Las Fuerzas Ucanianas han implementado una sofisticada red de sensores a lo largo del pa\u00eds, que alimenten con informaci\u00f3n precisa a las ametralladoras pesadas distribuidas en el frente, para proteger diferentes objetivos, de los ataques con drones a\u00e9reos de las fuerzas rusas. T\u00e1cticas alternativas con sistemas de Def Ae de alta movilidad y simplicidad, que operen sistemas de armas disponibles y de bajo costo, resultan imprescindibles en momentos en que los sofisticados misiles interceptores como los Patriot o Iris-T, donados por EUA y pa\u00edses de la OTAN, se est\u00e1n agotando. Durante el mes pasado, Rusia ha lanzado m\u00e1s de 3000 bombas a\u00e9reas guiadas, 600 drones y 400 misiles bal\u00edsticos y de crucero sobre Ucrania, afirm\u00f3 el presidente Zelensky. Se estima que estos sistemas m\u00f3viles de Def Ae son responsables de la neutralizaci\u00f3n de al menos un 40% de los ataques con drones tipo \u201cShahed\u201d.<\/p>\n
MILAN \u2014 Ukrainian forces have rigged an elaborate network of sensors in the country that feeds targeting data to heavy machine guns for downing Russian combat drones, according to analysts.<\/p>\n
The fallback tactics towards mobile, low-cost defenses come as sophisticated interceptor missiles donated by Western allies are running low.<\/p>\n
Last month alone, Moscow fired more than 3,000 guided aerial bombs, 600 drones and 400 missiles at Ukraine, according to remarks made by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n
The Kremlin has used Iranian Shahed-type exploding drones, which Russia now reportedly also produces domestically, to carry out attacks against Ukrainian population centers. The threat posed by these weapons are the primary focus of the new class of nimble counter-drone setups that can be moved where they are most needed.<\/p>\n
\u201cMobile air defense in Ukraine is probably responsible for over 40% intercepts of these systems [Shahed-type drones],\u201d Michael Kofman, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment think tank who frequently travels to Ukraine for research, told Defense News. \u201cThis is partly due to the deficit of munitions for valuable interceptive systems like Patriots, IRIS-T, amongst others,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The cheaper option, he explained, consists of \u201cheavy machine guns, with thermal scopes and tablets, paired on a gun mount.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kofman said that the tactics of using firearms to shoot down Russian drones are part of an intricate web of detection systems scattered around the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis system works because the gun crew is part of an elaborate sensor network set up around Ukrainian cities; there is an integrated system for tracking incoming drones, including radar and acoustics, and a robust network of electronic warfare systems,\u201d Kofman said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat forces Shahed drones to increase in altitude from their standard low-altitude flight in order to navigate,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Another cheap sensor network Ukrainians have established to track Russian aerial threats consists thousands of cell phones placed next to microphones atop six-foot poles throughout the country, forwarding incoming engine noise to anti-aircraft artillery units for processing.<\/p>\n