{"id":101897,"date":"2026-09-16T10:30:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T07:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/?p=101897"},"modified":"2026-09-16T10:32:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T07:32:44","slug":"himera-b1-survives-shelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/09\/himera-b1-survives-shelling\/","title":{"rendered":"HIMERA B1 repeater kept working under rubble after 10 strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/tags\/himera\/\">HIMERA<\/a> B1 repeater used by units of the 1st Border Guard Detachment of Ukraine\u2019s State Border Guard Service survived 10 attacks involving FPV drones and guided aerial bombs. According to the manufacturer\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/himeratech.com\/articles\/%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BB%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80-himera-b1-%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B2-10-%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B2-%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BB-%D0%B1%D1%83%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%BB%D1%96-%D0%B9-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B2-%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8E%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8\">statement<\/a>, the device remained intact and continued maintaining communications beneath the rubble after the building partially collapsed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The device was installed on a telecommunications tower in Kharkiv Oblast. It operated alongside another B1 located 10.5 km away. Each repeater provided <a href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/tags\/connection\/\">communications<\/a> coverage within a radius of about 5 km.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the attacks destroyed the repeater\u2019s power supply. The building subsequently partially collapsed, causing the B1 to fall and become buried beneath the rubble. According to the company, the device continued operating, so the service personnel decided to locate and recover it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The final attack completely destroyed the building and telecommunications tower. According to HIMERA, the repeater itself remained intact after all 10 attacks and the building\u2019s collapse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/thedefender.media\/en\/2026\/04\/himera-khartiia\/\"><strong>Read also<\/strong>: HIMERA communications systems developer and 2nd NGU Corps \u201cKhartiia\u201d become strategic partners<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HIMERA reported the incident on its website on 15 September<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":101893,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","_featured_category_order":0,"_article_badge":"featured","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[695,226],"class_list":["post-101897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-innovation","tag-connection","tag-himera","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>HIMERA B1 repeater continued operating under rubble after attack<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"HIMERA reported the incident on its website on 15 September. 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