A $500 FPV drone hit the launcher of a $100m Buk-M1-2 surface-to-air missile system

By: Maksim Panasovskiy | 07.08.2023, 00:51

It seems that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have updated the record for the cost of Russian military equipment hit by an FPV drone. The other day the drone successfully attacked a Buk-M1-2 surface-to-air missile launcher.

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We have already seen FPV drones attack and destroy T-90M tanks worth up to $5 million, infantry fighting vehicles worth several hundred thousand dollars and TOS-1A heavy flamethrower systems worth $15 million. The new record belongs to the Buk-M1-2 SAM system.

The cost of the entire surface-to-air missile system is estimated at $100 million. To create one FPV-drone it is necessary to spend $500. But to be fair, it should be noted that the self-propelled launcher was not destroyed, but damaged. In addition, besides it, the complex includes other components that survived.

Source: @fedorenkoys