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The Russian military has reportedly began to use the latest Geran-3 suicide drones in strikes against targets deep in Ukraine.
Ukrainian media on June 11 shared photos purported to show the wreckage of a Geran-3 that was used in one of the recent strikes that targeted Kiev. Among the wreckage, the remains of the turbojet that powers this version of the Geran can be seen. This micro turbojet engine sets the Geran-3 aside from the two previous versions, which are powered by piston engines.
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The Geran-1 and 2 drones, produced in Russia, are alleged to be copies of the Iranian-made Shahed-131 and 136 pusher-propelled suicide drones.
The Geran-1 has a range of 900 kilometers with a warhead weighing 15 kilograms, while the Geran-2 has a range of 2,500 kilometers with a warhead weighing 50 kilograms. Both drones, designed to engage static targets only, are guided by a GLONASS-aided inertial navigation system (INS).
Meanwhile, the Geran-3 is alleged to be a copy of the Iranian-made Shahed-238, with a range of up to 2,500 kilometers.
The Geran-3 likely uses the same GLONASS-aided INS installed in the first two versions. However, Iran showcased in the past loitering munition models of the Shahed-238 with electro-optical seekers that adds the ability of attacking moving targets, and thus it is very likely that Russia developed a similar system.
It’s worth noting that Russia has already showcased a loitering munition version of the Geran-2 with a very similar electro-optical seeker.
While the Geran-3 is comparable in range to the previous versions, the drone is on a whole other level when it comes to speed. It can reach speeds of up to 500 kilometers per hour on low altitudes, and the speed goes up all the way to 800 kilometers per hour during the final dive towards the target. Meanwhile, the speed of Geran 1 and 2 is reported to be just around 185 kilometers per hour.
Recent reports also suggest that the Geran-3 was armed with a multipurpose warhead weighing around 90 kilograms. The new warhead features high-explosives and hundreds of metal fragments, which makes it lethal against buildings, equipment and personnel. At the same time, it is said to have penetrative properties, making it also useful against fortified targets.
Last February, the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, also known as the GRU, said that the Geran-3 had entered mass production in Russia.
Geran drones with their long range and high precision have proven to be a true game changer. The latest Geran-3 will likely cause all sorts of troubles to whatever is left of Ukrainian air defenses, due to its higher speed. Its heavier warhead will also allow it to engage a wider range of targets, like fortified buildings and possibly underground structures.
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donetsk, lugansk, dnepropetrovsk, karkhov, sumy, chernigov, zaporizhia, kherson oblasts…..russians are in. so much “winning” by ukraine. we will be expecting the nafo “heheheh” crew with more “heheheh” bombs shortly
maybe it’s nervous laughter since they keep losing ground.
ukraine is holding and rusdian territory getting hit so eventually russia will retreat from ukraine lands and then the real pressure will be on russia to comply with western demands.
meanwhile britain is still a pedophile hotbed and making really bad decisions under the influence of white powder in whitehall.
you have never thought of the possibility that its they which not fuck enough, that make wars ? in sweden, it is like this; a 14 year old girl can pretend to be a girlfriend, and then she can accuse of “rape”, and get very rich on that. the cattle are owned, and exposed to a race biological selection since long before the witch burnings, the cannibals wants monopoly on reproduction. women are a state owned property, evil as hell often.
every government in the world is a pedophile government. there’s a video of putin kissing a 10-year-old boy on the stomach and then saying, “he’s so grown-up.” that’s a typical pedophile line. they divide you into teams and make you fight while they sit in the palace. don’t let governments fool you; be smart.
i gave an engineering response to my surprise i was censored !
seems to happen when the message contains the name of a competing s.o.c.i.a.l m.e.d.i.a. s.i.t.e.
never mentioned any.
its bizarre that the most foul language is allowed against russia but a pro russia poster is censored ?
i’ve had a couple of posts not get approved but i could never figure out the reason. honestly i think it is because of limited resources and they are trying their best.
the attacks in kiev and odessa are signs of russia’s blind rage and anger. but mostly of desperation. because the ukrainians are not bowing down, they are striking back, and hard. and russia still cannot break them. there are clear signs that russia’s tactic is no longer to bomb civilians and make the ukrainians discouraged, it has just happened that the more civilians are bombed, the more the resistance rises.
been watching too many superhero movies. “rage.” “anger.” that’s not how wars work. the front continues inching westwards.
clearly you listen to the propaganda networks. everybody knows that ukraine bombs civilians and russia targets military installations. the ineptitude of the ukroreich air defense operators is what is killing civilians in ukraine. gaslighting doesn’t work anymore.
are these economical? jet powered drones must cost a lot more than prop powered.
there are plenty of ru websites that provide info on russia,s turbojet drones but they dont go into engineering detail.
i’m just saying, at some point the drones may be very sophisticated, but if they’re not economical, then you lose the main benefit of drones.
rajesh – i am a retired engineer – i tried to post some basic information on small turbo jet design ( nothing secret ) and i was censored .
boo hoo move on
more economical than a cruise missile. so yes, these things are useful, and they can’t be shot down by a guy sitting in a helicopter like the geran 2. it’s not always about money; it’s about efficiency, and these things are good because they’re guaranteed to reach and destroy their target. a cruise missile costs $1 million, while the geran 3 costs no more than a car.
interesting thought. i guess you’d have to weigh quantity of geran 2s versus the quality of geran 3s.
factory drones have made to the jet age . death only comes faster
hehe iran drones are rubbish and rusdia bought into that. look iran being attacked and israel defended by uk us and france and iran have not even reysiliated. shows how unprepared russia and iran are. nato and eu and uk us are going to defeat russia no matter how long it takes to bet compliance.