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Ukraina använder elektronisk krigföring för att skydda Kyjiv mot ryska drönarattacker. Systemet Starshield används för att koordinera robotförsvaret mot inkommande hot.
Ett ökat antal attacker, ständigt taktikskifte i hur attackerna går till och brist på avancerade luftvärnsrobotar, kräver anpassning.
Ukraina har byggt en elektronisk kupol över Kyjiv för att skydda enskilda mål. Hundratals antenner och störsändare försöker bryta kommunikationen mellan den ryska operatören och drönaren, så att den blir svårare att fjärrstyra.
Men kupolen skyddar inte alla – och nu rapporteras det på nytt om problem med det amerikanska satellit-kommunikationssystemet Starshield, som Ukrainas robotförsvar använder för att jaga ikapp drönare och robotar innan de når fram till sina mål.
The Civil Defense Authority and RISE carried out practical tests for drone protection at an airport on Thursday and Friday. Around 90 people from municipalities, regions, authorities and business, including Teracom, participated. The tests aim to learn from Ukraine's experience of using drones against military and civilian targets.

The ten countries in the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), including Sweden, have signed the 'Northern navies initiative' in Oslo. The agreement aims to increase cooperation around drones and warships to meet a changed threat picture in northern Europe.
The Defense Materiel Administration (FMV) conducts tests with autonomous underwater vehicles, so-called gliders, at Gotland. The purpose is to investigate whether the technology can be used for reconnaissance and monitoring in the shallow waters of the Baltic Sea.

Sweden's defense spending of 3.5 percent of GDP is not enough to meet NATO's increased capability goals. According to the chairman of the defense committee, Jörgen Berglund, the needs are higher and more expensive than expected, which creates new financial challenges for the government.

Sweden takes over an important NATO mission in Polish Rzeszów with the Patriot air defense system. The mission aims to protect the central logistics hub for support to Ukraine.
Russian military bloggers question official data on the war in Ukraine. According to ISW, Russia lost more ground than it gained in October, and Ukraine says Russian losses were at a record high. The Kremlin and Putin present a different picture, which ISW calls hallucinations.