Posted on 04/20/2021 10:09:55 AM PDT by Red Badger
BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:30 A.M.) – The Russian Veste channel published a video showing the use of the Russian Lancet suicide drone against militants in Syria.
The drone, which has been used in Syria for several years, has been the go-to unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for the Russian Armed Forces against the militants.
The Veste channel’s video shows the drone attacking a jeep used by the militants and the location of their machine guns.
“The plane is approaching its target at speeds of about 300 kilometers per hour, and there is nowhere to escape,” Alexander Zakharov, chief engineer of the Zala Aero Group, told Veste.
The Lancet is fired from a catapult and flies with the help of an electric motor – it runs quieter than others because it is lighter and slimmer; it is also loaded with ammunition weighing about 12 kilograms and fits in a narrow box.
According to the website, Deagel, “The Zala Lancet, also known as Lantset, is a kamikaze drone developed by Zala Aero to take out targets on land, in the air and/or in water following the requirements of the Russian Army.
The new weapon system has a maximum range of 40 kilometers and can carry out a precision strike autonomously. Besides, the drone has been designed to provide real-time video and imagery to the control station. The air vehicle includes intelligence, navigation and communications modules.
The Zala Lancet drone was announced in late June 2019 at the Russian Army Expo exhibition with the development trials already being completed. The Lancet attack drones were deployed successfully by the Russian Armed Forces in Syria targeting Idlib militants in November 2020.”
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“...fired from a catapult and flies with the help of an electric motor”
Thank goodness it is a green, zero-emissions, electric vehicle. All armies need to be as green as possible.
Exactly. Or like a “suicide rocket.” Dumb analogy.
Prob lard as it makes for a frantic scene as the folks picking thru the embers start to smell bacon.
сюрприз, неудачники!
Russian Lancet suicide drone
“There are no good guys there but i generally favor those killing Russians.”
They could be on three different sides in a week dependng on how they feel. I have no idea how we keep those people straight.
The American iteration may be a bit more autonomous.
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and cost US$1,000,000 a pop
Gads, Russian is an ugly language.
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That’s what you get when every word, no matter to length, has only one accent and declines ... don’t even start on how to pronounce abbreviations or slang.
I know some Polish and Russian. Russian in a PITA because of the vowels being dependent on the stress. At least in Polish, once you get the hang of it, you can pretty much sound it out.
It would be neat if you could miniaturize it, produce it for about a hundred bucks a shot deploy 10,000 of them at a time from air, sea, or land platforms and have it target individual ChiCom soldiers with a nice 3 oz charge of RDX.
Sounds like a fancy name for a small cruise missile...
Russian in a PITA (Plug in the Answer) because of the vowels being dependent on the stress
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Not in my experience - I used to be fluent in Russian 50 years ago. Some words (not common) have over 50 letters, one or two have over 100, depending on grammar form (adverb, noun, verb etc), gender, declension, motion, etc. Many vowels are silent, elided, or not pronounced at all. Polish is baby Russian.
You say that in Warsaw, and you'll get your ass kicked, LOL!
Which you can buy from the Chinese at pennies on the dollar. They have an amazing strategy for minimizing R&D costs
Which you can buy from the Chinese at pennies on the dollar. They have an amazing strategy for minimizing R&D costs
Dosvedanya
You say that in Warsaw, and you’ll get your ass kicked, LOL!
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Depends on which mechanized Soviet Army I’m with ...
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