MBDA unveils interceptor to counter mass drone attacks
XLI•MBDA launches Counter Mass Interceptor
PARIS, July 20 - European missile manufacturer MBDA is launching an interceptor to counter attacks by large numbers of low-cost munitions such as drones, as wars in Ukraine and the Middle East expose the limits of traditional defence systems against mass-produced threats.
The Counter Mass Interceptor, to be unveiled at the Farnborough Airshow in England on Monday, offers European militaries and NATO forces a new defence against waves of inexpensive weapons.
“Today in Europe, there is no sovereign system capable of addressing saturation,” an MBDA representative told Reuters.
“That means that if we want to address this threat, we are forced to rely on non-European systems, whether American, Israeli or others,” the representative added.
