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Posted on 06/05/2025 6:49:40 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Ukraine has deployed an AI-powered turret that has already shot down at least six of Russia's devastating Shahed drones, a military officer told Business Insider.
Yuriy, the commander of Ukraine's air defense group, told BI last week that the system, called the Sky Sentinel, has "already been deployed in real combat, demonstrating high effectiveness."
He said one prototype shot down six Shaheds in as many operational uses. This appears to be the first confirmation that one of the Sky Sentinels had downed up to six exploding drones. Ukraine previously said that the turret had been successfully tested, including on the front lines.
United24, a Ukrainian government initiative that raises funds to purchase weaponry for the military, said last week that a Sky Sentinel prototype was used at the front, where it successfully shot down four Shahed drones.
The Sky Sentinel can also take down cruise missiles that are within its effective range, United24 said, but added that many details regarding the system couldn't be revealed due to security concerns.
In remarks to BI, Yuriy, who went by only his first name, a standard practice in the Ukrainian military, described the Sky Sentinel as "a cost-effective and scalable solution for defending both cities and frontline regions from Shaheds, reconnaissance drones, and even cruise missiles."
Its deployment comes at a critical moment for Ukraine.
Russia has been pounding its neighbor with unrelenting drone and missile bombardments. Over the weekend, Moscow launched 472 attack and decoy drones — its biggest air attack with drones to date.
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I’d believe that. If the Russians weren’t the one Winning.🤡😄
RE: Ukraine has deployed an AI-powered turret that has already shot down at least six of Russia’s devastating Shahed drones, a military officer told Business Insider.
Did the Ukranians develop this tech themselves, or did the Europeans ( or even the USA ) give them the technology to achieve this?
Iran and Russia Strengthen Ties in Partnership Against the West
Newsweek ^ | 1/25/2024 | Brendan Cole
Posted on 1/28/2024, 1:19:23 PM by marcusmaximus
Moscow and Tehran will strengthen their security partnership and team up to counter sanctions imposed by the West, a key architect of Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has said.
Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of Russia’s Security Council, announced closer cooperation between the allies after a meeting with the head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Akbar Ahmadian.
Ties between Tehran and Moscow have deepened since the start of the war in Ukraine, with Iran supplying Russian forces with Shahed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) which have wreaked havoc on Ukrainian infrastructure.
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Who cares, the Russians are using Iranian-developed drones.
China is winning.
Russia and Ukraine are losing.
The Russians are using the same drones, the Shahed drones, that did this:
Three U.S. soldiers were killed and at least two dozen were injured in a drone attack in Jordan
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Posted on 1/28/2024, 11:23:29 AM by janetjanet998
Three U.S. soldiers were killed and at least two dozen were injured in a drone attack overnight on a U.S. outpost in Jordan, officials tell CNN. This is the first time U.S. forces have been killed by enemy fire in the Middle East since the beginning of the Gaza war
Likely some of both.
Either way, good thing.
RE: Who cares, the Russians are using Iranian-developed drones.
Which brings up the question — Why can’t they use their own Russian drones? Why depend on Iran?
Nonsense!
The only thing Russian about a Shaeed drone is the money used to pay for it.
They are Iranian. Russia doesn’t make very good drones.
A lot of places in the Ukraine are getting bombed tonight.
A weird definition you have of “winning”
Putin invaded in February 2022, aiming to behead Ukraine by striking at Kyiv. To get a complaint quisling goverylike Belarus’ Lukashenko who agreed to a “unity” state, merging Belarus with the Russian federation.
Instead he, Putin, was repulsed by a country most of us thought would only be able yo hold him off for weeks.
Three years later he has lost billion$, nearly a million men, depleted his arms, lost prestige globally etc.
That’s a loss for the Kremlin
Clever these Ukrainians!
When a people are fighting for their very lives against a genocidal invader their focus on survival will often manifest in new tactics, strategy, and inventions.
Did the Ukrainians develop this tech themselves,
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Keep in mind that Ukraine developed all or most of the military weapons used by the USSR.
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