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The Russian military is increasingly targeting mobile launch vehicles used by Ukraine to deploy one-way attack drones, with an unmanned systems brigade releasing footage on November 2 showing what it said was the destruction of another such launcher.
The footage was published by Russia’s 50th Separate Unmanned Systems Brigade, known as Varyag. The brigade said its Geran-type drone units had detected a mobile launch platform used by Kyiv forces and delivered a precision strike that destroyed the target.
The brigade’s post did not disclose the location of the attack or identify the specific launch vehicle and drone system involved.
The vehicles have become an important component of Ukraine’s long-range strike campaign. Ukrainian forces have developed mobile launch platforms for their domestically produced FP-1 and FP-2 one-way attack drones, using modified civilian-style trucks and trailers equipped with launching racks.
Some configurations can carry at least three drones, which are accelerated into flight by small rocket boosters before their onboard engines take over.
The arrangement allows Ukrainian operators to launch from temporary positions without requiring conventional airfields or permanent launch facilities.
Russia has increasingly focused on locating and destroying these platforms before they can be used. In June, Russian forces released footage showing a drone striking a truck-mounted launcher for FP-1/FP-2 drones. The footage emerged just four days after Ukrainian forces had published nighttime images revealing the appearance of their mobile launching system.
Later, in August, Russian drone manufacturer ZALA reported that a Lancet loitering munition operated by a unit of Russia’s 49th Combined Arms Army had destroyed another truck equipped with launchers for Ukrainian strike drones.
The growing number of successful strikes on Ukrainian drone-launch trucks suggests that Russian intelligence has become more effective at tracking their movements and identifying their locations.
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