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Russia resorts to desperate World War One defence technique to protect its oil refineries — floating barrage balloons failed to curtail V1s and are unlikely to succeed against UAVs

Russia has updated the concept of barrage balloons to defend oil refineries
Barrage balloons were first deployed over 100 years ago to defend against air raids
It is not clear what the measures are defending against, as they only appear suitable for disabling smaller drones

Russia has deployed barrage balloons around its oil refineries to defend against Ukraine drone attacks – but the demonstration using a small drone has raised questions about the effectiveness of the measure.

Protecting oil refineries from drone strikes is key to Russia’s economic strength and supports its efforts in the invasion and occupation of Ukraine. But while the barrage balloons employ intriguing radar-based altitude-adjusting motors to ensure drones are slowed or caught, the deployment seems unsuited to the drones Ukraine would actually send for such a strike.

Sharing the information via Telegram, the Vesti news organization has reported on the deployment of the modern barrage...

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