Video shows British-made fighter missiles launched from the ground within 3 months, scoring Russian drone kills

• The Ukrainian Air Force released footage of its Crow missile system shooting down Russian drones.

• The system uses the British adjusted air to fire at the air missile from the 6×6 supacat in four months.

• The UK says the success rate of the Crow missile system is 70% of 400 participations.

Ukrainian air force released videos of British-made crow defense measures in at least five instances.

The video features Ukrainian air defense personnel discussing their experiences in the system, with their interviews scattered in scattered missile segments flying into the sky to destroy Russian drones.

Raven launched what was originally the UK's advanced short-range air-to-air missile, also known as the AIM-132, which was mainly equipped by RAF's typhoon and F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft.

However, the UK Ministry of Defense said in 2022 that it has transformed the missile into a Ukrainian version that can be launched from the British 6×6 HMT600 SUPACAT transporter. At the time, it was touted as a key method for Ukraine to defend against Russian missile attacks.

Asraam is especially useful because it is infrared guided, locking it on its target even if the weather is clear. Ground crews can launch and relocate quickly, and they don't need to keep sight with the target.

British defence officials said in 2023 that it took their team about four months to conduct ground shooting and train Ukrainian crews to use crows.

But in an official video released in May, Olly Todd, who supported Ukraine, said the crow “from concept to delivery” in three months.

“They conducted more than 400 participations with a success rate of more than 70%,” Todd said.

The Supacats are equipped with missile mounts taken from retired British jets, such as the Bae Hawk, Sepecat Jaguar and Panavia Tornado. These are the fighter categories that have retired from combat over the past two decades.

The crew inside uses the GamePad controller to identify the target on the screen and activate the missile's infrared locking system.

Raven Crews said in a video Wednesday that as drones saturated Ukraine’s sky, they were largely targeting unegged systems, with Russian Orlan, Shahed and Zala drones labeled Supacat to mark all the kills they scored.

Raven's launch controls have four switches that prepare each installed missile and a big red button to fire.

When talking to the camera, the Ukrainian crow operator said that staff were usually trained, so all members, including the driver and commander, could be replaced with each other when needed.

According to a statement from the British Ministry of Defense in June, Ukraine has provided eight crow systems and will receive another five.

The UK said Ukrainian-supplied Asraam missiles sit in their stocks but are due, meaning they will soon be marked as disposal even if they are not sent to Kiev.

Ukraine deployed other air defense systems similar to Crows, as they combine a hybrid combination of ammunition and launchers originally built for separate systems.

Commonly known as “Frankensams”, it includes the improved Soviet-era Booker M1, which can launch the US RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile, and the Soviet radar that is paired with the AIM-9M SiendWinder SiendWinder SiendWinder SiendWinder air missiles.

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