Ukraine’s ‘FrankenSAM’ Air Defense Solution Registers First Kill

January 19, 2024

The Defense Post

The system downed the Shahed drone from 9 kilometers (5.59 miles), registering its first kill, Ukrainian Minister Of Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin said.

Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 19 out of 20 Shaheds that attacked Ukraine on Wednesday in Zaporizhzhya, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kirovohrad regions.

“Anti-aircraft missile units and mobile fire groups” were deployed to repel the attack. It is highly likely that the FrankenSAM was part of it.

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