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Ukraine intercepts 66% of Russia’s jet-powered Shahed drones in October – General Staff

The headline number understates the story. A two-thirds intercept rate against jet-powered Shaheds — faster, harder targets than the propeller variant — signals that Ukraine's layered counter-UAV net of gunfire, interceptors and electronic warfare is maturing against a shifting threat. For procurement professionals, the takeaway is that cost-per-intercept, not intercept percentage, now governs the economics: Russia is trading cheap airframes against expensive effectors, and the side that closes that exchange-ratio gap fastest sets the market for counter-drone systems over the next budget cycle.