Interessant artikkel. Ukraina hadde jo en runde med angrep langt inn i Russland hvor de tok ut raffinerier osv. Det har ikke blitt like mye av det etterpå. Denne artikkelen tar for seg hvorfor og hva Ukraina har gjort med det.
Må si jeg har veldig sansen for det billigste av disse missildronene, Peklo/Hell. Svært billig, men såvidt jeg kan forstå, så skal det godt gjøres å skyte ned manuelt. Dvs at mot myke mål innen rekkevidde skal være svært vanskelig for Russland å forsvare, samtidig som det koster Ukraina lite. Problemet nå ser ut til å være volumet.
Drones destroying Russian targets hundreds of kilometers from the border once became commonplace, but the Russians are learning quickly and are increasingly shooting down Ukrainian drones. Engineers have begun to think about how to improve the design of the UAVs to continue destroying warehouses and oil depots in Russia.
The first is to increase the probability of the drone overcoming several lines of defense along the front, where the greatest concentration of enemy air defense systems is. Ukrainian kamikaze drones with electric motors and internal combustion engines move slowly, so the Russians have learned to shoot them down with small arms or anti-aircraft guns.
The second is to increase accuracy. Unable to hit anything heavy, drone operators are forced to look for weak spots in Russian facilities: transformers, component warehouses, primary oil processing plants, etc. Hitting them accurately is a difficult task.
The third is to increase the force of the blow. A standard warhead of 20-50 kilograms is often not enough to penetrate the defenses of objects and inflict serious losses on the enemy.
To accomplish all these tasks, Ukrainian engineers need to put jet engines on the drones, add alternative guidance systems, and increase the warhead.
Drones continue to be improved, but the drone platform is gradually reaching the ceiling of its capabilities. So, in parallel, Ukrainian designers have begun developing new products - small cruise missiles, thanks to which domestic long-range weapons can reach a qualitatively new technological level.
The birth of the Hell rocket
EP spoke with the developers of the “Hell” missile. The name of the company will remain secret for security reasons.
The idea to develop the missile came after consultation with the military. UAV operators asked for “something” relatively cheap, with a small warhead and the ability to launch a few hundred kilometers behind enemy lines.
The military did not ask for a jet engine, its installation was an initiative of the designers themselves. In August 2023, the company developed a technical task and drew the first sketches. From that moment on, a complex process of development and testing began.
The development program lasted one year, was financed by the manufacturer itself, and cost him several million dollars.
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