Ukraine Says Using AI Robot Guns to Shoot Down New Russian Drones
Officials said more than 12 automated turrets are already in place, with another eight planned as Russia uses faster jet-powered drones.
- On Sunday, Oct. 4, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Ukraine will deploy small interceptor missiles by late October and expand AI-powered automated gun turrets, with 12 currently installed in Kyiv and 8 more planned for the region.
- Russia is increasingly utilizing jet-powered drones like the Geran-5, which reach speeds up to 375 mph, forcing Ukraine to accelerate deployment of AI-based systems to counter these faster, harder-to-intercept aerial threats.
- Air Force spokesperson Yurii Ihnat confirmed the automated turrets rely on machine vision and artificial intelligence to minimize human error, though interception rates for jet-powered UAVs range 50% to 70%, trailing the 85% to 92% efficacy against conventional Shahed-type models.
- These robotic turrets, which feature.50-caliber machine guns, are positioned at strategic locations like bridges to form a layered defense network, with officials reporting confirmed shoot-downs of jet-powered drones including the Geran-5.
- Ukraine intends to scale domestic interceptor missile production in the second half of this month, with Kyiv expecting to receive 2,000 Bars cruise missile drones to address Russia's increasing reliance on rocket-launched strike weapons.
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Ukraine began using robotic weapons equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) to take down new Russian jet-propelled drones, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on Monday. Automated towers have already been responsible for killing and are part of Kiev's efforts to find new ways to intercept unmanned aircraft used by Moscow in attacks on the country's capital.
Ukraine began intercepting Russian drones using machine guns mounted on turrets driven by artificial intelligence.
(Johannesburg=Yonhap News) Correspondent Na Hak-jin = Ukraine claimed to have shot down a Russian drone with an AI-controlled machine gun.
"Robotized turrets are being installed on bridges," said Yuuri Ihnat, spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force. "These devices have already resulted in the shooting down of jet drones near Kiev, which are more difficult to destroy than conventional models.
For months Ukraine has been looking for a way to intercept the new Russian drones hitting Kiev
Journalists have seen these new materials in Kiev, which combine a machine gun and an automatic turret barred with sensors.
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