In the war between Russia and Ukraine, of course creativity no longer understands limits. In Ukraine, where the conflict has been more than three and a half years, the drones are being the great protagonists. That is why any excuse is good if a drone is the protagonist and if they tell Russia with this madness.
Recently a video appeared that has not taken time to get viral on social networks. In this you can see a mig-29 fulcrum hunting, A supersonic plane famous for its power, with a small drone subject under its wing thanks to plastic flanges to use. As you can see, it is not a quality base or support, but flanges that you use to hold cables or things at home.
The Russian group Project Archangel, formed by volunteers dedicated to creating drones, is responsible for this ‘novelty’. They are supposed to integrate interceptor drones directly into the fighters, so that the pilot can control the drone from the cabin and use it to intercept other enemy drones.
But this is where the problems begin and that is to fix a drone to a plane that can fly at speeds of up to Mach 2,25 that are about 2,400 km/h with plastic flanges is a slightly light idea. Actually, there is no way to launch that drone from the MIG-29 with this support and it is quite doubtful that it endures the flight pressure or that the plane can take off without problems with that subject to the wing.
There is no doubt that this is something that the Russians have taken out of the sleeve and is totally improvisadeither. That the pilots can manually control the drone from the cabin of the plane while piloting a mig-29 is quite doubtful.
That requires a brutal concentration and training and is something that, in practice, is ridiculous according to experts. FPV drones (with first person camera) are normally piloted with an operator dedicated to the ground, not at the same time that a hunting pilot is driving an airplane at more than 2,000 km/h.
Ukraine is not far behind and is also bringing somewhat strange ideas to war
But be careful that this does not remain only on one of the sides and it has already been known that Ukraine has taken an agricultural plane, which normally fumigate Campos, and have transformed it into a Russian drone hunter armed with missiles.
The protagonist of this story is the Zlin Z-137 Agro Turbo, a propeller plane born in the old Czechoslovakia to work in the field. His original work was to go to low height on crops spraying pesticides or fertilizers. His new mission is to patrol and, when the time comes, to reduce Russian kamikazes drones like the Shahed.
And these drones have become their worst nightmare. Manufactured in Iran, they arrive in swarms, they fly low and sneak through holes in the defenses. To fight them, the country has used everything, from machine guns mounted on trucks, portable systems, mobile radars and high range missiles.
Now this is his new attempt to tear it down. Under each wing wears an R-73 missile, the same one that use fighters such as the MIG-29. It is fast, very maneuverable and with the reach of more than 18 kilometers. Of course, the plane does not have advanced aiming systems, so so that the missile locates the target, the pilot has to aim very well.
The truth is that all these movements on the part of Ukraine have all the meaning of the world taking into account the great advances in drones that Russia is carrying out. Without going any further, it was recently known that they are starting their new Lancet drones, developed by Zala Aero Group, subsidiary of Kalashnikov.
Now this madness of the Russian group Project Archangel is on the table, which they have to face, if it really works. Add that they are volunteers who use their knowledge and somewhat scarce resources to create interceptor drones that, according to them, can defeat UAV enemies.
However, its mode of operation It is still almost prehistoric and most likely does not involve any problem to Ukraine.
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