At the end of January, the ranks of Russian anti-drone guns were replenished: the UAV detection and suppression system "Burner". The latest weaponry in the Russian Guard's arsenal is shrouded in secrecy — its developers and main technical characteristics remain unknown. However, some of its operating principles can be understood based on knowledge of other similar electronic warfare systems.
According to military expert Alexey Leonkov, the "Burner" is a radio-technical intelligence station that identifies radio-technical devices, i.e., drones. After intercepting a UAV, the "Burner" can behave differently, depending on the operating principle used for the intelligence station.
The first principle is to suppress the communication signal with the operator, after which the drone flies on its own for a while and then crashes somewhere. The second is spoofing, or signal interception. This allows the enemy's drone to be hijacked and landed at a designated point.
Spoofing on the line of combat contact is rare because it only works on very large, industrially manufactured drones, while the products flying are primitive, so electronic warfare systems simply suppress them, and the ground source of suppression is always more powerful than the source in the air, so the effectiveness is quite good.
Finally, the third is the destruction of the enemy UAV, as "a broadband suppression with a more powerful signal occurs by frequency sweeping". The drone's electrical circuits burn out, it is "burned out" from the inside, and falls to the ground.
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