Ukraine’s Low-Cost Drone Defenses Rewrite Shahed Warfare
Ukraine has developed cheap, scalable defenses—interceptor drones, electronic warfare, and mobile fire teams—to counter Shahed drones, achieving high interception rates at a fraction of the cost of expensive missiles. The approach offers lessons for the US and its allies facing Shahed threats in the Middle East and prompts consideration of adopting Ukrainian-style, low-cost interceptors to counter drone swarms.