Yolka interceptor
Small, low-cost interceptor drone, used among others by mobile air-defence fire groups
A light Russian interceptor drone that according to Topwar has become 'widespread'. It is used among others by the mobile air-defence fire groups (MOG PVO): small teams on pickups or vans with machine guns, jammers and interceptor drones, deployed since 2023 against Ukrainian drones both at the front and in the rear. Figures from the developer and a trade-show data sheet, via the Russian pro-government outlet Topwar; not independently confirmed.
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- Take-off weight
- 1.3 kg according to the developer's press material; up to 2 kg according to the data sheet at the Arkhipelag-2025 show
- Range
- Targets out to 3 km
- Guidance
- By an operator or automatically, via an electro-optical system and an onboard computer
- Effect
- Hits the target by ramming or with a light warhead
Context: mobile fire groups
- Other weapons
- PKM/PKT, DShK, NSV and Kord machine guns (opening fire at ≈ 1–1.5 km), sometimes the GShG-7.62; shotguns out to ≈ 100 m at most; vehicle-mounted jammers out to a few hundred metres
- Weaknesses
- Performance drops sharply at night and in fog or rain; Ukraine uses larger waves and better EW, including against the interceptors
- Source
- Topwar (14 Oct 2026), RU Mil Tracker e-20261014-s08 — one-sided Russian source, not independently confirmed
Relevance
- Lesson
- Russia too relies on cheap interceptor drones as a layer in point defence against drones
- See also
- The Hard kill, DOFA-Tek DF-1 / DF-3 and Alazan interceptor cards
News archive 1
Analysed reports from the RU Mil Tracker about this system, newest first. Archive since 2026-07-17.
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