Ukrainian Armed Forces destroy a very rare Russian Orion drone equipped with a KAB-20 guided aerial bomb
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have managed to shoot down a very rare Russian army drone. It is called the Inokhodets, but is better known as the Orion.
Here's What We Know
The drone was armed with at least one KAB-20 corrected aerial bomb. It was shot down a long time ago. The date is not specified. That said, it is only now that documentary confirmation has emerged. The photo was published by analysts @UAWeapons.
#Ukraine: The remains of a very rare Russian Orion unmanned combat aerial vehicle which was shot down by the Ukrainian military over #Kherson Oblast. The drone was armed with at least one KAB-20 guided aerial bomb.
- ???????? Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) May 14, 2023
Though this loss is not recent, it appears to be undocumented. pic.twitter.com/JTdWGq4sfR
Orion is a very rare medium-altitude drone with a long duration of flight. The Russian army has several dozen such drones in service. The manufacturer is the Kronshtadt company.
The drone has a wingspan of 16.3 metres, a height of 3.2 metres and is 8 metres long. It is capable of carrying up to 200 kg of payload or combat payload. The drone has a range of 250 km and a flight time of 24 hours with a payload of 60 kg.
The Orion is equipped with a 115 horsepower (86 kW) engine. Cruising speed of the drone is 120-200 km/h. During the flight the drone can climb to an altitude of up to 7,500 meters.
As for the KAB-20, which the Orion was equipped with, it is a corrective aerial bomb, i.e. an analogue of the JDAM. Its weight is 20 kg. The warhead has a high-explosive fragmentation warhead.
Source: @UAWeapons
