Ukrainian Kamikadze Drones can end the war: the Armed Forces officer told focus how they are being done

Prior to the start of a full -scale invasion, he headed one of the most innovative companies engaged in unmanned technologies. When the full -scale war began, the firm closed, and Yuri Kasyanov went to the front, and after him - part of engineers, designers, programmers. It seemed that the war would not be long, so many "drones" left the laboratories and from the production sites to fight.

But then it became clear that the fighting would be delayed for a long time, and there were no drones, and the former drone designers returned to the old class, combining military service with engineering work. "Probably the best way to get the most effective weapon-when you design drones and use them.

In the spring of 2022 we designed a drone Kamikadze for a range of 70 km, then brought its range up to 300 km, and today it is one of the most productive drones The price/quality ratio, and its production is already engaged in three companies located in the south, in the center and in the west of Ukraine, " - said the serviceman. He added that all these projects are non -commercial, although firms from time to time receive state contracts.

Development is free of charge, license (design documentation) - also free of charge. The main thing is to defeat the enemy. However, all this "free" is very conditional, because the development of the simplest drone Kamikadze costs at least $ 200,000.

"Having come with your hand outstretched with friends and acquaintances, having spent personal savings, we decided to organize a fund that would finance the development of drones, assisted the combat units using drones, and provided information assistance to manufacturers. The units needed cars, radios of radio intelligence. . Manufacturers need workers, engineers, programmers, help in booking employees, in search of premises, in testing, " - said Yuri Kasyanov.

In his opinion, the state should be coordinated and assisted by the state, and for a long time a single coordinating and director - "Drone Committee" or "Ministry of Drone", which would pursue state policy in the field of drones. In Ukraine, the Aviation Committee and many other agencies are operating, and all the drones are engaged in little by little, and no one - specifically, although they have long and have been acknowledged that they determined the course of war.

"Therefore, along with other state (" Drone Army ") and volunteer initiatives, we have created our fund to assist the participants in the process and as a platform for communication. So the B-52 fund appeared.

We try to squeeze the maximum of what was developed In the first months of the war, there is continuous improvement of drones, as much as possible to expand the geography of production - so there will be more aircraft, and the production will be less vulnerable, and to maximize support for units that are fighting, because the state cannot close all the issues of security, " - explained the expert.

- "It should be understood that this work is like a patch on a trouser, like a tampon in a wound, which helps stop bleeding. " According to him, the government seemed to be self -escaping, only from time to time financed the purchase of ready -made UAVs. At the official level, he does not invest in the development of unmanned devices, market development or factories.

Probably, they believe that "the market will solve everything", but this is a bad approach during the war, this was not either during the first or during the Second World War. "The creation of weapons requires tremendous effort and expenses, and no privately owned it. So today in Ukraine several ministries and agencies, as well as individual units at their own risk are leading their programs of distant shock drones.

There are their shock drones in GUR, there SBU, there are no secret units, from time to time. Various tasks. According to the military, the purpose of such a policy in the field of far -off bombardment should be comprehensive support of manufacturers, the replication of the best solutions, increasing the production of drones and the development of drones used units. The ultimate goal should be constant mass attacks on military and critically important enemy objects in his rear.

This requires different drones. Many Ukrainians are delighted with the Dron "February", which can carry a large combat part and fly far. A great result, but it is an expensive machine whose mass production is impossible today, and it is not very suitable for the destruction of aviation engineering at enemy airfields, tightly covered with air defense, because the large and noticeable "February" can knock down long before it reaches the goal.

That is, there should be a line of mid -range drones - and it is in fact, created by the great efforts of enthusiasts and volunteers. There are large, famous, "mastic" drones of the type of "February", at the price, according to some estimates, more than $ 200 thousand. There are simpler drones with lower flight and cost range, such as UJ-22 Airborne, capable of striking objects up to St. Petersburg, and they have many potential purposes.

There are also many successful and not very successful developments of very small drones, a cost of several thousand dollars, flying for hundreds of kilometers and carry a "funny" wrapper with a capacity of a few kilograms of TNT.

"However, these drones that attack like a swarm of mosquitoes, hostile bases, airfields, locators, air defense systems, warehouses, do the enemy of great damage, simply do not always write about it in the media, because the enemy hides such facts as we, as we, and we, and A beautiful oil, which is beautifully burning, is a more pleasant eye of the inhabitant than a bombard -cut in the parking lot.

When the drone is small in size and weight, then all technical solutions for him become almost phenomenal, the Armed Forces officer assures.

Such a UAV requires a very powerful and economical engine because it cannot take a lot of fuel on board, also requires a very efficient and lightweight combat part, miniature electronics, all sorts of sensors, good software and even artificial intelligence so that the device can accurately hit the target at the target Hundreds of kilometers without operator participation. For a small drone with a small combat part of misses a few meters is unacceptable, otherwise the flight will be in vain.

"I can say that working on such projects is a fascinating activity for designers, electricians, programmers. Because it is difficult and interesting. And very effective in the war," - said Yuri Kasyanov. The B-52 Fund supports not only UAV production. There is also, for example, a project to create a powerful electrical catapult with a guide monorail of several tens of meters long to run heavy devices, which most often start from field airfields on the chassis.

Such launches are complex and dangerous in themselves, because hostile drones are more and more deeper into the rear of Ukraine, there are objects on which the Iskander rocket is immediately struck. "With the catapult to let heavy drones will become simple and fast. And" top "," mastic "drones that have got rid of the wheels will fly better and further," he explained. According to Reuters, Russia asks Kazakhstan to prepare 100,000 tons of gasoline for the supply to the Russian territory.

In addition, Belarus promised to transfer fuel. According to Yuri Kasyanov, it is the result of successful strikes of Ukrainian long -range drones, though few. If the attacks continue, the Russian Federation may be in a state of transport collapse. "We will have to choose - to fill civilian trucks and cars, or tanks and battle planes. And there is the end of the end.