China's $9,500 Mugin-5 Pro drone may have been used to attack an oil refinery in Russia

By: Maksim Panasovskyi | 23.06.2022, 09:09
China's $9,500 Mugin-5 Pro drone may have been used to attack an oil refinery in Russia

Today we wrote aboutA video of a kamikaze drone attack on an oil refinery in Russia has been published, which An oil refinery in Russia may have been attacked by a Ukrainian PD-1 or PD-2 drone PD-1 or PD -2. Now there is information that a Chinese drone could participate in the operation.

What is known

According to new data, a refinery in the Rostov region could have been attacked by a Chinese unmanned aerial vehicle Mugin-5 Pro . The cost of such a UAV is $9500, and the manufacturer is the company Mugin UAV .

Mugin-5 Pro It is a fixed wing aircraft. The drone weighs up to 85 kg. The payload weight is 25 kg, and the operating time in the air is up to 7 hours. The body of the drone is 100% carbon fiber, which makes it difficult to detect by air defense systems.

Length Mugin-5 Pro is 3.5 m, and the wingspan is 5 m. The drone is equipped with an internal combustion engine, and the tank holds 27 liters of fuel. The drone requires a runway of 60 m for takeoff, and 85 m for landing. The UAV can reach speeds of up to 150 km/h.

Source: @asia_law

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