Russian force in Ukraine deploy Silok radio-jammers in order to disrupt the radio links between Ukrainian drone and their operators.
Most recently, a Mavic quadcopter from Ukraine’s Aerobomber unit bombed, with grenades, a tripod-mounted Silok—apparently destroying it.
Add the drone raids on Silok counter-drone systems to the long, and lengthening, list of ironic operations by Ukrainian forces.
It should be evident, by now, that Russia E.W. doesn’t always work very well in the stress of actual combat.
The first Silok reached front-line forces in 2018 and participated in a war game in Orenburg Oblast in western Russian the same year.
It also is possible the Silok simply lacks the sensitivity to detect a drone and the power to jam it.
And it certainly doesn’t help that Ukrainian intelligence has had access to an intact Silok ever since the 128th Brigade captured a copy back in late 2022. »
