2026年3月6日 / 美国东部时间下午3:21 / CBS新闻
美国对伊朗战争进入第一周，美国无人机专家布雷特·韦利科维奇加入福克斯新闻主播杰西·沃特斯的节目，大力宣扬行动中使用的先进美国无人机防御技术。在他旁边的分屏中，防空系统击落伊朗“见证者”无人机的画面似乎在强调他的观点。
但这些并非美国的防空系统。
“嗨@福克斯新闻——稍作澄清，”乌克兰无人机公司“黄蜂”在X平台上写道。“本片段中展示的镜头是STING——一种由黄蜂公司工程师开发的乌克兰拦截机无人机，由乌克兰防空部队用于摧毁‘见证者’类型的无人机。”
这一混淆再次引发了人们对乌克兰无人机专业知识以及美国缺乏无人机防御准备的关注，因为伊朗的空袭正在消耗中东各地的拦截器库存。
乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基周四表示，乌克兰将与五角大楼和海湾盟友合作，分享其在四年无人机战争中获得的经验。乌克兰无人机公司“黄蜂”的发言人向CBS新闻证实，该公司“随时准备应要求为乌克兰的战略合作伙伴提供帮助”。
但专家表示，解决方案需要时间。
“乌克兰花了极其长的时间才实现高拦截率，”皇家联合军种研究所的无人机专家罗伯特·托拉斯特告诉CBS新闻。“没有现成的解决方案可以直接购买。构建分层防空系统需要更多资源，并且将这项技术整合到安全部队中需要时间。”
成本错配
周三，两名地区官员向CBS新闻证实，在对伊朗战争开始仅几天，波斯湾的阿拉伯国家拦截器库存已告急。问题的核心是昂贵的拦截器与相对便宜的伊朗无人机之间的成本错配。许多美国海湾盟友使用的“爱国者-3”防空导弹生产成本约为1200万美元，而一架伊朗“见证者”无人机仅需5万美元。
周三，泽连斯基宣布，五角大楼和美国海湾盟友正在寻求乌克兰的专业知识来解决这一问题。
“我们收到了美国关于在中东地区防范‘见证者’无人机的具体支持请求。我指示提供必要的手段，并确保乌克兰专家能够确保所需的安全，”泽连斯基在X平台上表示，他在更早的帖子中指出，“伊朗攻击无人机与在整个战争中打击我们城市、村庄和基础设施的‘见证者’无人机是同一类型。”
2026年2月22日，乌克兰第聂伯罗彼得罗夫斯克州，一名乌克兰士兵在试飞前手持“黄蜂”拦截机无人机。该拦截机可通过VR眼镜或小型地面站控制。Alex Nikitenko/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images
乌克兰特别适合就更具成本效益的解决方案提供建议，因为在整个战争中，乌克兰经常缺乏更昂贵的西方防空系统。泽连斯基在本周的新闻发布会上指出，海湾国家用于拦截伊朗导弹和无人机的800枚“爱国者”防空导弹数量已经超过了乌克兰在与俄罗斯四年战争中获得的“爱国者”导弹总数。
相反，基辅投资了一套由导弹拦截器、无人机拦截器、重机枪和战斗机组成的分层防御系统，用于击落俄罗斯无人机。军方的无人机拦截器（包括“黄蜂”的STING无人机）成本低至2500美元，远低于中东地区使用的防空导弹。
“现在每个人都可以看到，乌克兰的防御经验在很多方面是不可替代的，”泽连斯基在X平台上表示。“我们准备分享这一经验，并帮助那些在这个冬天和整个战争期间帮助过乌克兰的国家。”
长期合作，非快速解决
尽管乌克兰将其专业知识部署到中东，但合作更可能采取长期伙伴关系的形式，而非快速解决美国海湾盟友当前面临的短缺问题。
专家表示，解决方案不仅涉及部署特定技术，还包括战术和知识共享。
“没有一种神奇的单一拦截机能够击落这些无人机，”乌克兰国防风投公司Green Flag Ventures创始人黛博拉·费尔拉姆告诉CBS新闻。“在乌克兰，他们采用从与俄罗斯边境开始的多层防御体系，并能够追踪所有来袭目标。”
即使是“黄蜂”的STING无人机——自2025年5月以来已在乌克兰击落3900架无人机——要在中东产生影响也需要时间。
“我们可以在三天内培训一名有经验的飞行员操作我们的无人机，”“黄蜂”发言人亚历克斯·罗斯林告诉CBS新闻。“但这并不意味着一名乌克兰或美国无人机飞行员能在三天内就成功击落‘见证者’无人机。这需要组建团队，建立整合的防空网络，以及如何与战术雷达部队和其他团队协作。”
专家强调，尤其是在无人机防御方面转移专业知识比战争的其他方面更加困难。
“无人机攻击的原理是迫使你全天候全方位防御。你需要轻型机动防御、雷达，以及针对廉价无人机的各种不同机动防御手段，”托拉斯特说。
尽管如此，只要乌克兰清楚了解所需的漫长时间表，乌克兰无人机制造商仍准备帮助美国海湾盟友。
“如果乌克兰政府建立合作关系，我们1000%准备满足这些需求，”罗斯林表示。“但你可以想象，传授整个专业知识体系将是多么复杂。”
U.S. turns to Ukraine for drone defense expertise in Iran war, but solutions may take time
March 6, 2026 / 3:21 PM EST / CBS News
A week into the U.S.’s war in Iran, American drone expert Brett Velicovich joined Fox News anchor Jesse Watters to tout the role of advanced American drone defense technology used in the operation. In the split-screen beside him, footage of air defenses downing Iranian Shahed drones appeared to underscore his point.
Except they weren’t American air defenses.
“Hi @FoxNews — small clarification,” Wild Hornets, a Ukrainian drone company, wrote on X. “The footage shown in this segment features STING — a Ukrainian interceptor drone developed by engineers at Wild Hornets and used by Ukrainian air defense units to destroy Shahed-type drones.”
The mixup drew renewed attention to both Ukraine’s drone expertise and to America’s lack of drone defense preparedness, as Iran’s aerial bombardment depletes interceptor stockpiles across the Middle East.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that Ukraine will work with the Pentagon and Gulf allies to share what it has learned during four years of drone warfare. And a spokesman for Wild Hornets, the Ukrainian drone company, confirmed to CBS News that it is “ready to help Ukraine’s strategic partners if called upon to do so.”
But experts say solutions will take time.
“It has taken Ukraine an extremely long-time to get their high interception rates,” Robert Tollast, a drone expert at the Royal United Services Institute, told CBS News. “There is no off-the-shelf solution that you can just buy. Building a layered system of air defense is more resource-intensive, and it takes time to build that technology into your security forces.”
Cost mismatch
Just days into the war in Iran, Arab states in the Persian Gulf were already running low on interceptors, two regional officials confirmed to CBS News on Wednesday. At the core of the problem was a cost mismatch between expensive interceptors used to shoot down comparatively cheap Iranian drones. The Pac-3 Patriot air defense missiles used by many of America’s Gulf allies costs around $12 million to produce, while an Iranian Shahed drone costs $50,000.
On Wednesday, Zelenskyy announced that the Pentagon and America’s Gulf allies were seeking Ukraine’s expertise to solve the problem.
“We received a request from the United States for specific support in protection against ‘shaheds’ in the Middle East region. I gave instructions to provide the necessary means and ensure the presence of Ukrainian specialists who can guarantee the required security,” Zelenskyy said on X, noting in an earlier post that “Iranian attack drones are the same ‘shaheds’ that have been striking our cities, villages, and our Ukrainian infrastructure throughout this war.”
A Ukrainian soldier holds a Sting interceptor drone before a test flight on Feb. 22, 2026 ,in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. The interceptor can be controlled using VR glasses or a small ground station. Alex Nikitenko/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images
Ukraine is particularly well-suited to advise on more cost-effective solutions to bring down drones, as it has often lacked more expensive Western air defense systems throughout its war. Zelenskyy noted in a press briefing this week that the 800 Patriot air defense missiles used by Gulf states to intercept Iranian missiles and drones has already surpassed the total number of Patriot missiles provided to Ukraine during its four-year war with Russia.
Kyiv has instead invested in a layered system of missile interceptors, drone interceptors, heavy machine guns, and planes that take down Russian drones. The military’s drone interceptors, which include Wild Hornets’ Sting drones, cost as little as $2,500 — significantly less expensive than the anti-aircraft missiles used across the Middle East.
“Everyone can now see that Ukraine’s experience in defense is, in many respects, irreplaceable,” Zelenskyy said on X. “We are ready to share this experience and help those nations that helped Ukraine this winter and throughout this war.”
Long-term cooperation, no quick fix
Even as Ukraine deploys its expertise to the Middle East, collaboration is more likely to take the form of long-term partnerships rather than rapid remedies to the current shortages America’s Gulf allies face.
Solutions, experts say, are just as much about tactics and knowledge-sharing as they are about deploying particular technology.
“There is not a single magic bullet, one interceptor drone, that is able to take down these drones,” Deborah Fairlamb, founder of Ukraine-based defense venture capital firm Green Flag Ventures, told CBS News. “Within Ukraine, it is a multi-layered defense that they use starting all the way from the border with Russia and are able to track in.”
Even for Wild Hornets’ Sting drones — which have downed 3,900 drones over Ukraine since May 2025 — making an impact in the Middle East would take time.
“We can train an experienced pilot on our drones in three days,” Alex Roslin, a spokesman for Wild Hornets, told CBS News. “But that does not mean that a Ukrainian or U.S. drone pilot can come and they are knocking down Shahed drones in three days. It is about building teams and creating an integrated network of air defense, and how to work with tactical radar units and other teams.”
Experts stress that transferring this expertise on drone defense, in particular, is more difficult than other aspects of warfighting.
“The principle of drone attacks is that it is forcing you to defend everywhere all the time. You need light mobile defenses, you need radars, you need very different types of maneuverable defenses against cheap drones,” Tollast said.
Still, Ukraine’s drone-makers remain prepared to help America’s Gulf allies as long as they are clear-eyed about the long timetable in store.
“If a partnership was created by the Ukrainian government, we are 1000% ready to fill those needs,” Roslin said. “But passing along that entire body of knowledge, you can imagine how complex that will be.”