Posted on 04/22/2026 8:46:13 PM PDT by 11th_VA
The U.S. military, which has been responding to Iran’s loitering drone attacks, has finally adopted Ukraine’s air defense technology. As low-cost drones continued to damage high-value military assets, it is interpreted that the U.S. has deployed Ukraine’s combat-proven response system at key Middle Eastern bases.
On the 22nd, Reuters reported, citing multiple sources, that the U.S. has deployed Ukraine’s command and control platform at Prince Sultan Airbase in Saudi Arabia, a key military asset in the Middle East, to defend against Iranian drones.
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Ukrainian military officers are reported to have visited the base over recent weeks to train U.S. forces on detecting Iranian drone attacks and launching intercept drones. The system, called ‘Sky Map,’ is a platform that encapsulates Ukraine’s combat experience of repelling Russian attacks using Iranian-made loitering drones for over four years.
Ukraine has identified the locations of Iranian-made loitering drones using over 10,000 acoustic sensors installed on mobile phone base stations and rooftops of buildings. The sound of the Shahed drones, similar to that of a lawnmower, is identified as a loitering drone through AI, and combined with radar information to analyze their paths and expected strike points. Sky Map displays these analysis results on a digital map, allowing nearby interception units to respond and shoot them down with machine gun fire.
The U.S. military’s adoption of Ukraine’s air defense technology stems from the judgment that its high-value military assets have been repeatedly damaged by Iran’s low-cost drones…
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So similar to some game cameras on cellular and Dominion voting machines?
Looks like there was at least one card they had.
There’s some real irony there.
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