The Ukrainian Air Force destroyed a rare Ptero-class "Cartograph" UAV with 12 cameras
By: Maksim Panasovskiy | 23.08.2022, 19:59
The Ukrainian Air Force has destroyed at least two Russian Ptero-class drones in less than a month.
What we know
On July 31, the Buk-M1 surface-to-air missile system in Sumy region shot down the first such drone. The second drone was forced to make a "hard landing" last weekend, August 20, in eastern Ukraine.
The so-called "Cartograph" is a drone of the Ptero family of multipurpose unmanned aerial systems. The UAVs can be equipped with thermal imagers and 80 MP optical modules. The drone shot down on August 20 was equipped with 12 cameras.
Source: @operativnoZSU
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