An armed helicopter on display at the Farnborough Airshow is representative of several being transferred from German stocks to Ukraine. The helicopters may be the first in the world upgraded with Shahed drone killing interceptor drones.

An armed helicopter on display at the Farnborough Airshow is representative of several being transferred from German stocks to Ukraine. The helicopters may be the first in the world upgraded with Shahed drone killing interceptor drones

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The Cold War era helicopter is fitted with new launch rails between the fuselage and the sponsons. This is a position previously associated with Sea Skua or Exocet anti-ship missiles. Each rail can accommodate three of the latest generation interceptor drones.

  • ladicius@lemmy.world
    6·
    1 month ago

    Maybe the first in the world with drone killers but definitely not the last.

    Ukraine will have so many customers for this stuff.