NATO Ally’s Newest Missile Faces Trial by Fire on Ukraine Battlefields [Video]

Estonian defense company Frankenburg Technologies will begin testing its anti-aircraft missiles in Ukraine next year.

CEO Kusti Salm said Thursday an agreement is in place for the company to start testing its Mark 1 anti-aircraft missile, which uses artificial intelligence to shoot down drones. “The technology is promising, and we will start testing it in Ukraine in the new year,” he told Estonian Public Broadcasting’s website.

The missile can hit targets flying at altitudes of up to 2 kilometers (1.2 miles)—the altitude that the Iranian drone Shahed-131 (Russian version Geran-1) and Shahed-136 (Geran-2) typically fly at, Salm told defense intelligence website Jane’s.

Salm also said he believes the demand for new weapons will continue, even …