(Telegraph-UK) Joe Barnes - Scores of Iranian-made "kamikaze" drones launched into Ukraine by Russia have been gunned down by the country's air defense systems. Some 37 Shahed-136 drones were part of Russia's long-range blitz on city centers across Ukraine on Monday, but many were destroyed before hitting their targets. According to Ukrainian intelligence, Russia has ordered 2,400 of the drones. But the drones have proved largely ineffective, immobile, easily detectable and unable to select and destroy sensitive military targets. Owing to its low-power engine, the Iranian weapon has a relatively low speed, making it fairly simple to target. They can be shot down with smaller air defense systems or even smaller arms, according to the Ukrainian military. This has forced Moscow to send swarms of up to 10 UAVs at once in the hope at least one can evade Ukraine's air defenses.
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