The Russian invasion of Ukraine is heading into its third year, that contest that was going to be quick and that was going to allow it to stay with the neighboring country, but no. But the wear and tear of battle does not sink the invadedthat every little surprise with new weapons to defend themselves, ceded by their Western allies or generated at home, in a rising arms industry.
Now, a new video shows the striking moment when one of kyiv’s new laser drones destroys a target almost five kilometers away. It is believed that it will be able to help the forces of fighting against Putin’s invasion in better conditions.
The new high-tech weapon, revealed in a new video released by the British newspaper es capable of detecting the enemy from an altitude of 2,400 meters, which provides a remarkable possibility of preventing and protecting. A clip shows the drone operator using the laser to target a house full of Russian troops (circled in red) before a gun is fired, causing a small explosion.
Odessa military observer Yigal Levin, who shared images of the laser-guided attack, notes: “During the operation, information was received about a specific objective. By detecting infraredthe location of the enemy was identified: a heated and staffed house. The laser target designator provided precise guidance, thanks to which destroyed the objective and the defeat was confirmed“.
Laser aiming means that the targets can be destroyed with “surgical” precision in difficult terrain using ammunitionhe added. The ACS-3 drone, also known as Raybird-3, is used for missions long-duration reconnaissance and intelligencewith the ability to fly for 28 hours.
Last month, the commander of Ukraine’s drone forces, Vadym Sukharevskyi, said he now had the ability to shoot down aircraft at an altitude of more than 19,000 meters with a new laser weapon. “We can now shoot down planes at an altitude of more than two kilometers with this laser,” he said. The laser is called Tryzubthe Ukrainian word for Tridenthe said, and you can also destroy air targets at the speed of light.
This comes after recent images showed the moment a “military cargo train” Russian exploded on a sabotage mission of Ukrainian Intelligence just 96 kilometers from the Kremlin. Ukrainian military intelligence claimed responsibility for the attack, which caused a mushroom cloud to explode in the Voskresensk railway depot. A video highlighting the explosion appears to have been filmed by the sabotage.
Ukraine’s GUR military intelligence agency confirmed that the explosion destroyed freight train cars and said that the train had been used for move logistic items for the Russian army. A statement said: “There was an explosion that destroyed the carriages of a freight train at the Voskresensk railway station in the Moscow region. The aggressor state used them [los vagones de carga] to provide logistics to the Russian occupation army [en Ucrania]”.
