Russia converts planes older than Putin to launch drone killers — 80-year-old An-2 set to get FPV interceptors to down Ukrainian UAV

Russian Yak-52.

• Russia arms Soviet-era aircraft with airborne FPV interceptor drone launch systems
• Yak-52 trainer receives six launch rails for interceptor drone operations
• Eighty-year-old An-2 gains unexpected role in modern aerial drone warfare

Russia has begun fitting Yak-52 trainer aircraft and An-2 utility planes with equipment designed for launching FPV interceptor drones against enemy UAVs.