{"id":1372878,"date":"2026-03-23T16:02:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/the-armed-forces-of-ukraine-received-new-high-speed-drones-to-destroy-shaheeds-characteristics-of-jedi-shahed-hunter\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T16:02:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:02:45","slug":"the-armed-forces-of-ukraine-received-new-high-speed-drones-to-destroy-shaheeds-characteristics-of-jedi-shahed-hunter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/the-armed-forces-of-ukraine-received-new-high-speed-drones-to-destroy-shaheeds-characteristics-of-jedi-shahed-hunter\/","title":{"rendered":"The Armed Forces of Ukraine received new high-speed drones to destroy \u201cshaheeds\u201d: characteristics of JEDI Shahed Hunter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has codified and approved for operation the JEDI Shahed Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle complex. The new interceptor drones are already being used to destroy enemy drones.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This was reported <a href=\"https:\/\/mod.gov.ua\/news\/sili-oboroni-otrimali-novi-shvidkisni-droni-perehoplyuvachi-shahediv-jedi-shahed-hunter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">by the press service<\/a> of the Ministry of Defense.<\/p>\n<p> The complex includes high-speed drones capable of destroying Russian attack drones such as Shahed, Geran, and Gerber, as well as intercepting Zala and Supercam reconnaissance drones.<\/p>\n<p> JEDI Shahed Hunter is a copter-type aerial drone with vertical take-off.<\/p>\n<p> The drone is equipped with a lightweight and durable frame, four electric motors, and a battery that powers it.<\/p>\n<p> Weighing just over 4 kg, it can carry up to 500 grams of payload, which is enough to hit a target.<\/p>\n<p> The drone is capable of speeds of over 350 km\/h and can climb to an altitude of up to 6 km.<\/p>\n<p> Guidance data is obtained automatically from radar stations, which allows for rapid detection and interception of targets.<\/p>\n<p> Flight coordination and control are provided by a ground station, which is responsible for stable communication and application accuracy.<\/p>\n<p> The drone is also equipped with daytime and thermal imaging cameras, which allows it to perform tasks both day and night.<\/p>\n<p> Due to its characteristics, the complex can provide airspace protection within a radius of up to 40 km.<\/p>\n<p> By the way, the German government will allocate funds to finance <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/15-tysiach-droniv-perekhopliuvachiv-dlia-nhu-nimechchyna-profinansuie-vyhotovlennia-bpla\/\">the production of 15,000 modern Ukrainian STRILA interceptor drones.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> Earlier, Zelenskyy said that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/ukraina-vyrobliaie-do-tysiachi-droniv-perekhopliuvachiv-na-dobu\/\">Ukraine has already reached the level of production of about a thousand interceptor drones per day<\/a> to counter Russian attacks.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has codified and approved for operation the JEDI Shahed Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle complex. The new interceptor drones are already being used to destroy enemy drones. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense. The complex includes high-speed drones capable of destroying Russian attack drones [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1372865,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874],"class_list":["post-1372878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1372878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1372878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1372865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1372878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1372878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}