Capable of reaching 450 km/h, the “Flying Sword” uses a sharp blade capable of delivering devastating blows based on pure kinetic impact. Developed in the United Kingdom, this concept could be easily replicated by terrorist and criminal groups, posing a new challenge to defense systems.

The drone seen in the image above is called, in free translation, “Flying Sword“.It doesn’t carry explosives, but it’s not a reconnaissance drone.

It’s a attack drone — which, at 450 km/h, armed only with sharp blades on its bow, and without a gram of explosives, is capable of inflicting Lethal damage to any enemyfrom a troublesome ruler to an infantry soldier, or the pilot of a helicopter.

Its speed makes this horror machine extremely difficult to intercept. Usa pure kinetic impact to neutralize its targets through high-speed collisions, literally functioning as a supersonic anvil which passes through matter using brute force, says .

The “Flying Sword” was created by the British, inspired by the brutal adaptations seen in the war in Ukraine, where troops on both sides have used improvisation with great success — from attaching anti-tank ammunition to commercial drones to directly mounting physical harpoons, spears and tridents on their chassis.

It is now no longer a mere marginal concept for the defense industry, and appears to be in a position to make a statement in the war of the future.

Samuel Cardillothe company’s CEO, recently on X a video of tests carried out in Victoria, Australia, where the weapon “mortally” tears a mannequin of a human.

direct kinetic impact. a flying sword. 450km/h.

updated video showing exactly that. we’re also working on the explosive variant.

only for authorized partners. dms are open.

— Samuel Cardillo (@CardilloSamuel)

Os Sound effects help, but it’s creepy. The device functions as a precision weapon with a range of several kilometers. Launched 8 km away, the device collides with its target in exactly one minuteflying low to the ground to become practically invisible to radars.

To ensure impact at this speed, engineers implemented three guidance systems: manual piloting, a terminal autonomous control (a digital brain that acts like an electronic bloodhound chasing the enemy silhouette on its own in the last few seconds) and a fiber optic connection.

This last method unfolds a glass umbilical cord during flight, making the machine completely immune to interference equipment electronics.

The ShadowBreak team opted for a rigid structure after discarding a folding blade design similar to that of the AGM-114 Hellfire R9, the $100,000, 45 kg North American missile popularly called “ninja bomb” because it is armed with sharp, deployable metal blades — designed to shred a person without, in theory, causing collateral damage.

The Flying Sword seeks the same effect, but at a fraction of the price do Hellfire.

The big one Achilles heel of the Flying Sword is its autonomy: 4 minutes of continuous flight. ShadowBreak is working on getting the production model to reach between 8 and 15 minutes of battery life. The project has just entered the public testing phase, and it is not yet known when it will be available.

Yes, it is known that a variant with explosive warhead which will act as a mechanical falcon, which circles the sky waiting of its moment to launch itself at the prey.

But… Houston, we have a problem. These types of weapons will not only reach the Pentagon arsenals, and the like. It’s only a matter of time before a weapon like the Flying Sword reach anyone’s handsopening a massive security breach not only at a military level, but also criminally.

Second Robert Bunker, researcher at C/O Futures LLC, who has been extensively documenting the use of commercial drones by criminal organizations, there is already a great vulnerability in our infrastructure, but these weapons open the field even further forpersonal attacks and murders.

“One criminal group or any other type can do enormous damage with purely kinetic drones, especially since they can also be used to attack commercial aviationsomething that is a matter of pure applied physics”, says Bunker to .

“More mass and speed means more damage,” says Bunker, stressing that “drones have more mass and speed than birdsbeing capable of causing more damage to cabins or piercing the wings of passenger planes”, notes Bunker.

There were no longer enough planes…

Capable of reaching 450 km/h, the “Flying Sword” uses a sharp blade capable of delivering devastating blows based on pure kinetic impact. Developed in the United Kingdom, this concept could be easily replicated by terrorist and criminal groups, posing a new challenge to defense systems.

The drone seen in the image above is called, in free translation, “Flying Sword“.It doesn’t carry explosives, but it’s not a reconnaissance drone.

It’s a attack drone — which, at 450 km/h, armed only with sharp blades on its bow, and without a gram of explosives, is capable of inflicting Lethal damage to any enemyfrom a troublesome ruler to an infantry soldier, or the pilot of a helicopter.

Its speed makes this horror machine extremely difficult to intercept. Usa pure kinetic impact to neutralize its targets through high-speed collisions, literally functioning as a supersonic anvil which passes through matter using brute force, says .

The “Flying Sword” was created by the British, inspired by the brutal adaptations seen in the war in Ukraine, where troops on both sides have used improvisation with great success — from attaching anti-tank ammunition to commercial drones to directly mounting physical harpoons, spears and tridents on their chassis.

It is now no longer a mere marginal concept for the defense industry, and appears to be in a position to make a statement in the war of the future.

Samuel Cardillothe company’s CEO, recently on X a video of tests carried out in Victoria, Australia, where the weapon “mortally” tears a mannequin of a human.

direct kinetic impact. a flying sword. 450km/h.

updated video showing exactly that. we’re also working on the explosive variant.

only for authorized partners. dms are open.

— Samuel Cardillo (@CardilloSamuel)

Os Sound effects help, but it’s creepy. The device functions as a precision weapon with a range of several kilometers. Launched 8 km away, the device collides with its target in exactly one minuteflying low to the ground to become practically invisible to radars.

To ensure impact at this speed, engineers implemented three guidance systems: manual piloting, a terminal autonomous control (a digital brain that acts like an electronic bloodhound chasing the enemy silhouette on its own in the last few seconds) and a fiber optic connection.

This last method unfolds a glass umbilical cord during flight, making the machine completely immune to interference equipment electronics.

The ShadowBreak team opted for a rigid structure after discarding a folding blade design similar to that of the AGM-114 Hellfire R9, the $100,000, 45 kg North American missile popularly called “ninja bomb” because it is armed with sharp, deployable metal blades — designed to shred a person without, in theory, causing collateral damage.

The Flying Sword seeks the same effect, but at a fraction of the price do Hellfire.

The big one Achilles heel of the Flying Sword is its autonomy: 4 minutes of continuous flight. ShadowBreak is working on getting the production model to reach between 8 and 15 minutes of battery life. The project has just entered the public testing phase, and it is not yet known when it will be available.

Yes, it is known that a variant with explosive warhead which will act as a mechanical falcon, which circles the sky waiting of its moment to launch itself at the prey.

But… Houston, we have a problem. These types of weapons will not only reach the Pentagon arsenals, and the like. It’s only a matter of time before a weapon like the Flying Sword reach anyone’s handsopening a massive security breach not only at a military level, but also criminally.

Second Robert Bunker, researcher at C/O Futures LLC, who has been extensively documenting the use of commercial drones by criminal organizations, there is already a great vulnerability in our infrastructure, but these weapons open the field even further for attacks.personal attacks and murders.

“One criminal group or any other type can do enormous damage with purely kinetic drones, especially since they can also be used to attack commercial aviationsomething that is a matter of pure applied physics”, says Bunker to .

“More mass and speed means more damage,” says Bunker, stressing that “drones have more mass and speed than birdsbeing capable of causing more damage to cabins or piercing the wings of passenger planes”, notes Bunker.

There were no longer enough planes…