The Ukrainian Navy showed how the L3Harris VAMPIRE system and APKWS missile destroyed the Iranian Shahed-136 UAV (video)
By: Myroslav Trinko | 11.03.2024, 09:55
The Ukrainian Navy has published a video of the destruction of the Iranian kamikaze drone Shahed-136 over Odessa on the night of 11 March.
Here's What We Know
According to military analyst @Osinttechnical, the UAV was destroyed by a laser-guided missile APKWS. It was fired from the US VAMPIRE system.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces received such missile systems at the end of last year.
This was most likely an L3Harris VAMPIRE firing a laser-guided APKWS missile. pic.twitter.com/oENds6y5jY
- OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) March 11, 2024
Flashback
The VAMPIRE is a portable system that can be mounted on pickup trucks or other platform to launch high-precision 70mm rockets. The launcher has four missiles and is laser guided with L3Harris type APKWS (AGR-20 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System) targeting.
Source: @ukrainian_navy
