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Belgium Proves F-16 Anti-Drone Rocket That Bypasses U.S. Supply Chain, Ukraine Set to Benefit | Defense Express (en.defence-ua.com)
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Well there goes the shahed strategy being effective!

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[–] JillyB@beehaw.org 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Interesting. It seems like a copy of the same concept as the US APKWS which is just a cheap 70mm rocket with a guidance kit fitted to the front. I'm not surprised that someone else did the same thing since the whole point of the concept is that it's cheap and easy to roll out. I suspect that we'll see these "rockets" (missiles?) used for ground based air defenses before too long.

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 3 points 3 weeks ago

I suspect that we’ll see these “rockets” (missiles?) used for ground based air defenses before too long.

there's already a ground based launcher for APKWS and FZ275 is compatible with it too

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