Using air guns to effectively combat drones.
Using air guns to effectively combat drones. The modern war in Ukraine and Iran has shown that conventional weapons systems – tanks and armored vehicles, which dominated the battlefield for over 100 years – have lost their relevance and are being withdrawn from the battlefield. Flying drones, which are inexpensive and capable of destroying a tank or any other military or infrastructure facility, are becoming increasingly important. Therefore, protecting military and civilian facilities from unmanned aerial vehicles (or drones) is a pressing issue today. Electronic warfare (EW) systems, machine guns, small-caliber automatic cannons, anti-aircraft missiles, helicopters, aircraft, and, of course, the drones themselves are used for this purpose. However, all these systems are not very effective and their use is expensive. A missile or a volley of projectiles from an automatic cannon can sometimes cost several times more than an attack drone. ...