The Disadvantages of Nets in Ukraine

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Nets are a way of softly catching a projectile moving towards something. Technology has moved on quite a bit since the Second World War. The idea is that the net forms a barrier so that the drone gets caught in that. And because it's got an impact fuse, it probably won't go off. But they can only scale up to a certain size if you're trying to protect a large position.

Although Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ party fell short of a majority in parliament, meaning there will be a second vote, the incumbent prime minister did much better than expected. Will he be able to continue the country’s rebound story? America’s clean energy investments are spurring green lobbyists to action. And, how might simple nets protect Ukrainians from drones?

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