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Ukraine's Ground Forces show Shahed and "missile hunters" capable of deploying in 1 minute

Thursday, 9 February 2023, 10:41
Ukraine's Ground Forces show Shahed and missile hunters capable of deploying in 1 minute

Kyiv's defence units have created mobile firing groups armed with heavy machine guns and equipped with thermal imagers to counter Shahed UAVs and destroy the missiles. Those teams may be deployed in less than 1 minute.

Source: Lieutenant General Oleksandr Pavliuk, Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander of the Ground Forces of Ukraine, on Telegram

Quote from Pavliuk: "We are building up the air defence of Kyiv. Drilled crews in off-road passenger cars are armed with heavy machine guns and equipped with thermal imaging sights and other target detection and laser targeting devices."

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Details: He emphasised that a mobile fire team is also capable of destroying cruise missiles and other air targets.

 

According to Pavlik, the firing positions for the mobile groups are determined in a way that the crews may arrive at the site as soon as possible.

 

He also noted that it takes no more than 1 minute for the crew to prepare for combat.

 

Lieutenant General said that the number of mobile groups within the defence unit is constantly increasing.

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