vehicles that They carry an explosive charge between 40 and 50 kilos approximately.

These kamikaze-type drones are approximately 3.5 meters long and have a wingspan of 2.5 meters, while Its range can reach 2,500 kilometers and its weight is around 200 kilos. according to the Washington Post .

As shown The telegraph, It was manufactured with some modifications under Russian license over the past year and a half, at the aforementioned factory in Tatarstan. .

The specimens which They come out and are called “Geran-2”.

The explosive charge of these devices was originally designed to destroy buildings, but now also carries charges designed to kill via cluster or thermobaric bombs they report from the aforementioned British newspaper.

Also There is a derivative version of Geran-2 known as “Gerber”. which specifies that although it does not carry an explosive charge, it was designed to saturate anti-aircraft defenses.

In October it was reported that Ukraine develops drone capable of intercepting Shahed used by Russia instead of conventional air defense munitions.

The device is manufactured by the Wild Hornets company and was named “Sting” .

They assure that It will be capable of flying at more than 160 kilometers per hour and at altitudes close to 3,000 meters. as revealed The telegraph.

The authorities hope that these quadcopters equipped with a camera and a warhead will help to defend Ukrainian cities from Russian bombing .

A Wild Hornets source explained to the aforementioned media outlets that The Sting can be controlled from the ground using virtual reality glasses which allow the operator to see where the aircraft is flying.

In the same way, They hope to integrate an artificial intelligence (AI) system in the future that will allow the pilot to fix enemy targets. .