Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS or drones) represent the future of warfare. They are already the Ukraine War’s preeminent weapon system, striking targets near the fighting front or Ukrainian and Russian cities far behind the lines. Counter-drone systems are evolving in response, but defending against drones’ multiple forms, capabilities, and missions requires a layered approach as flexible as the drones themselves.
The last defensive layer is the individual soldier faced with defending his and his comrades’ lives. Infantrymen cannot affect larger, long-range drones. But smaller, short-range First Person View (FPV) drones confront soldiers every day with deadly results. Estimates credit drones with inflicting up to 80 percent of all combat casualties in Ukraine.
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