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To spread: The Russian Federation has intensified the development of the Katran ...

Threat to Magura: How the Russian Federation can use Katran's sea drone - Defense Express

To spread: The Russian Federation has intensified the development of the Katran Marine drone capable of carrying the FPV-Drones "Square-VMF". Russia can use this platform to combat Ukrainian marine drones Magura. The experts of the Defense Express portal reached this conclusion. The Russian "Katran" is positioned as a multifunctional platform that can carry different weapons, including UAVs. At the same time, the publication doubts the effectiveness of Katran.

The drone uses regular radio communication, which is easy to suppress the IEP systems and also has a limited radius. Its range can only be increased through a vulnerable network of repeaters. As for the FPV-punks "Skvore-VMF", they have a range of up to 5-10 km and are controlled by radio channel. Accordingly, their carriers should be close enough to the shore.

Experts of the portal believe that Katran can be regarded as a remedy against Ukrainian sea drones, especially against the background of the recent destruction of the Su-30 aircraft by the Ukrainian Magura drone. As noted in the publication, earlier the Russians have already used FPV-punks to counteract Ukrainian sea drone, launching them from the helicopter. However, after the Russians in the Mi-8 twice exploded FPV-therots, they abandoned the idea.