ZALA Lancet attack drone. © Marina Lystseva/TASS
Russia’s Rubikon advanced unmanned technology center released on August 3 video footage showing a Lancet loitering munition attacking a Ukrainian P-18 Malachite surveillance radar in the Kharkiv direction from more than 100 kilometers away.
“Over the night of August 2 and 3, the Aerospace Forces reconnaissance detected a mobile P-18 Malachite radar station mounted on a KRAZ truck chassis near the settlement of Chervonoe, 55 kilometers away from the frontline,” Rubikon said in a post on Telegram accompanying the footage, noting that “the target was destroyed at a distance of 101 kilometers from the takeoff point.”
The Malachite is a Ukrainian upgraded version of the original Soviet P-18 VHF surveillance radar, with a reported range of 400 kilometers and the ability to tack up to 25 aerial targets at the same time. Such long-range radars are used to provide early warning to Ukrainian air defenses.
The Lancet was developed by the ZALA Aero Group, a subsidiary of Russia’s defense giant Kalashnikov Concern. The company produces two versions of the loitering munition, the Izdeliye-52 with an endurance of 30 minutes and a one-kilogram warhead and the larger Izdeliye-51 that has an endurance of 40 minutes and is armed with a warhead weighing three kilograms.
The strike on the Ukrainian radar indicates that the larger version of the Lancet had received an upgrade to extend its range. The loitering munition may have been equipped with a more efficient electric engine, or equipped with a larger powerpack.
The Lancet flies towards the designated area with a GLONASS-aided inertial navigation system. After arriving in the area, the operator utilizes an onboard electro-optical system via a two-way data-link to detect, track and lock on the target. A laser-ranging system then controls the detonation of the warhead.
So far, Ukrainian attempts to stop Lancet loitering munitions with air defense fire, electronic warfare or counter-measures have been mostly unsuccessful.
According to Lostarmour.info, a website that documents military losses, Lancet strikes have destroyed or damaged 165 radar and electronic warfare, intelligence and communication systems of Kiev forces since the start of the special military operation in Ukraine more than three years ago.
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the war isn’t ending any time soon…orcs will continue being eliminated…heheheh
it’s quite evident you know nothing about anything, in addition to be a retarded bozo the clown.
russia will achieve its objectives, and at the end there will be more russians than at the beginning of the conflict. also nato, the us and eu are in a sorry position as budanov himself recognized.
doesn’t matter, the truth is; russia lost generations of soldiers. it will take them decades if not centuries to recover, by then other nations would have better equipment and more soldiers–another blow to putler.
please, retarded bozo the clown, climb on the table and explain us how ukraine and the west are winning by losing the ukrainian conflict, having millions of ukrainian men dead while at the same time dragging their reputation and credibility in the sh*tter for the whole world to see. at that point lol does not even start to cover it.
and recall of course that the us is already planning to deploy hypersonic missiles in germany that do not have been developped yet and has already contracts for american made fpv drones that completely failed their latest test (because china produces 90% of them and they have zero experience) except for one that get a ‘a’ grade because it successfully hit a friendly apc.
all the military equipement of the west did not prevent ukraine from losing, but the bullsh*t machine want you to believe that somewhere in the future it will change. somehow it’s always in the future. maybe the west should start by adressing reality and stop sinking if it want this to happen. it can’t happen when their leaders just keep spouting ever changing bullsh*t.
people still think russia could take kiev in the good ol’ 2025? they lost their greatest chance, they ain’t ever getting it back. russia clearly lost the war and doesn’t care about fighting it anymore, they just hope ukraine would run of resources, which clearly, they aren’t as more countries support them.
the retarded bozo the clown and his crew are following the proven blueprint of the us and eu’s success: lie constantly and ignore the truth. admitting reality would cause too much internal conflict, so they avoid it. now, they’re basically comical—like magnets pointing due south. and even that irony is lost on them. lol.
my husband “lances” me every night!
that’s what ur neighbors say…..fagdeon…
these things are very effective and difficult to intercept.
zelenskyy & his henchmen won’t be allowed to stay once putin is done with ukraine. nothing will remain of the kiev regime once russia defeats nato and ukraine. the natzies now ruling ukraine will either have to leave the country or be hunted down & eliminated. there’s nothing the us,uk,eu,nato can do to turn the tide now. russia will achieve all the goals of the special military operation. ukrainian armed forces will collapse before the end of 2025