U.S. defense officials will soon send portable counter-drone weapon systems—known as VAMPIRE—to Ukraine, according to a top Pentagon official. [Courtesy: L3Harris]
Key Takeaways:
The U.S. will send VAMPIRE (Vehicle-Agnostic Modular Palletized Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Rocket Equipment) portable counter-drone weapon systems to Ukraine, with anticipated delivery by mid-2023.
VAMPIRE is a portable weapon system designed to target both airborne and ground threats, including combat drones, from the bed of a pickup truck.
This deployment comes as combat drone use escalates in Ukraine, particularly Russia's deployment of hard-to-detect Iranian Shahed drones, leading Ukraine's President Zelenskyy to plead for increased air defense capabilities.
