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The epic moment a Ukrainian drone costing just £21,000 took out a major Russian radar system has been caught on camera.
The Polish-made kamikaze drone flew into and destroyed the spinning dish of the Podlyot radar complex, which can reportedly detect up to 200 targets simultaneously.
Footage showed the dish being knocked out before another drone flew into the station powering the radar system, knocking out the £6million system.
Ukrainian intelligence wrote after the attack: ‘Successful fire damage was inflicted on the antenna-feeder installation and the diesel station that fed the complex.’
Ukraine’s defence ministry said the Geese 9 Unit were responsible for taking out the radar complex, adding that it was a new piece of technology that has only been deployed since 2015.
The Podlyot system detects targets and sends coordinates to anti-aircraft systems, MailOnline reports.
The kamikaze drone flew towards the spinning dish of the Podlyot radar complex (Picture: GUR/e2w news)
It was later pictured smoking after being taken out by the Ukrainian drone (Picture: GUR/e2w news)
Ukraine has used drones against Russia to great effect amid the ongoing conflict, with several Russian warplanes destroyed in recent weeks.
Precision missiles, sea drones, and British tanks are some of the top weapons being used to fight Putin.
But as the battlefield has changed substantially in recent months, Ukraine has been forced to sideline its use of $10million Abrams tanks sent over from the US because they’re too difficult to use without being detected or attacked by Russian drones.
The US sent 31 Abrams to Ukraine in January 2023 after a months-long campaign by Kyiv arguing they were vital to its ability to breach Russian lines.
The use of Russian surveillance drones and hunter-killer drones has made it more difficult for Ukraine to protect the tanks, and five of the 31 have been destroyed in the last three months.
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