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Iranian-designed Shahed drones, cheap and deadly, are causing significant damage in Middle East conflicts and Russias invasion of Ukraine. These slow-flying explosives use innovative tactics to evade jamming signals, making them challenging for defenses to counter. The drones rely on gyroscopes for navigation, popping GPS back on just before impact for precise targeting. Built with lightweight materials, they hug low altitudes and slip past radar. Recent wreckage suggests advanced anti-jamming gear using everyday parts. Defenders employ a mix of tactics, including firepower and electronic tricks, to neutralize these threats. Ukraine successfully downed over six thousand and neutralized nearly four thousand seven hundred with jamming from mid-May to mid-July 2025, demonstrating the effectiveness of layered tactics.

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