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A $2,500 interceptor drone built to destroy Iranian Shaheds was recorded flying at the speed of a bullet train
The Ukrainian drone startup Wild Hornets released a video on Monday of its Sting interceptor reaching up to 195 miles per hour in stable flight.
The Ukrainian firm Wild Hornets said its Sting interceptor reached up to 195 miles per hour in stable flight — a speed that likely makes the system one of the fastest first-person-view combat drones. Russia, which manufactures the Shahed locally, has drastically increased the number of these exploding drones it deploys at a time, pairing them with ballistic missiles to overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses. New Russian tactics that allow Shaheds to fly higher and faster have also made it more difficult for machine gun squads, a core pillar of air defense for Ukraine, to hit the loitering munitions reliably.
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