Ukraine today has laser weapons, its name is “Trident”, and also a project for the use of a drone “matt” with two FPVs, said Colonel Vadim Sukharevsky, commander of the Forces of unmanned systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

“We can state that today Ukraine is, if I am not mistaken, the fifth country that can say that it has a laser. Today, we can shoot down aircraft at an altitude of more than 2 km with this laser,” he said during an appeal to the participants of the conference “European Defense Industry: Prospects for Cooperation with the Ukrainian Defense Industry, organized by the analytical center We Build Ukraine.

According to Sukharevsky, the Forces of unmanned systems are now on its way to scale and enhance the laser. “He really works, he really is,” he said.

Separately, he drew attention to the development of drones-"matts", which carry light impact drones.

"Today we use so-called drones-"matts", FPV carriers, with a depth of more than 70 km. They carry 2 FPV under them and actually act as a repeater and impress the enemy's deep objects. “It’s a real breakthrough,” the colonel said.

As Sukharevsky noted, the scaling of this project is one of the most promising elements in its work.

Speaking about the Unmanned Systems Force, the commander noted that “We are not within six months”, and at this stage there are already combat and scientific units “which close the component of air, land and water.” According to him, the group of the SBS works on the entire front line.

[–] rah@feddit.uk 4 points 8 months ago

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