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

T2Covered by 1 source · first reported by TechRadar / Tom's Guide / PCWorld / Pocket-lint / Stuff at 13 Oct, 23:25 UTC

Russia’s anti-drone measures take an historical turn as it employs altitude-adjusting balloons, but are they suited to defending unmanned strikes, or simply for show?

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• T2Russia 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 UAVsTechRadar / Tom's Guide / PCWorld / Pocket-lint / Stuff13 Oct, 23:25