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Video appears to show Putin's bodyguards armed with a handheld anti-drone interceptor (www.businessinsider.com)
submitted 4 days ago by ooli3@sopuli.xyz to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz
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[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 11 points 4 days ago

Makes sense.

[–] RalphWolf@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

I thought he was so loved by everyone, why does he need bodyguards?

/S obviously

[–] BaroqueInMind@piefed.social 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The bodyguard holding the briefcase is wearing something enormous under their jacket, and look ridiculous.

[–] Rose@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

It would be weird if the toilet guy didn't look ridiculous.

[–] ddplf@szmer.info 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

How much range does it have? I doubt it can stop a well-aimed full-speed kamikaze

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It works by physically ramming the incoming drone, so it probably can knock things off course

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

FPV drones can go over 160 km/h, and can carry thermobaric warheads.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I can't pretend to be an expert on these things, but this is also a drone and it does not need to carry the weight of a large battery or an explosive payload. Surely it should be expected to at least match the performance of the incoming drone?

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's much harder to hit something going 160 km/h than to hit something static with a munition going 160 km/h.

And a thermobaric munition is like the miniaturised version of the MOAB that the US was busting bunkers with in Afghanistan.

Point is, even if it hits the drone 100 m away, I don't think that would be safe for the target. The primary defense is still jamming, but that is ineffective against wire-guided stuff.

It's not useless, but I don't think Putin is safe either. It could also be a cope cage like thing, where the point is just the appearance of safety to calm Putin's nerves and to discourage attackers.

[–] freeman@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

A 2kg thermobaric warhead for RShG-1/RPG-27 has a 10m lethal radius. For 100m you would need something far bigger.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

Thanks for pointing it out though, I couldn't find data on that warhead, I guess my guess was off by an order of magnitude.