"Surprises are waiting for the Russians": the new Ukrainian sea drone threatens the Russian aviation - the media

Recently, a video appeared on the network where the Russian helicopter is destroying the Ukrainian sea drone equipped with rockets. The publication believes that it could be the "Pennant Pennant" missiles (AA-11 "Archer") or "Penny P-60" (AA-8 "Aphid"). These are Soviet battle missiles that are still used by both Ukraine and Russia. The pictures taken by the Russians show that one of the two missiles was released. The drone was likely to be destroyed after participating in a blow to the Crimea.

According to the OSINT analyst H. I. Sutton, the system uses re-profiled air-air missiles in a structure called "Frankens". The term combines the phrase "Frankenstein's monster" and the American abbreviation of the anti -aircraft missile. Frankensam also denotes the American-Ukrainian program, the main idea of ​​which is the combination of Western missiles of the classes "Air-Air" and "Earth-Air" with the Soviet SPRs used by Ukraine.

The flight range of the mentioned missiles is 30-40 kilometers, but the actual range of the lesion is likely to be shorter. According to the analyst, although the helicopter successfully attacked the drone, the very fact of the appearance of such devices can affect the tactics of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

The publication states that the widespread spread of this type of drone can lead to the fact that Russian aviation will no longer be able to act in the area that is now considered safe. This applies, in particular, to strikes in the territory of Ukraine. "After two years of war and several ships, damaged or even drowning, new unpleasant surprises are waiting for the Russians," journalists believe. The publication also believes that such drones are already used by Ukrainians for some time.

For example, they could be involved in the destruction of Russian aircraft of long-range radar detection and management of A-50. We will remind, according to Defense Express of May 8, the first known case of use of a multi-purpose marine drone in battle against the enemy on the sea is the blow of the Ukrainian sea drone Magura V5 with missiles "Air-air" P-73 on the Russian boat "Mangust".

With the advent of remotely controlled SPR, the Ukrainian military can not only attack Russian ships "swarm" of Marine Dronov-Kamikadze, but also cover it from blows from the air. In turn, the head of the marketing department of Airlogix, which produces BPAC GOR Viktor Lokotkov said focus, everyday weapons and machine guns are also put on Kopters, but there is an important nuance: they are quite easy to confine them with small arms.