Current global situation and drone threat analysis

Current global situation and drone threat analysis

Currently, the global scene continues to take a turbulent turn, with regional conflicts increasingly escalating. Oil and gas centers, military bases, and energy pipeline networks have become prime targets for attacks.

New attack methods, centered around cheap drones and glide munitions (suicide drones), pose unprecedented structural challenges to traditional air defense systems. These drones are characterized by their very low cost, small radar cross-section, flying at low and medium altitudes, and long flight time, in addition to the ability to carry out saturation attacks.

For example, the “Shahed-136” plane, which has a wingspan of 2.5 meters, weighs about 200 kg, carries a warhead weighing 50 kg, and has a range of 2,500 km, while its flight altitude ranges between 60 meters and 4 km.

136- The three most important threats to Shahed’s aircraft

1. Immunity against electronic warfare

This aircraft is equipped with an advanced CRPA (Controlled Receive Mode Multi-Element Array) antenna, which enables it to accurately identify and block sources of interference from multiple directions, and has an excellent ability to resist deception in satellite navigation systems.

2. The ability to correct the course in the final stage

The aircraft relies on a high-precision inertial navigation system (INS), which ensures that a stable direction is maintained even if signals are completely cut off. Some models have also added cellular network modules, to provide dynamic real-time position compensation and increase connection reliability.

3. Asymmetric cost advantage

They cost only between $20,000 and $50,000 to manufacture, allowing for easy saturation attacks, leading to...

Depletion of ammunition for conventional air defense systems and the emergence of defensive vulnerabilities.

The solution provided by Shangjiu

As a comprehensive solution provider for physical space security, Shanjiu deeply understands the predicament currently faced by defense in low and medium airspace, and strives to provide effective, reliable, economical and sustainable air defense solutions to protect critical sites.

By integrating multi-mode detection technologies with agile interception methods, the company improves the efficiency of the “sensor-decision-actor” loop, reducing defense response time and ensuring superiority against highly dynamic targets flying at low and medium altitudes.

Solution 1: Match low and medium airspace detection with low-cost physical destruction methods to achieve the best “cost-performance ratio.”

First: Detector: SC-R8000 long-range automatic scanning radar

Optimized for targets in “low and medium airspace”:

Detection distance of drone targets with a radar cross-section (RCS) of 0.1 m² - 0.3 m² ≥ 20 km.

Detection height ≥ 4 km.

Data rate: every 2 seconds.

Ability to operate in all weather conditions and initial classification of targets:

It can first detect drone traces in complex environments.

Second: The core of the interception: an SC-KC300 kinetic interceptor aircraft

It has ground guidance for wide-area search, and end-stage electro-optical guidance:

Implementation of a search beyond visual range (5 km radius) under radar guidance, with independent visual lock on the target in the final phase.

Low cost and consumable:

The cost of interception (per capita) is much lower than conventional defensive munitions, making it an economical option to counter low-cost saturation attacks.

Flexible deployment, can be deployed on vehicles for rapid maneuvering, to meet emergency response needs.

First: Detector: SJ-R8000 long-range automatic scanning radar

Solution Value
Building effective detection and reliable physical destruction capabilities against fixed-wing and small fiber-optic guided drones, at an affordable cost. It is suitable for deploying protection at multiple points for vital facilities or as an addition to existing air defense systems.

The second solution: Building a multi-dimensional and deep defense system, based on layered interception (far, medium, and near) from the early warning stage until interception.

First: Detector: SC-R8000D two-dimensional phased array radar

Long detection range:

Detection range of drone targets with a radar cross-section (RCS) of 0.01 m² ≥ 12 km.

Detection range of targets with a radar cross-section of 0.1 m² - 0.3 m² ≥ 20 km.

It has TAS (target identification and search) function:

Capable of tracking ≥ 16 drone targets simultaneously.

It plots high-precision tracking paths (4 Hz data rate), providing reliable guidance for fire units.

First: Detector: SJ-R8000D two-dimensional phased array radar

Second: The class objection system

Long range interception layer:

The KC300 kinetic interception system carries out the first interception against targets 3-5 km away from the core of the protected site, with the aim of depleting the number of incoming targets.

Interception layer in the final stage:

The SC-T1000 high-energy laser system quickly and accurately destroys drone targets that penetrate the defense line and approach a distance of less than 1 km (burning).

It has high-repetition continuous combat ability without the need for recharging (continuous radiation time ≥ 300 seconds).

Thanks to an effective thermal management system, its readiness is significantly superior to that of conventional interceptor munitions, enabling it to comfortably counter attacks by saturation drone swarms consisting of dozens of units.

The value of the solution
is capable of countering individual drone infiltration, as well as repelling multiple sorties drone attacks. Through intelligent fire distribution, it achieves multi-target, multi-level cooperative interception, providing a protective “iron curtain” in the low and medium airspace for high-value essential facilities.

Moving from passive defense to active control on the battlefield

Continuing modern conflicts indicate that combat operations in low and medium airspace have radically changed the logic of modern defense; Static passive protection is gradually becoming ineffective, while an active, multi-modal, low-cost and sustainable approach is the future of the trend.

With its constantly improving solutions of multi-source sensory fusion and precise downstream interception, Shangyu strives to build an infrastructure security barrier in the energy sector with multi-dimensional defense resilience and the ability to respond within seconds.