Four hours after the first Zvook facility went live, it spotted the first Russian missile.
(Photo: IMAGO/ITAR-TASS)
Berlin Almost every day, Russia fires on Ukrainian territory. To protect itself from this, Kyiv not only relies on weapons supplies from the West, but is also developing its own defense systems. One of these systems is the artificial intelligence (AI) project “Zvook”, the Ukrainian word for “noise”. It was developed by the Ukrainian start-up of the same name.
The name was not chosen without reason. Cruise missiles, helicopters, drones and combat aircraft at low and medium altitudes are detected by evaluating acoustic signals. There are now 40 such plants in the Ukraine.
The system proved its effectiveness right from the start. Just four hours after the first Zvook facility went live, it spotted the first Russian rocket in the sky. Defending against Russian missiles has been one of the biggest problems for the Ukrainian army to date. With the onset of winter, Russian attacks focused primarily on critical infrastructure.
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