Cheaper than advanced air defenses and more versatile than low-tech options, lasers have become a popular choice for nations worried about drone attacks.

Interceptor drones will help defeat threats at higher altitudes, the deputy commander of a mobile air defense unit told Business Insider.

Russian Telegram channels have reported that explosions were heard in the city of Saratov on the night of 19-20. A fire has likely occurred at an oil refinery. Source: Astra and other Telegram channels Details: Explosions were heard in Russia's Saratov.

Russia continued its nightly strikes on Ukraine -- including the capital Kyiv -- as U.S. President Donald Trump prepared to depart for his state visit to the U.K.

The kits are meant as a rapid-response solution when other options aren't enough, though deployment could be faster.

In the week since NATO fighter jets scrambled to shoot down multiple dozens of Russian drones that had crossed into alliance airspace in Poland, US and Western intelligence officials have been unable to determine whether the incursion was accidental or an intentional effort by Russia to probe western air defenses and gauge NATO’s response.

Long-range drones of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) have struck the Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat petrochemical complex in Russia's Bashkortostan, covering a distance of 1,400 kilometres. Source: Ukrainian Pravda,

After installation, it is expected to take down drones at a cost of less than 10 cents per shot. Nicknamed “Apollo” for the Greek god of light, the 100-kilowatt laser has about the same level of power as the Iron Beam system that Israel is building.

ISW continues to assess that the playbook Russia is currently using to threaten NATO mirrors the playbook Russia previously used to set informational conditions justifying its aggression against Ukraine.