Ukraine’s Anti-Drone Rifle Takes Aim At Russian UAVs

A Ukrainian company in the Ivano-Frankivsk region has produced almost 80 rifles that can jam aerial drones used by Russian forces for reconnaissance.

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[brycenew]

Fantastic!! My only criticism is that you ID’d the area in Ukraine where these are produced. That seems unnecessary. And potentially risky.

[zollen]

Necessity is the mother of invention. I hope it can jam wide spectrum of radio waves simultaneously in a tight area.

[Survve_Thrive]

Reading some comments on this video, just to be clear; this design is not a Ukrainian innovation and has been around 10 or more years in concept. But their production is very impressive.

[curtishill]

I have to say that Ukraine's ingenuity development and deployment in this war is phenomenal 💯 The heart and determination they display is second to none💯 Not the biggest or best equipped, Ukraine is probably the best defense force by what they've done with what they have!!! Now, with the stuff they are getting, I'm sure they will drive Russia out of all of Ukraine 🙏🙏🇺🇦

[Mr]

Superb tech. Trust the Ukrainians to come up with something inventive and relatively simple to produce ...10/10 .

[rohei]

Wow. Earlier days it was "don't mess with Texas". Now it is "dont' mess with Ukraine". Hell of a great job!

[sooz]

Great technology! I can see the potential for even bigger things with this idea!! Fantastic job.

[Ukie]

Maybe not a good idea to say where it’s made and of what it consists. Smart tech. 🇺🇦🇨🇦

[randygravel]

Hard to beat a force that’s has skin in the game.

[yutdosaasc]

Is it just me or does it look like a Space Marine should use it. I know, I’m a nerd. Stay strong Ukraine!

[pablodelsegundo]

Woooo, boy, their business is REALLY going to boom once Amazon starts their drone delivery program in CA.

[rimor]

Well done nerds and geeks! Ukraine is definitely tech savy. This is just an example of Ukraine tech capabilites. Slave Ukraini!👍👍✌

[bigdada]

Blessings and luck from California to Ukraine 🙏🍀💙💛

[akrapovicZ]

Great job brothers!
That's some real creative stuff by the young talented Ukrainians. Keep it up fellas.
Your priceless contributions will not go in vain and Ukraine will succeed in repelling the Russians from their land.
Goodluck and Godspeed your efforts and guide you all to Victory ✌
Cheers!

[GssilverB]

Long live free Ukraine with all its territory !
Да здравствует свободная Украина со всей ее территорией.
Longue vie a l'Ukraine avec tout son territoire !

[a-cq]

In the military world $12, 000 is cheap.

[GEOsustainable]

So sad to see the price. As an Electrical Engineer, that price is insane.
It's not rocket science, you are only transmitting all frequencies at a high power. A spark generator would do the trick. Drones still use 80 year old radio tech.
It should only cost about 200USD w/batteries.
This guy should be ashamed. I guess I need to start making these and shipping to Ukraine.
Not like we did not fall for guys like this in the US, we paid $600 for a hammer a while back.

[jasonharryphotog]

Well done, keep making them at lightening speed

[DetroitMicroSound]

I bet that jamming gun can grow Ukraine's drone forces.

[Grandemperor]

It would be nice to see some independent verification that these things actually work at the specs they are claiming. Anyone seen any videos of users on the battlefield?