Unmanned aerial systems are pivotal to the warfighting of both combatants in the ongoing war in Ukraine. Kamikaze drones in particular are responsible for a great number of casualties, and both the Ukrainian and Russian forces launch hundreds of loitering munitions on a daily basis—the Russians more so than their adversaries.  

So, the Ukrainian military is pushed hard to invent and incorporate new counter-drone systems to try to curtail the Russian kamikaze drone menace. But one thing the Ukrainians have shown they know how to do very well is to invent and create new ways for killing or fending off Russian drones. The latest example of this is a drone-killing buggy armed with US-made Hellfire missiles.  

The Ukrainians are pairing US-made V2X Tempest high-mobility vehicles with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles to create a remarkable drone-killing platform.  

In a recent video released by the........

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