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Tail fin of a downed Geran-2 lying on rubble, stencilled "Герань-2" with a handwritten Russian inscription below it.

Geran-2 wreckage, Kyiv, December 2022

Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. CC BY 4.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Used in: Shahed / Geran drone family: history, evolution and technology

A recovered Shahed-131 delta-wing drone on a black cloth. The source has highlighted the fuselage spine, engine, a wingtip stabiliser and the detached nose cone in colour.

Recovered Shahed-131, parts highlighted by the US Defense Intelligence Agency

U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency. Public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Used in: Shahed / Geran drone family: history, evolution and technology

Remnants of Shahed-101 and Shahed-131 drones recovered in Ukraine and Iraq, laid out in a display room.

Shahed-101 and Shahed-131 remnants

U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency. Public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Used in: Shahed / Geran drone family: history, evolution and technology

The flight computer of a Geran-2: an orange card cage holding eight green circuit boards, with one board lying beside it.

Geran-2 flight computer

Ennolenze. CC BY 4.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Used in: Shahed / Geran drone family: history, evolution and technology

A single circuit board from a Geran-2 flight computer photographed next to a measuring scale.

Geran-2 flight-computer card

Ennolenze. CC BY 4.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Used in: Shahed / Geran drone family: history, evolution and technology

A damaged MD-550 piston engine from a Shahed-136 lying on a table, with finned cylinders and the propeller hub visible.

MD-550 engine from a Shahed-136

Zenwort. CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Used in: Shahed / Geran drone family: history, evolution and technology

A white Gerbera drone lying on the ice of a frozen water body.

Gerbera on a frozen lake, Kyiv region

State Emergency Service of Ukraine. CC BY 4.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Used in: Shahed / Geran drone family: history, evolution and technology

A Ukrainian soldier seen from behind holds a Sting interceptor drone up against a cloudy sky before launch.

Sting interceptor before launch

General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. CC BY 4.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Used in: Interceptor drones 2026

A Sting interceptor drone being prepared in red and blue light at night.

Sting interceptor, 118th Mechanised Brigade

Ukrainian Ground Forces. CC BY 4.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Used in: Interceptor drones 2026

A soldier kneels on grass by the coast, setting a Sting interceptor drone upright for launch.

Sting being prepared for launch

General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. CC BY 4.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Used in: Interceptor drones 2026

The General Cherry Bullet interceptor on an exhibition stand: a slim bullet-shaped body with four rotor arms.

General Cherry Bullet at MSPO 2026

Krzysztof Popławski. CC BY 4.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Used in: Interceptor drones 2026

A grey P1-Sun interceptor drone standing upright on its tail fins at an airshow stand.

SkyFall P1-Sun at Dubai Airshow 2025

Mztourist. CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Used in: Interceptor drones 2026

A Polish soldier carries a Surveyor interceptor of the Merops system to its launcher during training.

Merops Surveyor interceptor, Poland

Sgt. Luis Garcia / 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command / United States Army. Public domain. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Used in: Interceptor drones 2026

An Anduril Roadrunner interceptor displayed upright in a glass case at a defence exhibition.

Anduril Roadrunner at IDEX 2025

Mztourist. CC BY 4.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Used in: Interceptor drones 2026

A tracked ground robot in a field with a frame on top from which an FPV drone takes off.

Ground robot carrying an FPV drone

General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. CC BY 4.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons

A torn composite fragment of a downed Shahed-136 airframe photographed beside a colour scale.

Shahed-136 airframe fragment

Ennolenze. CC BY 4.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Used in: Shahed / Geran drone family: history, evolution and technology