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Moscow to use barrage balloons to repel Ukrainian drone attacks.
The Russian government plans to build a network of barrage balloons, called the “Barrier” protection system, to repel Ukrainian long-range drone strikes, The Telegraph reported on July 6.
Ukrainian forces regularly conduct drone strikes and sabotage acts on Russian territory, targeting military bases, oil refineries, and industrial facilities, the profits of which fuel Moscow’s war efforts.
A Russian aerospace firm, First Airship, has developed a ballon prototype and started testing it, according to The Telegraph.
Polina Albek, the general director of First Airship, announced that her company had received its first orders for the balloons.
The balloons are reportedly capable of holding up a net that aims to protect energy infrastructure and other key targets deep inside Russia from Ukrainian strikes.
The balloons will be stationed in hangars. From there, they will rise quickly in a row and then drop a 250-m-tall net to create a defensive construction in the air.
Each balloon can reportedly rise 300 meters above the ground, carrying a maximum load of 30kg, which is enough to carry a light net.
Barrage balloons were used extensively in the First and Second World Wars as well.
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