The first article (by Stephen Bryen) discussed both Ukraine's Sting technology and Russia's Yolka technology; so it discussed two, not merely "only one."
The second was about the current situation, not about "going back an extra eight years."
I suspect this is a tomahto-tomayto issue! because as a technologist I would call both products the same technology. To illustrate, here are some examples of distinct anti-drone technologies most of which are already in the field (ranked here by my admittedly subjective view of effectiveness where deployed).
- computerized radar-guided autocannon
- anti-drone drones (such as your two examples)
- thermal imagers attached to automatic weapons
- plasma EMP (either not yet working or held back)
- directed energy weapons (not working yet, the USA claims to lead on this)
There also are rumors of a microwave weapon, but imv that's really going to fall within the category of either directed energy or plasma.
As to the point on Crimea, Ukraine's best current situation bet would be to try to restore an equivalent of their tried and true pre-2022 water stranglehold on Crimea. I won't say more!
Both of these reports suffer from narrow focus. The first from mentioning only one of
Many antidrone technologies; the second for not going back an extra eight years
The first article (by Stephen Bryen) discussed both Ukraine's Sting technology and Russia's Yolka technology; so it discussed two, not merely "only one."
The second was about the current situation, not about "going back an extra eight years."
I suspect this is a tomahto-tomayto issue! because as a technologist I would call both products the same technology. To illustrate, here are some examples of distinct anti-drone technologies most of which are already in the field (ranked here by my admittedly subjective view of effectiveness where deployed).
- computerized radar-guided autocannon
- anti-drone drones (such as your two examples)
- thermal imagers attached to automatic weapons
- plasma EMP (either not yet working or held back)
- computerized radar-guided ultra-cheap interceptor missiles
- directed energy weapons (not working yet, the USA claims to lead on this)
There also are rumors of a microwave weapon, but imv that's really going to fall within the category of either directed energy or plasma.
As to the point on Crimea, Ukraine's best current situation bet would be to try to restore an equivalent of their tried and true pre-2022 water stranglehold on Crimea. I won't say more!