In one of the recent interviews, the chief of police of the Kyiv region, Andriy Nebitov, talked about some innovations that are being developed in response to Russian terrorist attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure facilities.
According to him, it is planned to equip critical infrastructure facilities with acoustic sensors that will help air defense forces to track Russian drones and missiles in advance. Yes, drones and missiles move at low altitudes and therefore are difficult to detect by radar means. In many cases, information about the flight of drones is transmitted to the military by people who hear or see enemy aircraft. This information allows air defense forces to respond to threats. Thanks to additional sensors, it will be possible to improve the ability of the military to destroy enemy missiles and drones in a timely manner.
“A decision was made regarding the possibility of equipping the critical infrastructure facilities with appropriate sensors that will be able to collect acoustic information and transmit it in a timely manner for response by air defense units. This will be able to protect not only critical infrastructure, not only substations that are constantly under fire from the enemy, but also other objects that will be targeted. These are sensors for additional information collection that allow air defense to receive information not only from radars, line 102, but also, for example, in places where there are no people. Therefore, if the information is transmitted in advance, it will allow the military to shoot down a drone or a missile,” Andriy Nebitov said.
He added that the facilities will be equipped with special video cameras and acoustic sensors as part of the development of the “Safe Kyiv region” program, for which about 77 million hryvnias have been allocated. These funds will be used for server equipment, video cameras and appropriate detectors.
Source: My Kyiv region
