As the war in Ukraine drags on, Ukrainian forces have apparently found a new way to take on the ever-present threat of Russian drones: strap a bunch of missiles to a decades-old crop duster as a new kind of air defense system. Video posted to Telegram channels show a Czechoslovakian-made Zlin Z-137 Agro Turbo crop duster plane with two R-73 air-to-air missiles strapped under its wings.

Videos were brief so it’s unclear how many of these planes are being used by Ukraine or how effective they actually are against Russian drones. But it is a far cry from when a crop duster tried to run down Cary Grant in ‘North By Northwest’ and points to more signs of Ukraine’s innovations when it comes to dealing with modern threats like drones.

There are some clear benefits. A crop duster is much more lo

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