23.12.2021, 10:14
Zitat:Russia tests Orion UCAV in air-to-air rolehttps://www.janes.com/defence-news/air-p...o-air-role
Russia has tested an Orion unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) in an air-to-air engagement against a rotary wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) during tests in Crimea, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported on 19 December.
The Orion was shown taking off with a missile tube under each wing and tracking the rotary wing target before engaging it with a missile that appears to be a variant of the 9M113 Kornet anti-tank guided missile family. The engagement reportedly took place at a range of 4 km. The UCAV also conducted air-to-ground engagements using the missile, the MoD said. The missile used may be a development of the Kornet-D that was referred to as X-BPLA by an industry source cited in an 18 December Sputnik article. [...]
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