MOSCOW, RUSSIA — According to sources from the ZALA Aero Group, the Russian Lancet kamikaze drones have been upgraded to take practical operations into account.
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China allowed Russians to freely buy UAVs, DJI is used in Ukraine Russia drops new ‘ fire- and- forget ’ losers outside Ukrainian air defense Russian army expects domestic GPS and GLONASS remote receivers It's noted that loitering security Lancet entered a new optic- electronic guidance system and a control system with new software, which affected its bettered controllability.
It was also noted that the drone has lost its cruciform bodies and entered a more important warhead, which allows guaranteed successes on targets. still, the source didn't report which cruciform bodies were modified.bulgarianmilitary.com recalls that the Lancet has two cruciform bodies – in the middle of the body and on the tail. The drone develops a speed of over to 110 km/ h and can hit targets at a distance of over to 40 km.
It's worth noting that the Russian Lancet has three types of warheads – accretive, high-explosive, and thermobaric. This allows you to increase the inflexibility of their use and engage targets similar as armored vehicles, including heavy tanks, ordnance, radar, air defense systems, and the adversary force.
Different from the others
The loitering munition Lancet is the most successful Russian- made drone in the war in Ukraine. Dozens of other models failed, similar as the long- touted and vaunted Orlan- 10. still, the Lancet has changed the station of Russian colors regarding the use of drones in Ukraine. At the end of 2023, a report appeared from the Russian Ministry of Defense that a large part of unmanned upstanding vehicles didn't meet the conditions and norms when covering state tests. That's why Moscow turned to Tehran for the delivery of the Shahed series of Iranian drones. The other reason is that before the launch of the Russian irruption, Moscow didn't have enough drones produced. still, they were transferred to share in the war in Ukraine.
The last attack
The last proved Lancet kill of the war and participated on the web was the attack on the British Stormer HVM.
Great Britain supplied these vehicles to Ukraine. A videotape shows the Lancet strike on the British Stormer HVM from the perspective of a alternate Russian drone. A alternate Russian drone, most likely surveillance and covering the battleground, recorded the Lancet slamming directly between the lattice and turret of the Stormer HVM. The videotape ends with a huge premium of bank coming from the British war machine but doesn't show exactly what the British war machine’s losses are. The high speed of the incoming kamikaze is emotional.
What do we know about Lancet?
The Russian Lancet drone has parameters that are common for kamikaze drones. From what we know, Lancet’s wingspan is n’t long – slightly one cadence. The warhead, or more precisely, the cargo carried by the Lancet is over to 3 kg, and the weight together with the cargo is only 12 kg. Lancet’s speed is emotional. In hunt or shadowing mode, the drone can reach pets between 80 km/ h and 100 km/h. still, when the target is formerly interdicted, the drone increases its speed to 300 km/ h to insure lesser effectiveness of the damage it's anticipated to induce. The drone is powered by an electric motor.