The culprit who shot down more than 300 Ukrainian UAVs every day

Similar to how air defense systems are divided into short, medium, and long range, Russian ground forces distribute a dense array of electronic warfare platforms every 10 km on the front.

Down 10,000 UAVs per month, 333 per day

A report by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), a UK-based research institute, said Moscow's EW has consistently maintained effectiveness and shot down nearly 10,000 Ukrainian drones per month, equivalent to about 333 per day.

According to EurAsian Times , Moscow has demonstrated its superior electronic warfare prowess on the battlefield, having made thorough technological preparations since the war in Syria in 2015 and the annexation of Crimea a year earlier.

In this war in Ukraine, Western press simultaneously revealed more about the effectiveness of Russian EW, causing Ukrainian operations to continuously encounter difficulties when having to deal with diverse systems from anti-drone, interference with communication signals or satellite positioning.

The EW Shipovnik-Aero system is said to be the "nemesis" of UAVs on the Ukrainian battlefield.

The Russian Krasukha-2, Krasukha-4, RB-341V LEER-3, R-330Zh Zhitel, Murmansk-BN and Moskva-1 systems are some of the EW platforms known to Western military experts, as they are used to perform jamming of satellite navigation signals, radar, radio, communications at various frequencies, along with Electronic Support (ES) and Electronic Attack (EA) roles.

In particular, the 14Ts227 Tobol EW system is believed to be the "culprit" that interrupted the "synchronization" process of Starlink satellite internet service with ground terminals last year.

However, the latest research by RUSI shows that the Shipovnik-Aero jamming system is the "nemesis" of Ukraine's UAV fleet.

“Shipovnik-Aero is proving to be a particularly effective system at low signal levels, and can also cause additional disruption by mimicking other transmitters or communications,” said the study by Jack Watling and Nick Reynolds of RUSI.

Using electronic warfare to "wear down" opponents

The study added that Russia’s EW platforms are primarily aimed at “taking down UAVs without attempting to de-escalate the conflict.” In other words, Moscow has pursued a strategy of maximum attrition, rather than “terminating” Kiev’s defenses.

The West believes that Russia is completely superior in electronic warfare and uses this ability to "erode" the opponent's defenses.

Along with Shipovnik-Aero, the Russian military has widely deployed electronic countermeasures equipment to all units at all levels. According to the Ukrainian side, each Russian platoon is allocated with directional jamming and UAV control equipment.

Not only that, RUSI's research also shows that Russia is "fully capable" of intercepting and decoding enemy encrypted radio communications using Torn-MDM jamming equipment.

“Russian EW achieved real-time interception and decryption of Ukrainian Motorola 256-bit encrypted tactical communications systems widely used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU),” the RUSI report said.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian military officers said they came under pre-emptive artillery fire immediately after giving the order to attack via radio communication.

Last November, Business Insider even reported that Russia's "jamming attacks" were so powerful that they "disrupted" their own communications during the first two days of the "special military operation."

(According to EurAsian Times)

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