MOSCOW, 17 Mar. The Russian Lancet drone has become a killer of advanced American HIMARS missile systems in Ukraine, writes Štepan Gobza, columnist for the Czech newspaper Lidovky.
<…> The Lancet, a de facto analogue of the American Switchblade loitering munition, destroys Ukrainian targets of Western origin, including American Highmars artillery missile systems and British Stormer BMPs,» he said. author.
The Russian UAV not only hits accurately, but can also work autonomously and independently make decisions on the battlefield, for example, when evading enemy anti-aircraft guns and searching for targets, the columnist writes.
The Lancet carries a larger explosive charge than any other loitering ammunition, and therefore it is capable of destroying even an armored personnel carrier or a light tank, the article says.
The drone was developed by ZALA AERO. two X-shaped wings, there is a larger model of the device with one large X-shaped wing and a small tail, which received the designation «Product-51». The unmanned vehicle was deeply modernized taking into account the experience of the special operation in Ukraine. He received a powerful warhead, which allows you to guarantee to hit typical weapons for a drone — howitzers, tanks, armored vehicles, radars, air defense systems and enemy manpower. The range of UAV warheads today includes three types — cumulative, high-explosive fragmentation and thermobaric.
Loitering ammunition is a class of weapons that can fly in the intended target area for a long time while in search mode. When a military object is detected, such a device strikes like an air-to-surface guided missile.
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