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Israel Requests Cellular Detection After Ukraine Drone Ops

8/12/2026

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Israel's Defense Ministry issued a Request for Information and Demonstration for cellular-network detection and localization.
The Directorate of Defense Research and Development said the systems must respond for forces in terrain because sensors struggle as drones rely on commercial communications.
Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb in June 2025 launched 100 drones against Russian airfields via 4G/LTE, indicating the Center for Strategic and International Studies that LTE-modem drones can be located through data.

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Israel's Defense Ministry issued a Request for Information and Demonstration for cellular-network detection and localization.
The Directorate of Defense Research and Development said the systems must respond for forces in terrain because sensors struggle as drones rely on commercial communications.
Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb in June 2025 launched 100 drones against Russian airfields via 4G/LTE, indicating the Center for Strategic and International Studies that LTE-modem drones can be located through data.