{"id":70256,"date":"2025-06-12T12:21:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T12:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/06\/12\/ukraine-nato-eye-tech-trials-for-intercepting-russias-cabled-drones\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T20:49:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T20:49:39","slug":"ukraine-nato-eye-tech-trials-for-intercepting-russias-cabled-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2025\/06\/12\/ukraine-nato-eye-tech-trials-for-intercepting-russias-cabled-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine, NATO eye tech trials for intercepting Russia\u2019s cabled drones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MILAN \u2014 NATO and Ukrainian officials are slated to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2025\/04\/28\/european-drone-training-sites-mushroom-in-nod-to-ukraine-war-tactics\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2025\/04\/28\/european-drone-training-sites-mushroom-in-nod-to-ukraine-war-tactics\/\">stage a trial<\/a> of unmanned aerial vehicle technologies aimed at addressing a dogged threat: Russian first-person-view drones with fiber-optic cables that cannot be brought down with electronic interference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An event organized by the NATO-Ukraine Joint Analysis, Training, and Education Center and NATO\u2019s Allied Command Transformation will be held on June 20 in Tallinn, Estonia, to demonstrate new countermeasures that have been percolating among defense firms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The envisioned countermeasures are required to have a detection range of at least 500 meters, be able to operate during the day and at night, weigh under 100 kilograms, and not exceed an overall cost of $100,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FPV drones operating via fiber-optic cables are a new military challenge globally, as they are largely immune to jamming and interception attempts. These cheap and small weapons relay signals through a thin cable, which makes them resistant to eletro-magnetic interference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drones were a key part of Ukraine\u2019s largest long-range attack since the onset of the war carried out on June 1, where the smuggled weapons were used to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2025\/06\/04\/ukraine-well-prepared-for-russian-response-to-drone-stunt-pistorius\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2025\/06\/04\/ukraine-well-prepared-for-russian-response-to-drone-stunt-pistorius\/\">target and strike<\/a> Russian warplanes and strategic sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The appearance of command-wire drones has opened yet another chapter in the cat-and-mouse game of innovations and countermeasures in drone warfare on both sides, said Federico Borsari, resident fellow at the Center for European Policy 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