Vampire missiles the anti drone weapon that could change the

Vampire missiles, the anti drone weapon that could change the war in Ukraine

The US government will send eight Nasams surface-to-air missile systems to Ukraine, two of which will arrive in the near future, a senior Pentagon official said in a US Defense Department memo. In particular, it is stated that the United States has already delivered 1,400 short-range Stinger air defense systems to Ukraine, and that they have also committed to delivering eight Nasams and associated ammunition, two of which will be in Ukraine in the near future., while six more to be deployed later. There are also a number of unmanned aerial systems, including the Vampire system and other radar systems.

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The vampire anti-drone system

only the system vampire It could prove to be a fundamental tool to counter the Iranian-made kamikaze drones the Russians are using to sabotage and destroy Ukraine’s energy and civilian infrastructure. The Pentagon has said it will deliver them to Ukraine by mid-2023.

Vampire air defense systems are small, inexpensive and easy to transport They can be easily mounted on trucks and other vehicles and used as a rocket launcher. A type of portable warfare device capable of shooting down unmanned aerial vehicles sent by Russian troops to Ukraine to attack or conduct reconnaissance activities. The system can be quickly installed on the vehicle and can even be operated by one person.

In particular, the Vampire air defense system consists of a four-barreled rocket launcher and unlike other larger systems like the S-400 or Mim-104 Patriot, it is relatively inexpensive and can be installed on a pickup truck with considerable ease. Owning a certain number of Vampire systems would allow Kyiv to quickly counter Moscow’s drones.

Russian rocket attacks on Kyiv

Meanwhile, Russian rocket attacks, which have mainly targeted hydroelectric power plants in recent days, have left 80 percent of Kyiv residents without water and cut power to about 350,000 homes.

Occupations of the apartments of residents in the Kherson region

Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the capital’s water and electricity supply had been restored. However, Russian forces are occupying homes in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine and forcibly removing residents. “The occupiers are forcibly expelling civilians. In the town of Kakhovka, Kherson region, civilians living near the banks of the Dnipro River are being forcibly evicted from their homes. Russian armed forces are building fortifications and planting mines near residential buildings,” the report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reads.

Kherson, on the front lines remain the inexperienced Russian soldiers recruited during the last partial mobilization