Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0

[spoz]

There are a multitude of cheap anti drone capabilities being developed and produced; a lot of them in Ukraine but also across the wider Eastern Europe. According to the available literature, some of them cost in the very low thousands of dollars. One amongst many is ODIN: Ukrainian firm develops ODIN anti-drone interceptor. And here’s one from Estonia: Poland to establish anti-drone missile plant with Estonia's Frankenburg Technologies

Given the practical experience the Ukrainians have, I‘d tend to go with a licence built version of one of theirs. It would probably come with a proven upgrade path…..

 

[SammyC]

There are a multitude of cheap anti drone capabilities being developed and produced; a lot of them in Ukraine but also across the wider Eastern Europe. According to the available literature, some of them cost in the very low thousands of dollars. One amongst many is ODIN: Ukrainian firm develops ODIN anti-drone interceptor. And here’s one from Estonia: Poland to establish anti-drone missile plant with Estonia's Frankenburg Technologies

Given the practical experience the Ukrainians have, I‘d tend to go with a licence built version of one of theirs. It would probably come with a proven upgrade path…..

I'm thinking that our eventual selection for a shipboard drone interceptor will come from a Ukranian source. Something that can average a few thousand per shot, hold say 50-100 units within a compact upper deck cannister, with a range of 10-15km. Some of there systems are already capable of this.