#Air Defense Systems
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![Ukrainian soldier holds interceptor drone Sting before a test flight on February 22, 2026 in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Ukrainian soldier holds interceptor drone Sting before a test flight on February 22, 2026 in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)")
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![Ukraine's mixed anti-drone approach offers valuable lessons to partners]( "Mobile fire group with MANPAD")
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![Joseph Place]( "Joseph Place")
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What happens when $5 million missiles are used to shoot down $20,000 drones? Facing daily waves of low-cost Shahed drones, Ukraine was forced to rethink how air defense works. As drone warfare spreads from Eastern Europe to the Middle East, its hard-earned lessons are becoming globally relevant.![Thermal footage shows a Ukrainian FP-2 drone targeting a rare Russian 9S15 “Imbir” radar near temporarily occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol. (Source: Unmanned Systems Forces)]( "Thermal footage shows a Ukrainian FP-2 drone targeting a rare Russian 9S15 “Imbir” radar near temporarily occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol. (Source: Unmanned Systems Forces)")
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