Videos show how Ukrainian helicopter crews use machine guns to hunt Russia’s exploding Shahed drones
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UAE’s AH-64 Apaches swat down Iranian Shahed drones with M230 chain gun
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A UAE AH-64 Apache. (Image credit: Defense Arabia)
The UAE showed that its AH-64 Apaches and F-16s are actively flying in the counter-drone role, tackling Iranian drones before they can reach their targets.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) released on Mar. 8, 2026, a video showing footage from an electro-optical system of eight Iranian Shahed-type One-Way Attack (OWA) drones being shot down. Based on the sound of the typically slow rate of fire, acknowledgements of “target destroyed” by one of the crew and airborne position of the engaging platform, we have concluded these are AH-64 Apache attack helicopters employing their chin-mounted M230 30 mm chain gun.
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