Armed drones with rockets and Fab-200: Do Ukraine need its own version of the Russian C-70

The Russians have created an expensive perch drone to work with a fighter. He should protect the pilots, but the expediency of this approach in the war in Ukraine raises questions. In the Donetsk region, on October 5, a Russian R-70 "hunt", developed by the company "Sukhy" and the Russian airline corporation "Mia", but not even launched into the series, was shot down on October 5, under the mysterious circumstances.

Focus drew attention to interesting details of history and how it can be in favor of Ukraine. According to Forbes, the Russian fighter could knock down the C-70 "hunt" in the area of ​​the time ravine after the latter has failed. As a result of the fragments of the UAV, they fell to Konstantinovka. According to one version, the CU-57 aircraft crew attacked the drone because it lost control over it.

The Ukrainian Air Intelligent from the Armed Forces Alexander Karpyuk, known under the pseudonym Serg Marco, commented on the Facebook page. In his opinion, "hunting" is a continuation of the project of a large shock UAV X-45 early 2000s from the US company Boeing. Even then, the concept was recognized as unpromising, but Russia continues to develop the C-70 not as a full-fledged UAV, but as a technology demonstrator.

And the flight of "hunting" paired with SU-57 on October 5 was arranged primarily for propaganda, as well as the infamous test of the Nuclear missile "Sarmat". "The next day, the Russian media had to explode" the first combat use of a 5-generation aircraft with combat blan -70 works, here you are footage, here you are photos, " -suggested Alexander Karpyuk.

According to the military, the Russian fighter flew into a zone that was not covered by air defense, but fell under the influence of radio -electronic fighting systems, which drowned the channel of communication between the plane and the drone, which is why the latter was uncontrollably flew in the direction where the defense forces could be confused .

The pilot of the aircraft evaluated the risks and decided not to move after, trying to restore the connection, but to knock down the disobedient apparatus so that it was not captured. The captain of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Ilya Tumanov in his blog FighterBomber was worried that Ukrainian experts "will disassemble" drone and explore what it was made of. According to Forbes, enough intact parts have fallen on the territory of Ukraine to identify the aircraft and its weapons.

Video from the place of fall is confirmed. Viktor Lokotkov, the head of the Airlogix marketing marketing department, which creates unmanned Aviation Complexes of GOR, believes that the most useful Ukrainians to seize and study the "hunter" communication system. In particular, it can tell experts how it can be stuck. Secondly, it is important to explore the built -in flight computer software. "In principle, everything needs to be viewed: a recognition system of your own, engine, payload.

Pay special attention to suppliers from the" Western "world," he added. " The threat is insignificant because according to open sources, two units of prototypes remain. " Oleksandr Karpyuk considers a precious C-70 control system from the aircraft through radio communications. UAV does not have an autopilot or artificial intelligence system that could be insured if the operator is lost.

"That is, the Su-57 pilot should not only manage the aircraft, but also this 20-ton coffin, somehow not lost in flight. What is quite strange, if used according to elementary logic, because UAVs should remove some of the functions from the aircraft, And not to add them to the plane with their existence, "he said. Focus was interested in whether Ukraine can do the same as it is difficult and appropriate.

As the history of a full -scale war shows, Russia is well -made, but it is difficult for it to create something fundamentally new without copying foreign technologies. For example, it uses mostly reconnaissance and impact UAVs, developed before the beginning of 2022, the same "eagles", SuperCam, Zala, "Lancet". Ukraine has a whole "zoo" of drones of different models, created after the invasion.

In addition, many of the revolutionary technologies that are now used in the battles were first invented by the Ukrainians, and then the invaders, such as FPV-therots and the Okopna Reb, were taken over. Probably, to do something like the C-70 for the defense forces to pair with fighters of Ukrainian engineers, too. Viktor Lokotkov argues that "tie" the drone to the plane is the task of the average level of complexity.

Communication can be implemented through an additional terminal or a separate system, in which case there will be no impact on the aircraft communication. The efficiency of using such devices raises questions. They can be used as a concomitant reconnaissance platform, attacking with the combat part of the air or air-country air, an assistant for shunting melee. Airlogix representative says that the expediency of using such UAVs is only that people do not die.

That is, the pilot can control the unmanned apparatus at a distance, not risking life, not to fly into the area of ​​work of the air defense air defense, and if the enemy knocks down such UAVs, then only the system will be destroyed. "There is a lot of" but "here, and here it is important how the control of such UAVs is actually. The aircraft during the flight. , just there is an automatic flight mode.

Allow to fly further into the airspace of Ukraine, where our forces will be able to plant it in their territory and investigate in detail, " - commented Viktor Lokotkov. According to the Russians spread about the C-70, this UAV can be armed with managed missiles, bombs planning such as the cassette bomb "Drill", and missiles for air combat, such To suppress the air defense.

At the scene of the "hunt" in Ukraine, fragments of the corrected Aviation Bomb of the UMPB D-30, which is an aviation ammunition, developed on the basis of the 250-kilogram FAB-2550. This ammunition has a satellite coordinate system, and its maximum flight range, according to some reports, can range from 50 to 90 km. Viktor Lokotkov noted that UAVs with appropriate load capacity are required for the use of ammunition weighing 250 kg.