It has also been suggested that due to poor pre-invasion preparation, the Russians do not have their more sophisticated UAVs on hand, so the Aero Kub might have only been being used for surveillance. DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, Utah The killer drone whooshed out of its launch tube, spreading its carbon wings and shooting into the sky. Ukraine's military has shared a video that it says shows the destruction of an Iranian-made 'kamikaze' drone used by Russia. Other analysts say the $160,000 drone can only fly for up to 30 minutes with a range of 7km. Kalashnikov claims the UAV can remain in the sky for up to six hours and its 1.2-metre length makes it difficult for air defence systems to find. The drone, which only became operational in the last year, can scout positions but if the operator sees an attack opportunity, it can perform a vertical dive on to a stationary target, detonating a device with the explosive power of a large hand grenade, which experts say could even penetrate armour The Aero Kub, built by the Kalashnikov Group known for its AK-47 rifle, is designed to be cheaper and more straightforward to use, both in attack and surveillance roles. “It’s got a fairly short duration of 30 minutes which suggests that whoever launched it must have been close.” The drone’s appearance suggests that some Russian forces are close enough to the capital to launch smaller UAVs, or unmanned aerial vehicles, he added. The vessel, named Marichka, could give Ukraine a new dimension to its attacks on. It said in a Tuesday Facebook post that the attack destroyed a Russian tank and its operators. Ukraine has unveiled a 20-foot-long underwater drone to attack Russian warships from under the sea, reports say. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks in a street of Kyiv. Ukraine's Special Operations Forces published a video showing a kamikaze drone attack. “The drone is controlled through video transmitted back in real time so it will depend on the capability of the operator and the manoeuvrability of the drone to get on target.” A ‘kamikaze’ drone’s point of view is shown moments before. “Potentially, if they can find President Zelenskyy, they could be used against him but I'd have thought if that was really their goal, then they would use a cruise missile,” he said. In the new video released by the Ukraine Armed Forces, cutting-edge, foreign-made drones are used to fight against Russian troops. While there is a possibility the Aero Kub could be used for targeted assassinations, these would probably be done by more sophisticated missiles, said Sam Cranny-Evans, an expert on the Russian military at the Rusi think tank. It has reportedly proved successful when used by the Russian military to attack insurgents in Idlib, Syria. The drone has a speed of up to 130kph and carries a 3kg payload, including the camera and bomb.
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