Military expert Dandykin named the most powerful drones of the Russian army

The Russian Armed Forces (RF Armed Forces) use advanced drones. Vasily Dandykin, a military expert and captain of the first rank of the reserve, told about this on Thursday, October 9.

According to the expert, Russia has kamikaze drones, which have a one-way flight, and there are unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that fly long distances, conduct reconnaissance, destroy the enemy and return back.

"In particular, this is the Hunter drone, which works in tandem with the Su-57 or independently. We have a Pacer drone. This is a fairly advanced drone with artificial intelligence. There is a reconnaissance drone, which then returns by parachute. This is Orlan-10," Dandykin listed in a conversation with Lenta.Ru .

The expert added that Russia now has an advantage in drone saturation, especially in height and range.

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Earlier it became known that the Russian kamikaze drones Geran-2 began to be equipped with a new aerial detonation warhead. The smart high-explosive fragmentation warhead is equipped with lidar, which ensures that it is triggered at a given height.

On September 11, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that American-made Patriot air defense systems in service with Ukraine were useless in the fight against Russian Geranium drones. 360.ru .

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