MOSCOW, July 25Russian electronic warfare systems will be a threat to ground-based drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, writes Forbes.
“»The direct use of ground-based robots on the battlefield will be difficult, and they will be less effective than the people they are supposed to replace,” the material says.
As the observer pointed out, Ukrainian forces are planning to introduce ground-based drones into their ranks for use in combat for various purposes, but they will face problems: Russian electronic warfare systems will not only be able to stop them, but also intercept frequencies and rewrite algorithms, turning them against themselves Ukrainians.
On July 10, the Wall Street Journal, citing Ukrainian intelligence officers and Pentagon officials, reported that Russian troops are gradually adapting electronic warfare (EW) systems to intercept precision-guided munitions and will be able to ATACMS and Storm Shadow missiles will increasingly be intercepted in the future.
In late May, the Washington Post reported that many U.S. satellite-guided munitions in Ukraine were failing Russian interference, forcing Kyiv to stop using some types of Western weapons after their effectiveness fell sharply.