A Russian Gerbera drone was recently filmed sporting cameras on its back, demonstrating how Moscow might hope to thwart Ukraine’s rising use of cheap interceptor drones against Shahed waves.
A clip of the uncrewed aerial vehicle was published on Tuesday by the Ukrainian drone unit Wu Samurai, a formation of the 117th Heavy Mechanized Brigade that focuses on anti-drone warfare.
The video appears to have been filmed from an interceptor, which is typically a first-person-view uncrewed system designed to chase down bigger drones.
Footage from the interceptor showed the distinct chassis of a Gerbera, a propeller-driven drone designed to mimic the Iranian-origin Shahed loitering munition, flying over fields.
As the interceptor approaches the Gerbera, two optic cameras can be clearly seen attached to the back of the Russian drone. One camera is aimed at the sky, while another is tilted toward the drone’s rear, indicating that these were placed to detect threats from above or behind.
Still, the Wu Samurai Telegram channel wrote that the unit’s interceptor successfully struck the Gerbera.
Gerbera Found With Anti-Interceptor Cameras Shows Russia’s New Tactics
