A new platform for countering unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) called "Jupiter" has been created and tested in Russia. The system can be used to protect important facilities, such as oil refineries (NPPs).
The novelty was developed by the company "Azimuth" (part of Rostec). Initially, the system was planned to be used for organizing air traffic of unmanned aviation. "Jupiter" can plan and control the execution of flights, record deviations from flight plans.
The "Jupiter" includes an optical-thermal imaging complex, a video surveillance system, reconnaissance equipment, as well as jamming systems and the "Kinzhal" drone interceptor.
Military expert Yuri Lyamin noted that drone interceptors have become one of the most promising areas today.
A missile can miss during interception and damage objects on the ground. A drone interceptor, especially if it is kinetic, without explosives, is safer, it can be placed on a large number of civilian objects. Such developments are now underway in various countries.
Earlier, military expert Evgeny Damantsev proposed installing combat laser-beam and electromagnetic microwave complexes to protect strategically important facilities and oil refineries.
