KIEV (dpa-AFX) – In view of ever new Russian attacks with drones and cruise missiles against targets in Ukraine, the air force leadership in Kiev has proposed comprehensive electronic air defense. Accordingly, the communities themselves could raise the funds to purchase electronic devices that could be used to jam the sensors of incoming drones. “You don’t buy weapons – firearms, cannons or anti-aircraft systems – but they (the electronic devices) help save lives,” Yuri Ihnat, spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force, said on Ukrainian television on Sunday.
“A rocket can be diverted in this way and not reach its target,” Ihnat explained the effect of the electronic jamming devices. These could now easily be purchased privately. “Many civilian companies are now involved in the production of electronic systems for warfare.” Ihnat saw this as the future of anti-aircraft defense. “There is no reason to waste expensive missiles when you can stop the enemy in this way,” he said./cha/DP/nas