One can monitor the majority of the frequency spectrum (all the way up to satellite/microwave coms with a cheap SDR. Finding the spectrum the operator/drone is using is an easy task.
Once you know transmit/receive, setting a jamming freq should be easy enough.
I think you mean “surface to surface.” Anyhow, if this (the 100th) reason to give Ukraine ATACMS still doesn’t pan out, then nothing will.
Frankly, we ought to give Ukraine some JASSM-ER and TLAM-D…
I’m skeptical that the Iranians have smart autonomous drones. The technology is not mature yet. I doubt Iran is a leader in this space.
I was going to add to above, but not tonight.
Iran has denied supplying Russia with weapons for use in Ukraine, saying it “has not and will not” do so.
Sure. They just sold them to XX country, who sold them to YY country, who sold them to Russia. No problem.
I have 2 drones I built with off the shelf parts that will follow programmed routes with great precision. A military contractor should have little problem sourcing the parts.
As @Kedikat notes, the drones aren’t really smart, but they are autonomous-ish. They can fly a route to certain coordinates and hit a predefined location. They don’t even really seem to offer any remote control aspect. It’s basically a really slow, really small cruise missile. Frankly, I’m surprised that Russia had to go to a third party for them.
I’ve heard that a division or subsidiary of Kalashnikov may be producing them. Not sure if it is a copy of the Iranian ones, or just same due to purpose.
I really like this one (another Perun video) - deep dive into the air space situation over Ukraine. Very even-handed, discussing the successes and challenges facing both sides:
These two images were taken almost 80 years apart - the first in London (1944), the other in Kyiv (2022). Both were ‘vengeance’ weapons aimed at terrorising civilians.
Again… can we just skip forward to the part where Putin shoots himself in his bunker?
The main problem for Ukraine thus far is its vast land area. Its cities are spread all over the nation, too. It’s going to need lots of independent air-defense SAM networks to cover all the important parts.
That might depend in part on where and how many places the Russians are launching from. If they are launching strikes from all vectors, sure. But if strikes are emanating only from discrete sites (eg: airfields) in a handful of locations that might reduce the area needed to be cover by the air defense network to a relatively few corridors en route to key targets.
But I have no idea how the Russians have deployed these drone/cruise missile forces.
Point defense of cities might also be an option. Depends on what the Russians are actually targeting.
The “himself” part is optional, and so is the bunker.
yep … cut the man some slack…
That was informative. My favorite comment was “At this point every babushka has a stinger in the basement.” 
Some good news after several very bad days of drone attacks. I’m glad to see the Mariupol defenders are still being freed.
Guardian blog
They’re dual-duty, just like the US B-52s and B-1s are. So I would imagine it would depend on how they’re deployed.
If they’re standing alert as part of the Russian strategic nuclear forces (Long Range Aviation) and they’re getting hit, then yeah that’s an escalation or at least an awfully bold move. But if they’re just deployed at nearby airbases and being used as heavy strike aircraft or as conventionally armed strategic bombers vs. Ukraine, then they’re fair game, and I think the Russians would consider them as such.
The Russians aren’t going to use bombers that they need for their strategic nuclear mission in Ukraine, so that’s the defining thing IMO.
Thanks for that. I guess I should brush up on drone tech before commenting.
Ignorance fought.
I favor capture and relocation. We should be able to convince the 'Strayans that he would make a suitable immigrant, to be given a nice estate on Heard Island, where the climate would be familiar to him and the long years of sadness would be plentiful.