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Iran and russians Admit Yak-130 with R-73 Is So Ineffective Against UAVs That It Had to Ram One

The Yak-130/R-73 combination was designed to train and, at a pinch, defend against crewed aircraft — not to swat slow, small drones. Iran's reported use of a trainer with a short-range air-to-air missile against UAVs, and the apparent ramming that followed, exposes a gap most air forces now share: legacy intercept geometry and seeker logic are mismatched to the low-and-slow threat. The lesson is less about one airframe than about the cost and inventory math of counter-UAV interception.