https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/how-did-russia-go-from-testing-jet-drones-to-producing-3-000-a-monthContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/how-did-russia-go-from-testing-jet-drones-to-producing-3-000-a-monthhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/how-did-russia-go-from-testing-jet-drones-to-producing-3-000-a-month#u58053Sat, 05 Sep 2026 11:00:20 +0000Russia has transformed the Geran drone platform through continuous wartime iteration after acquiring the initial design from Iran. Analysts Kateryna Bondar and Nicole Errera trace this ongoing evolution in a new Center for Strategic and International Studies brief. Despite aggressive production scaling, field modifications such as strapping first-person view drones to Shaheds have largely failed to provide strategic gains due to unreliable connections and high interception rates. Ukraine faces this escalating aerial threat while twenty firms work to develop new interceptor technologies.Why it https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/how-did-russia-go-from-testing-jet-drones-to-producing-3-000-a-monthhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/how-did-russia-go-from-testing-jet-drones-to-producing-3-000-a-month#u56255Fri, 04 Sep 2026 01:02:04 +0000Russia has ramped up production of high-speed jet-powered Shahed drones to 3,000 units per month, employing a tactic of nonstop waves to exhaust Ukrainian air defenses. The Ukrainian air force reports that attacks using these jet-powered variants increased fivefold in a single month. Russia recently launched 800 of these drones within a four-day window. In response, Ukraine is developing new interceptors through twenty different firms to counter the increased speed and volume of these new-generation aerial threats.Why it mattersThe shift to jet propulsion allows drones to travel faster and dee