Ukrainian forces efficiently downed a brand new Russian Orion unmanned aerial automobile (UAV) within the skies over Russia’s Kursk area utilizing a Chilly Conflict-era Strela-10 (SA-13 Gopher) short-range air protection system.
The eightieth Separate Air Assault Brigade of Ukraine’s Air Assault Forces carried out the operation, confirming the strike in a video shared on their official Telegram channel. The message accompanying the video detailed how the Strela-10 air protection crew precisely focused the Orion UAV, which poses a major menace as a result of its twin reconnaissance and assault capabilities.
“Unmanned aerial autos of this kind are harmful not just for conducting aerial reconnaissance but in addition as a result of they’ll carry 4 air-to-surface missiles able to hanging floor targets,” the Ukrainian paratroopers said.
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The Orion UAV is one in every of Russia’s newest additions to its unmanned aerial fleet, developed by the Kronshtadt Group. The UAV is assessed as a Medium Altitude Lengthy Endurance (MALE) drone, designed for prolonged surveillance missions and able to finishing up air-to-ground assaults.
Ukrainian forces managed to shoot down a contemporary Russian Kronshtadt Orion (Inokhodets) MALE UCAV in Kursk Oblast of Russia.
The Russians are actively utilizing these UAVs to focus on Ukrainian troops and tools with guided munitions within the Kursk operation zone. pic.twitter.com/uXYxGUBSXr
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The Strela-10, identified in NATO phrases because the SA-13 “Gopher,” is a short-range, cellular air protection system first launched within the Seventies. Regardless of its age, the system has remained in service with a number of militaries, together with Ukraine’s, as a result of its adaptability and effectiveness towards aerial threats like drones.
The Ukrainian success in neutralizing a contemporary Russian drone with a Soviet-era air protection system highlights each the ingenuity of Ukrainian forces and the evolving nature of the battle, the place older applied sciences are being deployed in new methods.
