Iran's Shahed war is turning into booming business for the world's small drone manufacturers

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A Ukrainian soldier holds an interceptor drone in the air with one hand.
A soldier from the Khanter group of Ukraine's 208th Khersonska Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade holds an interceptor drone.

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Ukraine says it's fought over 57,000 Shaheds. Now, the US and its allies are clamoring for help with the same battle.

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A Ukrainian soldier stands in front of a machine gun turret mounted on the back of a pickup truck.
Ukraine's bread-and-butter tools against Shaheds include mobile fire groups, equipped with truck-mounted machine guns, and interceptor drones.

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Ukraine's military drone guru says the next phase of Russia's Shahed war will be all about new extreme speeds

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The view of a Russian attack drone as seen from a camera on a Ukrainian interceptor drone.
A Ukrainian interceptor drone hunts down a Russian attack drone.

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Ukraine says its small propeller battle drones can now go faster than Formula 1 cars

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Ukrainian anti-aircraft FPV drone operator wearing a headset remotely controls a drone from a shelter at his workplace in Donetsk.
Ukraine has been pushing the speed of its interceptors as Russia develops its newer jet-powered Shaheds.

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Ukraine's drone-on-drone war is kicking into high gear

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Two Ukrainian crew members of an interceptor squad prepare a Sting drone from within a truck.
An interceptor crew prepares a Sting drone from their civilian vehicle. The pilot who spoke to Business Insider is the man on the left.

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A $2,500 interceptor drone built to destroy Iranian Shaheds was recorded flying at the speed of a bullet train

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A Ukrainian holds the Sting, an interceptor drone created by the Wild Hornets.
Ukraine has seen limited use of interceptor drones to down the Shahed, but has in recent months been driving hard at development to counter Russia's growing drone waves.

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