‘Economics of war’: How Ukraine cuts the cost of intercepting Russia’s jet-powered drones | DW News

DW’s Nick Connolly finds out how Ukrainian forces are trying to shoot down more of Russia's faster jet-powered drones and do it for less than Russia spends on producing them.

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Chapters:

0:00 Kyiv as a frontline city

1:10 Analyzing Russia's new jet-powered drones in the lab

1:42 Estimating what Russia spends to build these drones

3:02 Shooting down jet-powered drones with shoulder-mounted missiles

3:52 Fighter jet attempts to down a drone

4:55 The price of keeping Ukraine's F-16s in the air

5:35 Ukraine's 'economics of war' for intercepting Russian drones

7:00 Keeping the interception as cheap as possible

8:35 Will Ukraine's interceptors need jet engines?

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