Kamikaze drones strike Ukraine

Russia has been blamed for using “kamikaze drones” to attack Kyiv and other cities in Ukraine. The small, slow-flying weapons are used to strike targets by crashing into them


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Engine: 50-horsepower motor drives two-bladed propeller

Stabilising rudders

Delta wing configuration

Warhead weight 40kg approx.

Weight 200kg
Speed 185km/h
Claimed flight range 1,000km


Multiple launch truck
Drones fired in batches of five from racks inside truck-mounted container

Guidance
Drone can be programmed to fly automatically to set of GPS coordinates with payload of explosives

Target must be stationary


Drone and human to scale
3.5m
2.5m


Sources: Army Recognition, BBC, Defence Express, France 24
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