Mark 1 Micro Missile Demonstrates Ability to Intercept Shahed-Type UAVs

The first European Mark 1 micro-missile has demonstrated its ability to intercept Shahed-type drones, which Russia uses under the name “Geran-2.”

Estonian defense company Frankenburg Technologies released a video of the tests of its development.

These missiles are expected to be tested in Ukraine.

The video shows combat tests of the Mark I missile intercepting a target drone flying at 200 km/h and simulating a Shahed-type UAV.

The developers developed the detection and tracking of an air target using an external sensor (likely a radar) and a command-and-control system.

A ground-based launcher was used to launch the missile. The micro-missile caught up with the target drone at high subsonic speed (over 1,000 km/h) and hit it.

The Mark I with a solid-fuel engine can intercept targets at a distance of up to 2 km. The system is designed to engage slow-flying, low-altitude drones with propeller engines that reach speeds of 150-200 km/h, as well as faster targets with jet engines that fly at 450-600 km/h.

Frankenburg Technologies created the Mark 1 micro-missile using commercially available components. It took only 13 months from concept to live-fire testing.

At 60 centimeters long, it is the smallest guided missile in Europe. The development was carried out with the involvement of specialists from Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Great Britain, and Germany.

The successful testing of the missile became known in December 2025. At the same time, in November 2024, it was announced that these missiles would be transferred to Ukraine for testing.

However, it is currently unknown whether such tests took place and what their results were.

In January 2025, Militarnyi reported that the British company Babcock had started developing a naval launcher for the promising Mark 1 anti-aircraft micro-missile.