🔴Western spy agencies are getting ready to examine one of Russia’s most potent electronic warfare systems after a unit was captured in Ukraine.
It will be flown to the US for examination
@DomNicholls reports 🧵👇
telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
It will be flown to the US for examination
@DomNicholls reports 🧵👇
telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
➡️The Krasukha-4 system, designed to jam large radars and satellites, was recovered from the battlefield near Kyiv partly damaged but otherwise intact
🔎Intelligence officials will be keen to exploit the find to gauge how efficient the Russian kit is at tracking Nato aircraft
🇺🇸The equipment will likely be transported by road to the US Air Force base in Ramstein, Germany...
...before it is flown to the US for closer examination
...before it is flown to the US for closer examination
⚠️Nato military chiefs have been wary of the technology for years...
...as they fear it is capable of tracking the alliance’s airborne warning and control aircraft, which act as air traffic control in the event of conflict
...as they fear it is capable of tracking the alliance’s airborne warning and control aircraft, which act as air traffic control in the event of conflict
🔴The equipment can also jam radar reconnaissance satellites and drones.
A Krasukha-4 system is believed to have been used in Syria against Turkish forces flying TB-2 Bayraktar drones
A Krasukha-4 system is believed to have been used in Syria against Turkish forces flying TB-2 Bayraktar drones
🇷🇺The Russian electronic warfare radar was thought to have interfered with the control signal to the drones, causing them to lose control and crash
🇺🇦Ukraine is using TB-2 Bayraktar drones to destroy Russian tanks and armoured vehicles.
Read the full story 👇
telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
Read the full story 👇
telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
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