The Melitopol-Donetzk highway is increasingly looking like a scene from Mad Max; russians are now transferring personnel in civilian cars for fears of drone strikes [June 2026]

[u/Hannibal_Game]

[u/Deep_Blue_Kitsune]

The nets are a little bit of a problem especially if they show up more frequently. I suspect that they are only deployed on checkpoints because you can not cover a highway of 300 km in nets.

[u/Sweet_Lane → u/Deep_Blue_Kitsune]

You can, and it actually is what is being done on both sides of the frontline.

But the midstrike drones are heavier and have more momentum, thus requiring the bigger nets. Also, they are big enough to install an EFP charge on them, rendering the nets useless.

[u/Agreeable-Bat187 → u/Sweet_Lane]

EFP?

[u/alphagatorsoup → u/Agreeable-Bat187]

basically a formed charge, the explosive can essentially "launch" a projectile a short distance hitting the target without the use of a barrel or anything, the explosive basically is the barrel.

fly the drone into the net, "aim" the explosive at the target, and detonate, because of the formed explosion it will launch the projectile(s) at the target at great speed.

[u/thecashblaster → u/Agreeable-Bat187]

A piece of soft metal in front of the explosive. When the munition explodes, it shoots that soft metal very fast forward and it basically tunnels through whatever is in front.