Kasyanov writes that the military leadership of Ukraine has the desire to "copy" Iranian UAVs like Shahd, not literally, but to do something similar with similar characteristics and combat load, which would be at least 30 kg. According to the author, the projects of drones, where the combat part does not reach "cherished" 30 kg, are not very interested in warlords. Kasyanov criticizes officials from the Defense Ministry, stating that this approach is wrong.
"The great weight of the battle part is the great weight of the drone, its great size, great cost and great visibility," - reminds Yuri and explains further - "Why do we knock down" Shahidi "? . . Because modern radars see them because Dimensions, not in the long distance, but the powerful engine required for the flight of such a large apparatus, strongly immature it (sound and thermal footprint), and also banal into the big "chess" easier.
According to Kasyanov, the heavy combat load justifies itself in only a few cases: however, when it comes to attacks in the rear of the aggressor country, then a large combat part will not help, since UAVs should be small in size, with a less power engine, then it is more difficult to notice it On the radar.
To defeat aerodromes, air defense positions, radar, launchers, land-land missiles, oil storage facilities, headquarters, "… high power of the combat part is secondary, and even harmful, more important-accuracy and massive use of drones,"-sums up the expert. Yuri Kasyanov believes that if Engels arrived in not one large UAV type "Strizh", but "100 small, cheap and inconspicuous (practically imperceptible) drones-Kamikadze with a fighting part of 2.
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