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Testing of a Ukrainian jet-missile drone ๐Ÿš€


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Zelensky has revealed a number of details about the Palyanitsya drone-rocket project, which he announced today during his speech on the Maidan

"The missile program of Ukraine includes a project called "Palyanytsya". The project currently includes three products: the test of the first element was positive. I congratulated our country on this," Zelensky said during a press briefing.

"This is a drone missile, which is much faster than our long-range drones. And more powerful. These are all the details about which I am ready for an open conversation," Zelensky added.

"The main thing is that people work. 24/7. They promised long-range drones - they did it. 1,500 km. And that's a lot. And now drone-rockets are appearing. And there will be other rockets. Very powerful. And very long-range," he noted.


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During the two and a half years of full-scale war, Russia fired about 10,000 missiles of various types and more than 33,000 anti-aircraft missiles at Ukraine. Attacks on our cities can be stopped by strikes on the carriers of these weapons - Russian planes at military airfields.ย 

Yesterday, the first successful combat use of our new weapon took place - the Ukrainian long-range missile-drone "Palyanytsia". Developed in-house to destroy the offensive potential of the enemy.

There will be more missile drones, just as our long-range strike drones have increased, the results of which we see almost every day.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

But a cruise missile that can change direction, maybe even hit moving targets.

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Some cruise missiles are able to do all those, like the tomahawk missile fe: https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/tomahawk-long-range-cruise-missile/

To me, this drone missile looks like a smaller, much cheaper version of the traditional cruise missile. Cheap to build (relatively), easy to transport, fast to launch, hard to intercept: scary times for Russia.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Probably has less self guidance and with cameras you can do last minute adjustments to pick things like real airplanes on air field vs decoys.

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