Russian mobile air defense groups composed of Russian volunteers successfully shot down a Ukrainian long-range suicide drone using the "Strela" (SA-18) portable air defense missile. Unlike the Ukrainian mobile air defense groups, the Russian mobile air defense groups are equipped with a large number of portable air defense missiles, which are more effective against UAVs flying at higher altitudes.
For dealing with the numerous long-range suicide drones in the sky, ambush interception by mobile air defense groups is a good method, as it does not require high-precision weapons to intercept such low-cost drones. Large-caliber machine guns, searchlights, and even submachine guns can be used for interception. Unlike Russia, which has formed a large number of volunteer-based mobile air defense groups, due to a shortage of personnel, the Ukrainian military has disbanded most of its mobile air defense groups and integrated them into infantry units sent to the front lines.
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