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2023-11-03 07:52:28

kravietz 🦇 on Nostr: An interesting interview with #Ukraine specialist on electronic warfare (EW) Sergey ...

An interesting interview with #Ukraine specialist on electronic warfare (EW) Sergey Bezkrestnov "Flash". Notable points:

* #Russia invested in this sector strategically from 2000's, creating over 50 models of EW systems and dedicated military units, while we rolled ours down. We managed to catch up only because they made a mistake of deploying them onto heavy armoured vehicles by default, which are highly visible and easily destroyed, which reduced their advantage.
* UAVs changed the modern warfare completely and they are changing it as we speak. On day one everyone's concern were winged UAVs, today it's the FPV drones that are rhe biggest headache to both sides.
* Our EW systems like Bukovel are much more mobile and better suited for today's challenges, but we miss capacity to produce them at scale. Both sides face shortage of specialists — everyone jumped into IT while classic electronics (HAM radio, antennas, soldering) was considered not very promising. Today most people who help us are 50+ hobbyists or formerly working in electronics industry.
* Both sides rely heavily on Chinese elements. We need to manufacture that locally (Ukraine and allies) to have a strategic advantage.

EW that "Flash" is talking about are systems to firstly detect and then suppress (jam) all kind of radio transmissions used for military communications (short waves, ultra-short waves, satellite), primarily for communications with assault and surveillance drones, and among them primarily FPV assault drones.

Interview (in Ukrainian and Russian): https://youtu.be/kNQI6ufd8jM

Sergey's Telegram channel: https://t.me/serhii_flash
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