Almost ready and being tested: Ukraine has developed a unique drone-kamikaze, which can attack the target several times

A new drone developed by Ukrainian specialists will soon enter service of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. It is a kamikaze drone, similar to Iranian "shahids", but with some features of its own.

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Oleg Boldyrev, head of projects of the Ukrainian concern Ukroboronprom, told the media in an interview about the new UAV.

"It is already there. I would call it "patient zero." The machine flies, the machine is now undergoing training, because we, talking about a strike drone, we are talking about a kamikaze variant. But we Ukrainians are very greedy people. We're going to have a kamikaze with a return capability," he said.

This means that the drone will be able to attack an enemy target several times at a time. The range is 1000 km and the weight of the warhead is 75 kg. At the same time, the new model partially consists of foreign-made parts. However, the development of software, means of communication with ground stations, assembly and maintenance of drones is carried out by Ukrainian specialists.

Source: Present Time

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