MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA – JUNE 25, 2019: A ZALA Lancet-3 attack drone developed by Kalashnikov Concern on display at the Army 2019 International Military Technical Forum at Patriot Park. Marina Lystseva/TASS
The Russian military has targeted yet another Soviet-made S-300PS long-range air defense system of Kiev forces in the Kherson region.
Videos that surfaced online on May 23 show Lancet loitering munitions targeting two 5P85S transporter erector launchers (TELs) of the system. The vehicles received direct hits, sustaining heavy damage.
The two TELs were targeted with the upgraded version of the Lancet, which is known as the Izdeliye-51. This version, which features extended wings, has an endurance of 40 minutes, an operational range of 40-70 kilometers and is armed with a warhead weighing three kilograms.
The loitering munition, which was developed by Russia’s ZALA Aero Group, 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.
Prior to the start of the Russian special military operation last year, Ukraine had around 100 S-300P, S-300PT, S-300PS and S-300V1 batteries in service. In the first few months of the operation, the country received a single S-300PMU battery from Slovakia.
Many of Ukraine’s S-300 systems have been destroyed, or damaged by the Russian military since the start of the operation. The Lancet was responsible for most of the recent kills against the system.
The small radar cross-section and minimal infrared signature of the electric-powered loitering munition makes it suitable for use in suppression of enemy air defenses operations.
According to Lostarmour.info, a website that tracks and documents military losses, Lancet loitering munitions have destroyed or damaged at least 30 air defense systems of Kiev forces since the start of the Russian special military operation in Ukraine.
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more inflatables. russians are so stupid.
didin’t knew inflatables were also inflamable and explosive… all the nafo boys showing the good quality of chemistry education in the west schools… maybe even worst then math classes, since math is ”racist” lmao
where did you see anything explode or start on fire?
on the two videos above you blind son of a hiv crack whore
you may need to get your bifocals checked.
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just as inflatable as the thousands of conscripts kidnapped and thrown to the front line of this war.
what an utterly stupid troll comment to make! geez you are as thick as two planks, how does an inflatable flame and explode like that?
no secondaries, might be decoys :(
sure, know-it-all, you know exactly what happened even if the video ends abruptly.
if they were decoys, they would have been in bits. the structure was still intact after the explosion.
that’s a reasonable observation, but generally speaking, a lot of the platforms hit by those lancets seem to take a while to really spark up – probably longer than was allowed for in those short videos.
no secondary explosions from either hit, i suspect they were decoys.
i know for a fact from a military channel in telegram that they never hit a decoy, as the policy since last year is to destroy the target only after the target fired at least once, or other criteria are met
you can’t argue with facts against nazis.
the retards in the u.s. state dept and ‘british’ foreign office & mod still can’t seem to grasp reality.
this is well and truly over as a military contest. the commodity superpower won it months ago!!!
seems like there might be a need for a larger warhead on those drones …… like to see more destruction of high value target’s like those
my genuine concern is that if russian drones can attack and destroy the s300, what would stop a nato small drone from destroying a russian s300/s400 system? am i missing something here?
russia’s electronic defense. the ukronazis have been given a shitton of loitering munitions, all wasted for nothing.
right, and the russian multi layer air defence system surounding the s300/400 with pantzir, buk and tor systems. also the newest pantzir m2 systems are upgraded for also finding and destroying smal and low flying targets.
no secundary blast, so sadly the tubes seems to be empty. anyway the lancet should at least double its warhead, because many clips shows only damages on the targets and as many sources confirm, ukros are pulling lot of those to poland and chech republic for repair and back on the front.