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This Swedish Drone Killer Is Changing Battlefield Logic

5 min readApr 13, 2025

Who knew IKEA’s cousin could take down drones with more precision than your Wi-Fi router finding a signal?

The Kreuger-100 — Image credit: Nordic Air Defence (NAD)

In the eternal arms race of global defense — where the U.S. spends a trillion dollars to create a flying box that can’t fly in the rain, and Russia straps GoPros to tractors and calls it “military innovation” — a quiet little Nordic country just upended everything.

Meet the Kreuger-100.
Sweden’s stealthy new drone hunter.
Minimalist in design.
Maximum in mayhem.

And no, it doesn’t come with an Allen key.

No Hype, Just Havoc

While other nations roll out weapons like they’re launching Marvel movies — complete with CGI trailers, dramatic music, and generals on stage pointing at PowerPoints — Sweden just showed up, dropped the Kreuger-100 into a demo, and casually started clearing the skies like it was dusting off a bookshelf.

This isn’t some sci-fi drone zapper still stuck in development hell.
It’s not an overpriced prototype that needs 30 contractors, 17 firmware updates, and a goat sacrifice to work properly.
It’s real. It’s field-tested. And it’s very, very good at what it does.

Emil Stark
Emil Stark

Written by Emil Stark

Words are my weapon. Medium is my battlefield.

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