The General staff said on downed at the 2018 world Cup drones
During the world Cup in Russia over the stadium, knocked out more than 50 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Chairman of the scientific and technical Committee of the Department of building and development of a UAV of the General staff Andrey Cayman. For the suppression of drones the military used the system of “Snare”, “beacon”, “Pathfinder-9M”, “Umbrella-1”, “Umbrella-2” and “Shroud-WRC”.
Experimental development of “Snare” allows you to create securable around a dome with a radius of 2 km, preventing access to the drones. A means to suppress the UAV Umbrella provides protection of equipment from the American guided air missiles with semi-active laser and thermal imaging homing head of the type of Maverick and artillery projectiles of Copperhead type. “Lighthouse” is a powerful distribution system for EW.