Among the trophies are Orlan, Zala and Lancet: the General Staff showed the work of the 93rd Brigade's anti-aircraft gunners. Photo.

Artem, the commander of the 93rd Brigade of the Armed Forces' "Arrow 10" anti-aircraft missile system, planned to study to be a tanker, but "learned to be an air defense specialist." He recently turned 22, and as a birthday present he received downed Russian Orlan and Zala aircraft.

There is also a downed Lancet, though it was shot down with assault rifles, the Kholodny Yar Brigade said. The military also showed how Artem celebrated his birthday.

"I thought I would celebrate in a tank, because I planned to study to be a tanker. But it turned out that I studied air defense. So on my birthday, I'll be defending the sky!" said Artem.

During combat duty, the Arrow-10 crew waits for reports of enemy UAVs. After the message "All holes, Orlan is in the sky!" the soldiers roll out the anti-aircraft missile system from its hiding place, "capture" the target and fire the missile.

According to Artem, sometimes the crew of the air defense system sits idle for weeks at a time, and sometimes they have to fire five missiles at a time.

As OBOZ.UA reported, during the last enemy drone attack on Ukraine, our military used the FrankenSAM system for the first time. It managed to shoot down an enemy Shahed from a distance of nine kilometers.

Meanwhile, the UK announced the successful testing of the DragonFire laser weapon for air defense. It hits targets at the speed of light and can hit a coin at a distance of one kilometer.

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