Ukrainian military shot down a rare Russian drone Eleron-3 worth $100,000

Ukrainian army soldiers added another UAV of the Russian invaders to their piggy bank.

What we know

This is reported by the operational command "South". A bulletin dated July 25 states that an unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down in the Nikolaevskiy district. The photo above captures the drone, shot down late last month.

"Eleron-3" is a reconnaissance-level UAV that can fly up to 3 km from the launch point with a maximum speed of 130 km/h. The operation time on a single battery charge is up to 1 hour and 40 minutes.

The cost of the drone is about $100,000. The Eleron-3SV is the Russian army modification, while Eleron-B is for export to other countries.

Source: Operational command "South"

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